pilar

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See also: Pilar, pilař, and Pilař

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (a hair) +‎ -ar.

Adjective[edit]

pilar (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
    pilar muscle; pilar cyst
  2. Covered in hair; hairy.

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Catalan[edit]

Pilar de 7 amb folre

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar
  2. (castells) a castell built with just one casteller on each level
  3. (castells) each of the vertical columns of castellers making up the tronc of a castell (syn. rengla)

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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch pilaar, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpilar]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lar

Noun[edit]

pilar (first-person possessive pilarku, second-person possessive pilarmu, third-person possessive pilarnya)

  1. pillar:
    1. (architecture) a large post, often used as supporting architecture.
    2. (figurative) an essential part of something that provides support.
      Synonyms: dasar, induk
  2. (nautical) mast: a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments ,or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

Noun[edit]

pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarer, definite plural pilarene)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pilar f or m

  1. indefinite masculine plural of pil

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

Noun[edit]

pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarar, definite plural pilarane)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)
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Occitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Noun[edit]

pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Occitan, inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

Verb[edit]

pilar

  1. to crush; to pulverize
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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Noun[edit]

pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  2. (figurative) pillar (essential part of something)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound). By surface analysis, pilão (pestle) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Verb[edit]

pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilei, past participle pilado)

  1. to grind using a pestle
Conjugation[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pila +‎ -ar.

Noun[edit]

pìlār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝла̄р)

  1. sawyer

References[edit]

  • pilar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/ [piˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pi‧lar

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Noun[edit]

pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar, pier, mainstay
  2. (rugby) prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

Verb[edit]

pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilé, past participle pilado)

  1. to pound
Conjugation[edit]

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Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

pilar

  1. indefinite plural of pil

Verb[edit]

pilar

  1. present indicative of pila

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