pillion

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɪlɪjən/, X-SAMPA: /"pIlj@n/
• Rhymes: -ɪljən
• Hyphenation: pill‧ion

Noun

pillion (plural pillions)

1. A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.
2. A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.
3. The person riding in the pillion.

Translations

pad behind horse's saddle

• Finnish: takasatula (fi)

second saddle on a motorcycle

• Finnish: takasatula (fi)
• Polish: tylne siodełko n

• Swedish: passagerarsadel (sv) c, bönpall (sv) c

person riding in the pillion

• Finnish: matkustaja (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: stražnje sjedalo (1,2)
• Dutch: duo (2)

• German: Reitkissen n (1); Soziussitz m (2); Sozius m, Sozia f
• Spanish: grupera (es) f