Pilate

See also: pilate

English

Etymology

The surname is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Pīlātus (“a Roman cognomen”, literally “armed with javelins”), from pilum (“javelin, pestle”), of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪlət/

Proper noun

Pilate

1. (biblical) Pontius Pilate, the man who, according to the Bible, ordered the crucifixion of Jesus

Translations

Pontius Pilate

• Arabic: بِيلَاطُس m (bīlāṭus)
• Armenian: Պիղատոս (Piġatos)

  Old Armenian: Պիղատոս (Piłatos)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 彼拉多 (bei² laai¹ do¹)

  Mandarin: 彼拉多 (zh) (Bǐlāduō)

• Czech: Pilát m
• Dutch: Pilatus m
• French: Pilate (fr) m
• German: Pilatus m
• Greek: Πιλάτος (el) m (Pilátos)

  Ancient: Πιλᾶτος (Pilâtos)

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• Icelandic: Pílatus m
• Italian: Pilato m
• Latin: Pilatus m
• Persian: پیلاطس (pilâtos)
• Polish: Piłat m
• Portuguese: Pilatos m
• Romanian: Pilat m
• Russian: Пила́т m (Pilát)
• Spanish: Pilato m
• Turkish: Pilatus
• Vietnamese: Philatô (Roman Catholic), Phi-lát (Protestant)

Related terms

• Pontius

Anagrams

• aplite

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piːˈlaː.te/, [piːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈla.te/, [piˈläːt̪e]

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Pīlāte m

1. vocative of Pīlātus