Pill
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the common Welsh placename element Pil meaning "tidal pool, harbor," itself borrowed from English pill (“tidal creek”).
Proper noun[edit]
Pill
- A village in Pill and Easton-in-Gordano parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5275).
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pìl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Pill
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.
Etymology 3[edit]
English surname, both from the noun pill (originally "little ball") and from sense 3 (“inlet, tidal creek”).
Proper noun[edit]
Pill
- A surname.
German[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Pill n (proper noun, genitive Pills or (optionally with an article) Pill)
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
Hunsrik[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Pill f (plural Pille)
Further reading[edit]
Luxembourgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Pill
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- English terms derived from Welsh
- English terms borrowed back into English
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- en:Villages in Somerset, England
- en:Villages in England
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- en:Places in England
- en:Municipalities of Tyrol
- en:Places in Tyrol
- en:Places in Austria
- English surnames
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Municipalities of Tyrol
- de:Places in Tyrol
- de:Places in Austria
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- Hunsrik terms derived from Latin
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik feminine nouns
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
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