pil

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch pil, from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)

  1. A pill.

Derived terms[edit]

Chinook Jargon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  1. pʰil

Adjective[edit]

pil

  1. red

Derived terms[edit]

Crimean Tatar[edit]

pil (Northern dialect)

Noun[edit]

pil

  1. elephant

Usage notes[edit]

  • Literary form: fil

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

pil

  1. masculine singular past active participle of pít

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (“javelin”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun[edit]

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. arrow
Inflection[edit]
Declension of pil
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pil pilen pile pilene
genitive pils pilens piles pilenes

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse píll.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun[edit]

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. willow
Inflection[edit]
Declension of pil
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pil pilen pile pilene
genitive pils pilens piles pilenes
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See pile.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Verb[edit]

pil

  1. imperative of pile

Etymology 4[edit]

See pille.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

pil

  1. imperative of pille

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɪl/
  • pil(file)
  • Hyphenation: pil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

Noun[edit]

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)

  1. a pill, a usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
  2. (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
    Synonym: anticonceptiepil
  3. an analogous ball-shaped object
  4. (metonymically) an expert in pill use:
    1. a pharmacist
    2. an MD
    3. (military) a med student
  5. a thick sandwich
  6. a hard kick on a balk or other object
  7. a bitter experience
  8. a large book, a tome
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: pil
  • → Indonesian: pil
  • → Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: perki

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun[edit]

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)

  1. (Belgium) an electric battery
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Dutch pille. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

pil m or f (plural pillen)

  1. (obsolete) godchild
Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French pile.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pîl m

  1. (Niger) battery (especially of a flashlight)
    Synonym: (Nigeria) batir

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch pil (“pill”), from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪl]
  • Hyphenation: pil

Noun[edit]

pil (first-person possessive pilku, second-person possessive pilmu, third-person possessive pilnya)

  1. (medicine, pharmacy) pill: a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
    Synonyms: gentel, tablet

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: pìl

Noun[edit]

pil m

  1. Alternative form of PIL

Karakalpak[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil

  1. elephant

Latvian[edit]

Verb[edit]

pil

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of pilēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pilēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pilēt

Mokilese[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil

  1. water

Possessive forms[edit]

Possessive forms of pil (third person singular only)
singular third person possessor piloa
construct form pilen

Nehan[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil

  1. thunder

Further reading[edit]

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Malcolm Ross et al, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment →ISBN:
    Nehan pil 'thunder' [...] Solos pina 'thunder'

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse píla.

Noun[edit]

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og bue ― bow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse píll.

Noun[edit]

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (“javelin”).

Noun[edit]

pil f (definite singular pila, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

pil m (definite singular pilen, indefinite plural pilar, definite plural pilane)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og boge ― bow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse píll.

Noun[edit]

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pil

Verb[edit]

pil

  1. second-person singular imperative of pilić

Rade[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun[edit]

pil

  1. battery

Romagnol[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈpiːl]

Noun[edit]

pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)

  1. plural of pél (“hair”)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *pillum (compare piuă, from *pilla), or from Latin pīlum (“spear”).

Noun[edit]

pil n (plural piluri)

  1. (regional) stick, rod; also, a horsewhip

Declension[edit]

Declension of pil
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pil pilul (niște) piluri pilurile
genitive/dative (unui) pil pilului (unor) piluri pilurilor
vocative pilule pilurilor

See also[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in German Bildsäule, later reinterpreted, extended and modified in meaning range by clipping of pìlōn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pȋl m (Cyrillic spelling пи̑л)

  1. an architectural monument in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings and often of religious significance (stele and statue, ornamented pillar, a pylon in the Egyptian sense, often a kind of chapel that is open-air like a mobile-phone-era payphone called poklónac)
    Hypernym: kȋp

Declension[edit]

Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pȋl pìlovi
genitive píla pilova
dative pilu pilovima
accusative pil pilove
vocative pilu pilovi
locative pilu pilovima
instrumental pilom pilovima

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

pil

  1. masculine singular l-participle of piť

Slovene[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

pȋł

  1. masculine singular l-participle of píti

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

píl

  1. genitive plural/dual of píla

Etymology 3[edit]

From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pīl m inan

  1. a monument often in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings
Inflection[edit]
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. pīl
gen. sing. pīla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pīl pīla pīli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		pīla pīlov pīlov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		pīlu pīloma pīlom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		pīl pīla pīle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pīlu pīlih pīlih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		pīlom pīloma pīli

References[edit]

  • “pil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse píla.

Noun[edit]

pil c

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    skjuta en pil
    shoot an arrow
  2. an arrow (symbol)
    Pilen pekar åt vänster
    The arrow is pointing to the left
  3. a dart (used in for example darts)
    kasta pil (singular is idiomatic in "kasta pil")
    throw/play darts
    kasta pil på en karta
    throw darts at a map
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse píli.

Noun[edit]

pil c

  1. willow, a tree in the genus Salix
    Synonym: pilträd
Declension[edit]
Declension of pil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pil pilen pilar pilarna
Genitive pils pilens pilars pilarnas

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. battery

Synonyms[edit]

Turkmen[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. shovel, spade
Declension[edit]
Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil piller
accusative pili pilleri
genitive piliň pilleriň
dative pile pillere
locative pilde pillerde
ablative pilden pillerden

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. elephant
Declension[edit]
Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil piller
accusative pili pilleri
genitive piliň pilleriň
dative pile pillere
locative pilde pillerde
ablative pilden pillerden

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

pil (nominative plural pils)

  1. eel

Declension[edit]

declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil pils
genitive pila pilas
dative pile piles
accusative pili pilis
vocative 1 o pil! o pils!
predicative 2 pilu pilus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Zou[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pil

  1. clever

References[edit]

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