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{{also|Piles|pilés|pīles|pīlēs|piłeś}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/paɪlz/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-piles.wav|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪlz|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{head|en|noun form}}

# {{plural of|en|pile}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Piles''' were sunk into the river to support the bridge.}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|p}}

# {{lb|en|informal|piles of}} A large [[amount]] of.
#: {{ux|en|He must earn '''piles''' of money.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|informal: a large amount of}} {{l|en|heap}}s of, [[load]]s of, [[mountain]]s of, [[shedload]]s of, [[ton]]s of

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|plural of pile|pile}}

{{trans-top|informal: a large amount}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tas|alt=des tas de|m-p}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mucchio|alt=un mucchio di|m-s}}, {{t+|it|sacco|alt=un sacco di|m-s}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|купишта|m-p}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|haugevis}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|haugevis}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|pile||s-verb-form}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|en|la|pila||ball}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|p}}

# {{lb|en|pathology}} [[haemorrhoids|Haemorrhoids]].
#: {{ux|en|Many women get '''piles''' when pregnant.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1648|author={{w|Robert Herrick (poet)|Robert Herrick}}|title=Hesperides|chapter=Another
|passage=Who with thy leaves shall wipe (at need)<br>The place where swelling '''''Piles''''' do breed ...}}

=====Derived terms=====
* [[blind piles]]

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|haemorrhoids|haemorrhoids}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eilps|Elpis|Lipes|Peils|Piels|Siple|plies|pliés|slipe|spiel|spile}}

==Catalan==

===Noun===
{{head|ca|noun form}}

# {{plural of|ca|pila}}

==Danish==

===Noun===
{{head|da|noun form|g=c}}

# {{inflection of|da|pil||indef|gen|p}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-Paris--piles (des).ogg|a=Paris}}

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|piler||2|s|pres|ind//sub}}

===Noun===
{{head|fr|noun form|g=f}}

# {{plural of|fr|pile}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|plies}}

==Ladino==

===Noun===
{{head|lad|noun form|g=f-p}}

# {{plural of|lad|pile}}

==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=pilēs}}

# {{inflection of|la|pilō||2|s|pres|actv|subj}}

==Latvian==

===Noun===
{{head|lv|noun form|g=f}}

# {{infl of|lv|pile||gen|s|;|nom//voc|p}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|pilar}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|pilar}}