piles

See also: Piles, pilés, pīles, pīlēs, and piłeś

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪlz/

Etymology 1

Noun

piles

1. plural of pile

   Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.

2. (informal, piles of) A large amount of.

   He must earn piles of money.

Synonyms

• (informal: a large amount of): heaps of, loads of, mountains of, shedloads of, tons of

Translations

plural of pile — see pile

informal: a large amount

• French: des tas de (fr) m pl
• Italian: un mucchio di (it) m sg, un sacco di (it) m sg
• Macedonian: купишта m pl (kupišta)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: haugevis

  Nynorsk: haugevis

Verb

piles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pile

Etymology 2

From Latin pila (“ball”).

Noun

piles

1. (pathology) Haemorrhoids.
   • 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "Another":

     Who with thy leaves shall wipe (at need)

     The place where swelling Piles do breed ...

   Many women get piles when pregnant.

Translations

haemorrhoids — see haemorrhoids

Anagrams

• Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Siple, plies, pliés, slipe, spiel, spile

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Catalan

Noun

piles

1. plural of pila

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Danish

Noun

piles c

1. indefinite genitive plural of pil

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pil/

• Audio (Paris):

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Verb

piles

1. second-person singular present indicative of piler
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of piler

Noun

piles f

1. plural of pile

Anagrams

• plies

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) pilēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of pilō

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Latvian

Noun

piles f

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of pile
2. (deprecated template usage) nominative plural form of pile
3. (deprecated template usage) vocative plural form of pile

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Portuguese

Verb

piles

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Verb

piles

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of pilar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of pilar.