piles

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

English

Pronunciation

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.
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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.
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Catalan

Noun

piles

  1. plural of pila

Danish

Noun

piles c

  1. indefinite genitive plural of pil

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pil/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) pilēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of pilō

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

Portuguese

Verb

piles

  1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Spanish

Verb

piles

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