piller

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See also: Piller and pillér

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Partly from Anglo-Norman pilour, from Old French piller (to plunder) (more at pillage)

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Noun[edit]

piller (plural pillers)

  1. (obsolete) A plunderer or thief.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xlviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
      Thenne he horsed his bretheren ageyne and sayd bretheren ye oughte to be ashamed to falle so of your horses / What is a Knyght but whan he is on horsbak / I sett not by a knyght whanne he is on foote / for all batails on fote ar but pelowres batails / For there shold no Knyghte syghte on foote / but yf hit were for treason / or els he were dryuen therto by force
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

piller (plural pillers)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of pillow.
    • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:
      "What are you layin' on your good bed in the daytime for, messin' up the feathers, and dirtyin' the pillers with your dusty boots?"

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piller c

  1. indefinite plural of pille

Verb[edit]

piller

  1. present of pille

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French piller, from Old French pillier, derived from Latin pilleus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pi.je/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

piller

  1. to plunder; to pillage

Conjugation[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Spanish: pillar

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Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French pillier, piller.

Verb[edit]

piller

  1. to plunder; to pillage

Conjugation[edit]

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

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Descendants[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

piller m or f

  1. indefinite plural of pille

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

piller f

  1. indefinite plural of pille

Old French[edit]

Verb[edit]

piller

  1. Alternative form of pillier

Conjugation[edit]

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pilula.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piller n

  1. a pill (a small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally)

Declension[edit]

Declension of piller 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative piller pillret piller pillren
Genitive pillers pillrets pillers pillrens

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