pillier

English

Adjective

pillier

1. comparative form of pilly: more pilly

Old French

Alternative forms

• piller

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *piliāre, from Late Latin pilāre (“to remove hair”), present active infinitive of pilō, from Latin pilus, or alternatively from a derivative of Latin pilleus. Compare Old Occitan pilhar, Italian pigliare.

Verb

pillier

1. to plunder; to pillage

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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.

    Conjugation of pillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pillier			avoir pillié
gerund		en pillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		pillant
past participle		pillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pil	pilles	pille	pillons	pilliez	pillent
	imperfect	pilloie, pilleie, pilloe, pillieve	pilloies, pilleies, pilloes, pillieves	pilloit, pilleit, pillot, pillieve	pilliiens, pilliens	pilliiez, pilliez	pilloient, pilleient, pilloent, pillievent
	preterite	pillai	pillas	pilla	pillames	pillastes	pillierent
	future	pillerai	pilleras	pillera	pillerons	pilleroiz, pillereiz, pillerez	pilleront
	conditional	pilleroie, pillereie	pilleroies, pillereies	pilleroit, pillereit	pilleriiens, pilleriens	pilleriiez, pilleriez	pilleroient, pillereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	pil	piz	pit	pillons	pilliez	pillent
	imperfect	pillasse	pillasses	pillast	pillissons, pillissiens	pillissoiz, pillissez, pillissiez	pillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pille	—	pillons	pilliez	—

Related terms

• pillaige

Descendants

• Middle French: piller
  • French: piller