English
pillows (soft cushions)
Etymology
From Middle English pilwe , from Old English pylwe , pylu , pyle ( “ pillow ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *pulwı̨̄ ( “ pillow ” ) , from Latin pulvīnus ( “ cushion ” ) , derived from pulvis ( “ dust, powder ” ) + -īnus ( “ -ine ” ) , for the filler of a pillow. Cognate with Scots pillae ( “ pillow ” ) , Saterland Frisian Peel ( “ pillow ” ) , Dutch peluw ( “ pillow, bolster ” ) , German Pfühl ( “ pillow ” ) , Alemannic German Pfulme ( “ pillow ” ) , Luxembourgish pillem ( “ pillow ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɪləʊ/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 276 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈpɛləʊ/
Rhymes: -ɪləʊ
Noun
pillow (countable and uncountable , plural pillows )
A soft cushion used to support the head in bed .
( geology ) A pillow lava .
( engineering ) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure ; a brass ; a pillow block.
( nautical ) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit .
The socket of a pivot .
( uncountable ) A kind of plain, coarse fustian .
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
soft cushion used to support the head in bed
Adyghe: шъхьантэ ( ŝḥantɛ ) , ( Shapsug ) шъхьатэ ( ŝḥatɛ )
Afrikaans: kussing (af)
Albanian: jastëk (sq) m
Amharic: ትራስ ( təras )
Arabic: وِسَادَة f ( wisāda ) , مِخَدَّة f ( miḵadda )
Egyptian Arabic: مخدة f ( maḵadda )
Armenian: բարձ (hy) ( barj )
Assamese: গাৰু ( garu ) , বালিছ ( balis )
Asturian: almuhada f
Azerbaijani: balış (az) , yastıq (az)
Bashkir: мендәр ( mendər ) , яҫтыҡ ( yaśtıq )
Basque: burko (eu) , bururdi
Belarusian: паду́шка f ( padúška )
Bengali: বালিশ ( baliś )
Brunei Malay: bantal
Bulgarian: възгла́вница f ( vǎzglávnica )
Burmese: ခေါင်းအုံး (my) ( hkaung:um: ) , အုံး (my) ( um: )
Catalan: coixí (ca) m
Chechen: гӏайба ( ğajba ) , ( for sitting ) миндар ( mindar )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 枕頭 / 枕头 ( zam2 tau4 ) , 枕头 ( zam2 tau4 )
Mandarin: 枕頭 / 枕头 (zh) ( zhěntou ) , 枕头 (zh) ( zhěntou )
Chuvash: ҫытар ( śyt̬ar ) , минтер ( mint̬er )
Classical Nahuatl: cuāchicpalli , tzonicpalli
Coptic: ϣϣⲟⲧ ( ššot )
Crimean Tatar: yastıq
Czech: polštář (cs) m
Danish: hovedpude (da) c
Dutch: hoofdkussen (nl) n , oorkussen (nl) n , kussen (nl) n
Esperanto: kapkuseno
Estonian: padi
Faroese: koddi m
Finnish: tyyny (fi)
French: oreiller (fr) m
Gagauz: yastık
Galician: traveseiro m , cabezal (gl) m , faceiroa f , almofada (gl) f , chomazo m
Georgian: ბალიში ( bališi )
German: Kopfkissen (de) n , Kissen (de) n ; Ruhekissen n ( Austria ) , Polster (de) m or n ( Austria )
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 m ( waggareis )
Greek: μαξιλάρι (el) n ( maxilári ) , προσκέφαλο (el) n ( proskéfalo )
Ancient: προσκεφάλαιον n ( proskephálaion ) , κνέφαλλον n ( knéphallon )
Gujarati: ઓશીકું (gu) ( ośīkũ )
Hebrew: כָּרִית (he) f ( karít )
Hiligaynon: almoháda
Hindi: तकिया (hi) m ( takiyā )
Hungarian: párna (hu) , vánkos (hu)
Icelandic: koddi (is) m
Indonesian: bantal (id)
Interlingua: cossino
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Inuktitut: ᐊᑭᓯᖅ ( akisiq )
Irish: adhairt f , ceannadhairt f , piliúr m
Italian: guanciale (it) m , cuscino (it) m
Japanese: 枕 (ja) ( まくら, makura )
Kalmyk: дер ( der )
Kannada: ದಿಂಬು (kn) ( dimbu )
Karachay-Balkar: ( Balkar ) жастыкъ ( castıq ) , ( Karachay ) джастыкъ ( castıq )
Kazakh: жастық (kk) ( jastyq ) , көпшік ( köpşık )
Khakas: частых ( çastıx )
Khmer: ខ្នើយ (km) ( knaəy )
Korean: 베개 (ko) ( begae )
Kumyk: ястыкъ ( yastıq ) , бойлукъ ( boyluq )
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Kutenai: ʔa·kǂam̓xunam
Kyrgyz: жаздык (ky) ( jazdık ) , балыш (ky) ( balış )
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Ladin: plumac m
Ladino: almofada f
Laboya: lunna
Lao: ໝອນ (lo) ( mǭn )
Latgalian: spylvyns m
Latin: cervīcal n , pulvīnus m
Latvian: spilvens m , pagalvis m
Laz: ჲასტუღი ( yasťuği )
Lithuanian: pagalvė f , priegalvis m
Luxembourgish: Këssen (lb) n , Kappkëssen n , Pillem (lb) n
Macedonian: пе́рница f ( pérnica )
Malay: bantal
Maltese: mħadda f
Maori: urunga , pera
Marathi: उशी f ( uśī )
Middle English: pilwe , cod , cusshon , bolster
Mirandese: almofada f
Mongolian: дэр (mn) ( der )
Nepali: सिरानी ( sirānī )
Ngazidja Comorian: mtao
Nogai: ястык ( yastık )
Norman: ouothilyi m ( Jersey )
Norwegian: pute (no) c
Novial: please add this translation if you can
Old English: bolster (ang) m
Old Norse: koddi m
Ossetian: баз ( baz )
Persian: بالش (fa) ( bâleš )
Polish: poduszka (pl) f
Portuguese: travesseiro (pt) m , almofada (pt) f
Romanian: pernă (ro) f , perină (ro) f
Russian: поду́шка (ru) f ( podúška )
Samoan: aluga
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја̀стук m , подушка f ( archaic )
Roman: jàstuk (sh) m , poduška f ( archaic )
Shor: частық ( çastıq )
Sinhalese: කොට්ටයක් ( koṭṭayak )
Skolt Sami: pooddâšǩ
Slovak: vankúš (sk) m , poduška f
Slovene: vzglavnik m , blazina (sl) f
Southern Altai: јастык ( castıq )
Spanish: almohada (es) f
Swahili: mto (sw) class 3 /4
Swedish: kudde (sv) c
Tagalog: ( literally ) unan n
Tajik: болиш ( boliš )
Tamil: தலைகாணி (ta) ( talaikāṇi ) , தலையணை (ta) ( talaiyaṇai )
Tatar: мендәр (tt) ( mendär )
Telugu: దిండు (te) ( diṇḍu )
Thai: หมอน (th) ( mɔ̌ɔn )
Tibetan: སྔས་ཤུབ ( sngas shub )
Tupinambá: akangupapuku
Turkish: yastık (tr)
Turkmen: ýassyk
Tuvan: сыртык ( sırtık )
Ukrainian: поду́шка f ( podúška )
Urdu: تکیا m ( takiyā )
Uyghur: ياستۇق ( yastuq ) , پەيقۇ ( peyqu )
Uzbek: yostiq (uz) , bolish (uz)
Vietnamese: gối (vi)
Vilamovian: kysła f
Welsh: clustog (cy) , clustogau (cy) f pl
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: сыттык ( sıttık )
Yami: tangen
Yiddish: קישן m ( kishn )
Yup'ik: putuskaq
Zazaki: balişna
Zhuang: swiz
Verb
pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows , present participle pillowing , simple past and past participle pillowed )
( transitive ) To rest as on a pillow.
1942 , Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)
She had pillowed her head on her arm.