pilule
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilule (plural pilules)
Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilule
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin pilula, apparently first attested in the fourteenth century,[1] in turn inherited from the Classical Latin, attested in the medical sense in Pliny. Note that Italian pillola[2][3] and Spanish píldora[4] are widely regarded as inheritances, not borrowings.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilule f (plural pilules)
- pill (small object to be swallowed)
- the contraceptive pill
- prendre la pilule ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- pilule du lendemain ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Etymology and history of “pilule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- ^ pillola in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ pillola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ “píldora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Further reading
[edit]- “pilule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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