pil
Chinook JargonEdit
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (“javelin”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)
InflectionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)
InflectionEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See pile.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pil
- imperative of pile
Etymology 4Edit
See pille.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pil
- imperative of pille
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)
- a pill, an usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
- (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
- an analogous ball-shaped object
- (metonymically) an expert in pill use:
- a pharmacist
- an MD
- (military) a med student
- an electric battery
- a thick sandwich
- a hard kick on a balk or other object
- a bitter experience
Derived termsEdit
- (drugs pill): pillendoos, pillendraaier, zetpil
- (electric battery): pillamp, pillicht
AnagramsEdit
KarakalpakEdit
LatvianEdit
VerbEdit
pil
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of pilēt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of pilēt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pilēt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pilēt
NehanEdit
NounEdit
pil
Further readingEdit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Malcolm Ross et al, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment →ISBN:
- Nehan pil 'thunder' [...] Solos pina 'thunder'
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
pil f, m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
pil f, m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
ReferencesEdit
- “pil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (“javelin”).
NounEdit
pil f (definite singular pila, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
pil m (definite singular pilen, indefinite plural pilar, definite plural pilane)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)
ReferencesEdit
- “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
RadeEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Uncertain. Possibly from a Latin root *pillum (compare piuă, from *pilla), or from pīlum (“spear”).
NounEdit
pil n (plural piluri)
See alsoEdit
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
pil c
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
pil c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of pil | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pil | pilen | pilar | pilarna |
Genitive | pils | pilens | pilars | pilarnas |
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
- båge c