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pil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pil"

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch pil, from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)

  1. A pill.

Derived terms edit

Chinook Jargon edit

Alternative forms edit

  1. pʰil

Adjective edit

pil

  1. red

Derived terms edit

Crimean Tatar edit

pil (Northern dialect)

Noun edit

pil

  1. elephant

Usage notes edit

  • Literary form: fil

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

pil

  1. masculine singular past active participle of pít

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (“javelin”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun edit

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. arrow
Inflection edit
Declension of pil
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pil pilen pile pilene
genitive pils pilens piles pilenes

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse píll.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun edit

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. willow
Inflection edit
Declension of pil
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pil pilen pile pilene
genitive pils pilens piles pilenes
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

See pile.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Verb edit

pil

  1. imperative of pile

Etymology 4 edit

See pille.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pil

  1. imperative of pille

Dutch edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pɪl/
  • pil(file)
  • Hyphenation: pil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

Noun edit

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)

  1. a pill, a usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
  2. (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
    Synonym: anticonceptiepil
  3. an analogous ball-shaped object
  4. (metonymically) an expert in pill use:
    1. a pharmacist
    2. an MD
    3. (military) a med student
  5. a thick sandwich
  6. a hard kick on a balk or other object
  7. a bitter experience
  8. a large book, a tome
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: pil
  • → Indonesian: pil
  • → Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: perki

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun edit

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)

  1. (Belgium) an electric battery
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Dutch pille. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun edit

pil m or f (plural pillen)

  1. (obsolete) godchild
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Anagrams edit

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

From French pile.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pîl m

  1. (Niger) battery (especially of a flashlight)
    Synonym: (Nigeria) batir

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Dutch pil (“pill”), from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪl]
  • Hyphenation: pil

Noun edit

pil (first-person possessive pilku, second-person possessive pilmu, third-person possessive pilnya)

  1. (medicine, pharmacy) pill: a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
    Synonyms: gentel, tablet

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: pìl

Noun edit

pil m

  1. Alternative form of PIL

Karakalpak edit

Noun edit

pil

  1. elephant

Latvian edit

Verb edit

pil

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of pilēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pilēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pilēt

Mokilese edit

Noun edit

pil

  1. water

Possessive forms edit

Possessive forms of pil (third person singular only)
singular third person possessor piloa
construct form pilen

Nehan edit

Noun edit

pil

  1. thunder

Further reading edit

  • 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 Bokmål edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse píla.

Noun edit

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og bue ― bow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
Derived terms edit
 
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse píll.

Noun edit

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (“javelin”).

Noun edit

pil f (definite singular pila, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

pil m (definite singular pilen, indefinite plural pilar, definite plural pilane)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og boge ― bow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse píll.

Noun edit

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

See also edit

References edit

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pil

Verb edit

pil

  1. second-person singular imperative of pilić

Rade edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun edit

pil

  1. battery

Romagnol edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈpiːl]

Noun edit

pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)

  1. plural of pél (“hair”)

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *pillum (compare piuă, from *pilla), or from Latin pīlum (“spear”).

Noun edit

pil n (plural piluri)

  1. (regional) stick, rod; also, a horsewhip

Declension edit

Declension of pil
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pil pilul (niște) piluri pilurile
genitive/dative (unui) pil pilului (unor) piluri pilurilor
vocative pilule pilurilor

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in German Bildsäule, later reinterpreted, extended and modified in meaning range by clipping of pìlōn.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pȋl m (Cyrillic spelling пи̑л)

  1. an architectural monument in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings and often of religious significance (stele and statue, ornamented pillar, a pylon in the Egyptian sense, often a kind of chapel that is open-air like a mobile-phone-era payphone called poklónac)
    Hypernym: kȋp

Declension edit

Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pȋl pìlovi
genitive píla pilova
dative pilu pilovima
accusative pil pilove
vocative pilu pilovi
locative pilu pilovima
instrumental pilom pilovima

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

pil

  1. masculine singular l-participle of piť

Slovene edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

pȋł

  1. masculine singular l-participle of píti

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

píl

  1. genitive plural/dual of píla

Etymology 3 edit

From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pīl m inan

  1. a monument often in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings
Inflection edit
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. pīl
gen. sing. pīla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pīl pīla pīli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		pīla pīlov pīlov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		pīlu pīloma pīlom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		pīl pīla pīle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pīlu pīlih pīlih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		pīlom pīloma pīli

References edit

  • “pil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse píla.

Noun edit

pil c

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    skjuta en pil
    shoot an arrow
  2. an arrow (symbol)
    Pilen pekar åt vänster
    The arrow is pointing to the left
  3. a dart (used in for example darts)
    kasta pil (singular is idiomatic in "kasta pil")
    throw/play darts
    kasta pil på en karta
    throw darts at a map
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse píli.

Noun edit

pil c

  1. willow, a tree in the genus Salix
    Synonym: pilträd
Declension edit
Declension of pil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pil pilen pilar pilarna
Genitive pils pilens pilars pilarnas

References edit

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. battery

Synonyms edit

Turkmen edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. shovel, spade
Declension edit
Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil piller
accusative pili pilleri
genitive piliň pilleriň
dative pile pillere
locative pilde pillerde
ablative pilden pillerden

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. elephant
Declension edit
Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil piller
accusative pili pilleri
genitive piliň pilleriň
dative pile pillere
locative pilde pillerde
ablative pilden pillerden

Volapük edit

Noun edit

pil (nominative plural pils)

  1. eel

Declension edit

declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil pils
genitive pila pilas
dative pile piles
accusative pili pilis
vocative 1 o pil! o pils!
predicative 2 pilu pilus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Zou edit

Adjective edit

pil

  1. clever

References edit

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