pil

See also: PIL, Píl, pił, and -pil

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Chinook JargonEdit

AdjectiveEdit

pil

1. red

Derived termsEdit

• pilpil

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DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

NounEdit

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

1. arrow

InflectionEdit

Declension of pil

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pil	pilen	pile	pilene
genitive	pils	pilens	piles	pilenes

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse píll.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

NounEdit

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

1. willow

InflectionEdit

Declension of pil

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pil	pilen	pile	pilene
genitive	pils	pilens	piles	pilenes

Etymology 3Edit

See pile.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

VerbEdit

pil

1. imperative of pile

Etymology 4Edit

See pille.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pel/, [pʰelˀ]

VerbEdit

pil

1. imperative of pille

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɪl

• pil

  (file)

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)

1. a pill, an usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
2. (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
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. an electric battery
6. a thick sandwich
7. a hard kick on a balk or other object
8. a bitter experience

Derived termsEdit

• (drugs pill): pillendoos, pillendraaier, zetpil
• (electric battery): pillamp, pillicht

AnagramsEdit

• lip

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KarakalpakEdit

NounEdit

pil

1. elephant

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LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

pil

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of pilēt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of pilēt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pilēt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pilēt

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

pil

1. rafsi of pilka.

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NehanEdit

NounEdit

pil

1. thunder

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 1921313196):

  Nehan pil 'thunder' [...] Solos pina 'thunder'

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /piːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse píla

NounEdit

pil f, 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)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse píll

NounEdit

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

1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

ReferencesEdit

• “pil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse píla

NounEdit

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)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse píll

NounEdit

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

ReferencesEdit

• “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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RadeEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French pile

NounEdit

pil

1. battery

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

pil n (plural piluri)

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

See alsoEdit

• împila
• piuă

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse píla

NounEdit

pil c

1. arrow, the weapon
2. arrow, the symbol
3. dart, the small arrowlike thing thrown in the game of dart.

Related termsEdit

• piltavla

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse píll

NounEdit

pil c

1. willow, a tree in the genus Salix

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pil
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pil	pilen	pilar	pilarna
Genitive	pils	pilens	pilars	pilarnas

SynonymsEdit

• (dart): dartpil
• (willow): pilträd

See alsoEdit

• båge c

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French pile.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪl/

NounEdit

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. battery

SynonymsEdit

• batarya

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VolapükEdit

NounEdit

pil (plural pils)

1. eel

DeclensionEdit

declension of pil

	singular	plural
nominative	pil	pils
genitive	pila	pilas
dative	pile	piles
accusative	pili	pilis
predicative	pilu	pilus
vocative	o pil!	o pils!