pil

See also: PIL, Píl, pił, and -pil

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Chinook Jargon

Adjective

pil

1. red

Derived terms

• pilpil

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Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

1. arrow

Inflection

Declension of pil

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

1. willow

Inflection

Declension of pil

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

Etymology 3

See pile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Verb

pil

1. imperative of pile

Etymology 4

See pille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pel/, [pʰelˀ]

Verb

pil

1. imperative of pille

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪl/

• pil

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

   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

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pil
• → Sranan Tongo: perki

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

pil f (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])

1. (Belgium) an electric battery

Etymology 3

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

Noun

pil m or f (plural pillen)

1. (obsolete) godchild

Derived terms

• pillegift
• pillewegge

Anagrams

• lip

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Karakalpak

Noun

pil

1. elephant

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Latvian

Verb

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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Nehan

Noun

pil

1. thunder

Further reading

• 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'

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla

Noun

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

• pilspiss

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll

Noun

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

1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

References

• “pil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

• pilspiss

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll

Noun

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

References

• “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

pil

1. battery

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

pil n (plural piluri)

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

See also

• împila
• piuă

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla

Noun

pil c

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

Related terms

• piltavla

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píli

Noun

pil c

1. willow, a tree in the genus Salix

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (dart): dartpil
• (willow): pilträd

See also

• båge c

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪl/

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. battery

Synonyms

• batarya

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Volapük

Noun

pil (plural pils)

1. eel

Declension

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 some later, non-classical Volapük only