See also: Pilar, pilař, and Pilař

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Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (a hair) +‎ -ar.

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pilar (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
    pilar muscle; pilar cyst
  2. Covered in hair; hairy.

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

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pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar
  2. (castells) a castell built with just one casteller on each level
  3. (castells) each of the vertical columns of castellers making up the tronc of a castell (syn. rengla)

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From Dutch pilaar, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpilar]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lar

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pilar (first-person possessive pilarku, second-person possessive pilarmu, third-person possessive pilarnya)

  1. pillar:
    1. (architecture) a large post, often used as supporting architecture.
    2. (figurative) an essential part of something that provides support.
      Synonyms: dasar, induk
  2. (nautical) mast: a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments ,or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

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From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

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pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarer, definite plural pilarene)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)

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pilar f or m

  1. indefinite masculine plural of pil

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

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pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarar, definite plural pilarane)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)
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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

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pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Occitan, inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

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pilar

  1. to crush; to pulverize
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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

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pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  2. (figurative) pillar (essential part of something)

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound). By surface analysis, pilão (pestle) +‎ -ar.

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pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilei, past participle pilado)

  1. to grind using a pestle
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From pila +‎ -ar.

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pìlār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝла̄р)

  1. sawyer

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  • pilar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/ [piˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pi‧lar

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

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pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar, pier, mainstay
  2. (rugby) prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)
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Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

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pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilé, past participle pilado)

  1. to pound
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pilar

  1. indefinite plural of pil

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pilar

  1. present indicative of pila

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