pilule
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
pilule (plural pilules)
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
pilule
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pilula, apparently first attested in the fourteenth century[1], in turn inherited from the Classical Latin, attested in the medical sense in Pliny. Note that Italian pillola[2][3] and Spanish píldora[4] are widely regarded as inheritances, not borrowings.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pilule f (plural pilules)
- pill (small object to be swallowed)
- (with the definite article la) the contraceptive pill
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Etymology and history of “pilule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ pillola in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ pillola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ “píldora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further readingEdit
- “pilule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.