pil

See also:Appendix:Variations of "pil"

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Afrikaans

Etymology

FromDutchpil,fromMiddle Dutchpille,fromMedieval Latinpilla,fromLatinpilula,diminutive ofpila(“ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pəl/

Noun

pil(pluralpille,diminutivepilletjie)

1. Apill.

Derived terms

• setpil

Chinook Jargon

Alternative forms

1. pʰil

Adjective

pil

1. red

Derived terms

• pilpil

Crimean Tatar

pil(Northern dialect)

Noun

pil

1. elephant

Usage notes

• Literary form:fil

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈpɪl]

Participle

pil

1. masculinesingularpastactiveparticipleofpít

Danish

Etymology 1

From lateOld Norsepíla,fromLatinpīlum(“javelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/piːl/,[pʰiːˀl]

Noun

pilc(singular definitepilen,plural indefinitepile)

1. arrow

Inflection

Declension ofpil

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

Etymology 2

FromOld Norsepíll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/piːl/,[pʰiːˀl]

Noun

pilc(singular definitepilen,plural indefinitepile)

1. willow

Inflection

Declension ofpil

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

Derived terms

• hvidpil
• seljepil
• skørpil

Etymology 3

Seepile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/piːl/,[pʰiːˀl]

Verb

pil

1. imperativeofpile

Etymology 4

Seepille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pel/,[pʰelˀ]

Verb

pil

1. imperativeofpille

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pɪl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:pil
• Rhymes:-ɪl

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Dutchpille,fromMedieval Latinpilla,fromLatinpilula,diminutive ofpila(“ball”).

Noun

pilf(pluralpillen,diminutivepilletjen)

1. apill,a usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
2. (with definite article:de pil) 'the'contraceptivepill

   Synonym:anticonceptiepil

3. an analogous ball-shaped object
4. (metonymically)an expert in pill use:
   1. apharmacist
   2. anMD
   3. (military)amed student
5. a thicksandwich
6. a hardkickon a balk or other object
7. a bitter experience
8. a largebook,atome

Derived terms

• anticonceptiepil
• morning-afterpil
• pillendoos
• pillendraaier
• prikpil
• vitaminepil
• zetpil

Descendants

• Afrikaans:pil
• →Indonesian:pil
• →Papiamentu:pelchi,pilchi,peeltsji(from the diminutive)
• →Sranan Tongo:perki
  • →Saramaccan:péiki

Etymology 2

Borrowed fromFrenchpile.

Noun

pilf(pluralpillen,diminutivepilleken)

1. (Belgium)an electricbattery

Derived terms

• pillamp
• pillicht

Etymology 3

FromMiddle Dutchpille.Thisetymologyis incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

pilmorf(pluralpillen)

1. (obsolete)godchild

Derived terms

• pillegift
• pillewegge

Anagrams

• lip

Hausa

Etymology

FromFrenchpile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pîl/

Noun

pîlm

1. (Niger)battery(especially of a flashlight)

   Synonym:(Nigeria)batir

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchpil(“pill”),fromMiddle Dutchpille,fromMedieval Latinpilla,fromLatinpilula,diminutive ofpila(“ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈpɪl]
• Hyphenation:pil

Noun

pil(first-person possessivepilku,second-person possessivepilmu,third-person possessivepilnya)

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

• pil biru
• pil koplo
• pil kosong
• pil pahit
• pil pencegah kehamilan
• pil plasebo

Further reading

• “pil”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pilm

1. Alternative form ofPIL

Karakalpak

Noun

pil

1. elephant

Kashubian

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishpail.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pilminan

1. (Canada,United States)pail,bucket

   Synonym:(Canada)pilik

Further reading

• Stanislow Frymark (2020) “pil”,inKashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand,Zómk Zôbòrsczi,→ISBN

Latvian

Verb

pil

1. third-personsingular/pluralpresentindicativeofpilēt
2. (with the particlelai)third-personsingularimperativeofpilēt
3. (with the particlelai)third-personpluralimperativeofpilēt

Mokilese

Noun

pil

1. water

Possessive forms

Possessive forms ofpil(third person singular only)

singular third person possessor	piloa
construct form	pilen

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'

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/piːl/
• Rhymes:-iːl

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsepíla.

Noun

pilform(definite singularpilaorpilen,indefinite pluralpiler,definite pluralpilene)

1. anarrow(projectile)

   pilog bue―bow and arrow

2. anarrow(graphic symbol)

Derived terms

• pilspiss

Etymology 2

FromOld Norsepíll.

Noun

pilform(definite singularpilaorpilen,indefinite pluralpiler,definite pluralpilene)

1. awillow(tree of genusSalix)

References

• “pil”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/piːl/

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsepíla,fromLatinpilum(“javelin”).

Noun

pilf(definite singularpila,indefinite pluralpiler,definite pluralpilene)

pilm(definite singularpilen,indefinite pluralpilar,definite pluralpilane)

1. anarrow(projectile)

   pilog boge―bow and arrow

2. anarrow(graphic symbol)

Derived terms

• pilspiss

Etymology 2

FromOld Norsepíll.

Noun

pil(inflections as for Etymology 1)

1. awillow(tree of genusSalix)

See also

• selje
• vier

References

• “pil”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinpīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/piːl/

Noun

pīlm

1. pointedstick

Descendants

• English:pile

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “píl”, inAn Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1],2nd edition, Oxford:Oxford University Press.

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pil

1. second-personsingularimperativeofpilić

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchpile.

Noun

pil

1. battery

Romagnol

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pilmpl(Ravenna,Castel Bolognese)

1. pluralofpél(“hair”)

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from aVulgar Latinroot*pillum(comparepiuă,from*pilla), or fromLatinpīlum(“spear”).

Noun

piln(pluralpiluri)

1. (regional)stick,rod;also, ahorsewhip

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pil	pilul		piluri	pilurile
genitive-dative	pil	pilului		piluri	pilurilor
vocative	pilule			pilurilor

See also

• împila
• piuă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

BorrowedfromBavarianpronunciation ofGermanBildas inGermanBildsäule,later reinterpreted, extended and modified in meaning range byclippingofpìlōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pîːl/

Noun

pȋlm(Cyrillic spellingпи̑л)

1. anarchitecturalmonumentinpillarshape standing apart from otherbuildingsand often ofreligioussignificance(steleandstatue,ornamentedpillar,apylonin the Egyptian sense, often a kind ofchapelthat isopen-airlike amobile-phone-erapayphonecalledpoklónac)

   Hypernym:kȋp

Declension

Declension ofpil

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

Slovak

Etymology

FromProto-Slavic*pilъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[pil]

Participle

pil

1. masculinesingularl-participleofpiť

Slovene

Etymology 1

FromProto-Slavic*pilъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/píːʋ/

Participle

pȋł

1. masculinesingularl-participleofpíti

Etymology 2

FromProto-Slavic*pilъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pìːl/

Noun

píl

1. genitiveplural/dualofpíla

Etymology 3

FromBavarianpronunciation ofGermanBildas inBildsäule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pìːl/,/píːl/

Noun

pīlminan

1. amonumentoften inpillarshapestanding apart from otherbuildings

Inflection

Thediacritics 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

• “pil”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU(in Slovene),2014–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsepíla.

Noun

pilc

1. anarrow(projectile)

   skjuta enpil

   shoot anarrow

2. anarrow(symbol)

   Pilenpekar åt vänster

   The arrowis pointing to the left

3. adart(used in for example darts)

   kastapil(singular is idiomatic in "kasta pil" )

   throw/playdarts

   kastapilpå en karta

   throwdartsat a map

Derived terms

• dartpil
• pilbåge
• pilkastning
• piltavla

Etymology 2

FromOld Norsepíli.

Noun

pilc

1. willow,especiallySalix×fragilis(knäckepil)

   Synonym:pilträd

Declension

Declension ofpil

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pil	pils
	definite	pilen	pilens
plural	indefinite	pilar	pilars
	definite	pilarna	pilarnas

See also

• sälg
• vide

References

• pilinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• pilinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• pilinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchpile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈpil/,[ˈpʰiʎ̟̊]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pil(definite accusativepili,pluralpiller)

1. battery

Synonyms

• batarya

Turkmen

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromPersianبیل(bêl).

Alternative forms

• bel(archaic or dialectal)
• пил,бел,بیل

Noun

pil(definite accusativepili,pluralpiller)

1. shovel,spade

Declension

Declension ofpil

	singular	plural
nominative	pil	piller
accusative	pili	pilleri
genitive	piliň	pilleriň
dative	pile	pillere
locative	pilde	pillerde
ablative	pilden	pillerden

Etymology 2

Borrowed fromPersianپیل(pil).

Alternative forms

• пил,پیل

Noun

pil(definite accusativepili,pluralpiller)

1. elephant

Declension

Declension ofpil

	singular	plural
nominative	pil	piller
accusative	pili	pilleri
genitive	piliň	pilleriň
dative	pile	pillere
locative	pilde	pillerde
ablative	pilden	pillerden

Further reading

• “pil”inEnedilim.com
• “pil”inWebonary.org

Volapük

Noun

pil(nominative pluralpils)

1. eel

Declension

declension ofpil

	singular	plural
nominative	pil	pils
genitive	pila	pilas
dative	pile	piles
accusative	pili	pilis
vocative1	opil!	opils!
predicative2	pilu	pilus

• ¹status as a case is disputed
• ²in later, non-classical Volapük only

Zou

Adjective

pil

1. clever

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf