pil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pil"

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəl/

Noun

pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)

1. A pill.

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. masculine singular past active participle of pít

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

Derived terms

• hvidpil
• seljepil
• skørpil

 

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪl/

• Audio:

  (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, a 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

• 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 from French pile.

Noun

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)

1. (Belgium) an electric battery

Derived terms

• pillamp
• pillicht

 

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

Hausa

Etymology

From French pile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîl/

Noun

pîl m

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

   Synonym: (Nigeria) batir

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪl]
• Hyphenation: pil

Noun

pil (first-person possessive pilku, second-person possessive pilmu, third-person possessive pilnya)

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” in Kamus 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

pil m

1. Alternative form of PIL

Karakalpak

Noun

pil

1. elephant

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pail.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pil m inan

1. (Canada, United States) pail, bucket

   Synonym: (Canada) pilik

Further reading

• Stanislow Frymark (2020) “pil”, in Kashubian 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-person singular/plural present indicative of pilēt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pilēt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pilēt

Mokilese

Noun

pil

1. water

Possessive forms

Possessive forms of pil (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

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.

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)

See also

• selje
• vier

References

• “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/

Noun

pīl m

1. pointed stick

Descendants

• English: pile

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pil

1. second-person singular imperative of pilić

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

pil

1. battery

Romagnol

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)

1. plural of pél (“hair”)

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. 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

Declension

	singular			plural
	+ indefinite article	+ definite article		+ indefinite article	+ definite article
nominative/accusative	(un) pil	pilul		(niște) piluri	pilurile
genitive/dative	(unui) pil	pilului		(unor) piluri	pilurilor
vocative	pilule			pilurilor

See also

• împila
• piuă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in German Bildsäule, later reinterpreted, extended and modified in meaning range by clipping of pìlōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîːl/

Noun

pȋl m (Cyrillic spelling пи̑л)

1. an architectural monument in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings and often of religious significance (stele and statue, ornamented pillar, a pylon in the Egyptian sense, often a kind of chapel that is open-air like a mobile-phone-era payphone called poklónac)

   Hypernym: kȋp

Declension

Declension of pil

	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

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pil]

Participle

pil

1. masculine singular l-participle of piť

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /píːʋ/

Participle

pȋł

1. masculine singular l-participle of píti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pìːl/

Noun

píl

1. genitive plural/dual of píla

Etymology 3

From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pìːl/, /píːl/

Noun

pīl m inan

1. a monument often in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings

Inflection

The diacritics 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”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla.

Noun

pil c

1. an arrow (projectile)

   skjuta en pil

   shoot an arrow

2. an arrow (symbol)

   Pilen pekar åt vänster

   The arrow is pointing to the left

3. a dart (used in for example darts)

   kasta pil (singular is idiomatic in "kasta pil")

   throw/play darts

   kasta pil på en karta

   throw darts at a map

Derived terms

• dartpil
• pilbåge
• pilkastning
• piltavla

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píli.

Noun

pil c

1. willow, especially Salix × fragilis (knäckepil)

   Synonym: pilträd

Declension

Declension of pil

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

See also

• sälg
• vide

References

• pil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpil/, [ˈpʰiʎ̟̊]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. battery

Synonyms

• batarya

Turkmen

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

Alternative forms

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

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. shovel, spade

Declension

Declension of pil

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).

Alternative forms

• пил, پیل

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. elephant

Declension

Declension of pil

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

Volapük

Noun

pil (nominative 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 later, non-classical Volapük only

Zou

Adjective

pil

1. clever

References

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