pil

See also: PIL, Píl, pił, and -pil

Chinook Jargon

Adjective

pil

  1. red

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. willow
Inflection

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • pil(file)

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
  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. an electric battery
  6. a thick sandwich
  7. a hard kick on a balk or other object
  8. a bitter experience

Derived terms

Anagrams

Karakalpak

Noun

pil

  1. elephant

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

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, 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)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll

Noun

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

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

References

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)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll

Noun

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

References

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

pil

  1. battery

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

pil n (plural piluri)

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

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

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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.

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪl/

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. battery

Synonyms

Volapük

Noun

pil (plural pils)

  1. eel

Declension

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