piles

See also: Piles, pilés, pīles, pīlēs, and piłeś

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɪlz/

Etymology 1

Noun

piles

  1. plural of pile
    Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.
  2. (informal, piles of) A large amount of.
    He must earn piles of money.
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Verb

piles

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pile

Etymology 2

From Latin pila (“ball”).

Noun

piles

  1. (pathology) Haemorrhoids.
    • 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "Another":
      Who with thy leaves shall wipe (at need)
      The place where swelling Piles do breed ...
    Many women get piles when pregnant.
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Catalan

Noun

piles

  1. plural of pila

Danish

Noun

piles c

  1. genitive plural indefinite of pil

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pil/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Verb

piles

  1. second-person singular present indicative of piler
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of piler

Noun

piles f

  1. plural of pile

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Latin

Verb

pilēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of pilō

Latvian

Noun

piles f

  1. genitive singular form of pile
  2. nominative plural form of pile
  3. vocative plural form of pile

Portuguese

Verb

piles

  1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of pilar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of pilar

Spanish

Verb

piles

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of pilar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of pilar.
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