pil

pil

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yom.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yom terms

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

• IPA^(key): /pəl/

pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)

1. A pill.

• setpil

• pʰil

pil

1. red

• pilpil

pil (Northern dialect)

pil

1. elephant

• Literary form: fil

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪl]

pil

1. masculine singular past active participle of pít

From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (“javelin”).

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

1. arrow

From Old Norse píll.

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

1. willow

See pile.

• IPA^(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

pil

1. imperative of pile

See pille.

• IPA^(key): /pel/, [pʰelˀ]

pil

1. imperative of pille

• IPA^(key): /pɪl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

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

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. (metonymic) 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

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

Borrowed from French pile.

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)

1. (Belgium) an electric battery

From Middle Dutch pille. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

pil m or f (plural pillen)

1. (obsolete) godchild

• lip

From French pile.

• IPA^(key): /pîl/

pîl m

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

   Synonym: (Nigeria) batir

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

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

pil (plural pil-pil)

1. (medicine, pharmacy) pill: a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication

   Synonyms: gentel, tablet

• “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.

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

pil m

1. alternative form of PIL

pil

1. elephant

Borrowed from English pail.

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

pil m inan

1. (Canada, United States) pail, bucket

   Synonym: (Canada) pilik

• 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

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

pil

1. water

pil

1. thunder

• 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'

• IPA^(key): /piːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

From Old Norse píla.

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)

• pilspiss

From Old Norse píll.

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

1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

• “pil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /piːl/

From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (“javelin”).

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)

• pilspiss

From Old Norse píll.

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

• selje
• vier

• “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum.

• IPA^(key): /piːl/

pīl m

1. pointed stick

• English: pile

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “píl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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

pil

1. second-person singular imperative of pilić

Borrowed from French pile.

pil

1. battery

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

pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)

1. plural of pél (“hair”)

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

pil n (plural piluri)

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

• împila
• piuă

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

• IPA^(key): /pîːl/

pȋl m inan (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

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

• IPA^(key): [pil]

pil

1. masculine singular l-participle of piť

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

• IPA^(key): /píːʋ/

pȋł

1. masculine singular l-participle of píti

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

• IPA^(key): /pìːl/

píl

1. genitive plural/dual of píla

From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.

• IPA^(key): /pìːl/, /píːl/

pīl m inan

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

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

• “pil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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From Old Norse píla.

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

• dartpil
• pilbåge
• pilkastning
• piltavla

From Old Norse píli.

pil c

1. willow, especially Salix × fragilis (knäckepil)

   Synonym: pilträd

• sälg
• vide

• pil in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• pil in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Borrowed from French pile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpil/, [ˈpʰiʎ̟̊]

• Audio:

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pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. battery

• batarya

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

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

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. shovel, spade

Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).

• пил, پیل

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. elephant

• “pil” in Enedilim.com
• “pil” in Webonary.org

pil (nominative plural pils)

1. eel

pil

1. clever

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