pila

pila

1. plural of pilum

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

pila (plural pilae)

1. (art, archaeology) A mortar.

• ALIP, Lipa, Pali, lipa, pail, pali, pali-, pial

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pila

1. how many

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• pilo (chiefly Biscayan)

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /pila/ [pi.la]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /piʎa/ [pi.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -ila, -a
• Rhymes: -iʎa, -a
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

pila inan

1. bunch, lot

   Synonym: mordo

2. heap, pile

Borrowed from Spanish pila.

• IPA^(key): /pila/ [pi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila, -a

pila inan

1. battery

• “pila”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “pila”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilaq.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilaʔ/ [ˈpi.l̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

pilà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. scar

   Synonym: piklat

2. scab

   Synonym: kagan

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

píla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. line; queue; line of persons, vehicles, etc.

   Synonym: linya

Borrowed from Spanish pila (“small battery”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

píla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. (rare) battery (for flashlights)

   Synonym: bateriya

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpi.la]

• Audio:

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Inherited from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

pila f (plural piles)

1. pile, stack, heap
   • 2019, “Sento”, in Energia fosca, performed by El Petit de Cal Eril:

     On deu anar tota l'aigua del mar? / Piles d'objectes, tones de sal.

     Where should all the seawater go? / Heaps of objects, tonnes of salt.

2. bunch, load
3. battery
4. (heraldry) pile

Inherited from Latin pīla (“mortar”).

pila f (plural piles)

1. a stone basin, especially a baptismal font

   Synonym: pica

• nom de pila

• “pila”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

• IPA^(key): /piˈla/ [pɪˈl̪a]
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

pilá (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. how many?

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.l̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

píla (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. queue

   Synonym: linya

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪla]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila.

pila f

1. saw

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pila

1. inflection of pít:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

• “pila”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pila”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pila”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Old Swedish spil, from Middle Low German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Cognates include Estonian pila, Karelian pila. Doublet of peli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilɑ/, [ˈpilɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): pi‧la

pila

1. practical joke, jest, prank

   Synonym: kepponen

2. (dated) synonym of vitsi (“joke, jest”)

• “pila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Alpi, alpi, lipa

• IPA^(key): /pi.la/

pila

1. third-person singular past historic of piler

• plia

pila

1. to apply liquid to the body

pila

1. violin

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pila

1. how many

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: pì‧la

From Latin pīla (“pillar”).

pila f (plural pile)

1. pile (all senses)
2. (heraldry) pile (one of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess)
3. battery (electrical)
4. torch / flashlight

• pila atomica
• reattore nucleare
• reattore atomico

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

pila f (plural pile)

1. basin

• Alpi, alpi, pali

• IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpiː.lʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ila
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /ˈpira/ [ˈpiː.rʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: pi‧la

píla

1. rock

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “píla”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 361

Borrowed from German Low German Piele. Compare Upper Sorbian pila and Polabian pailă.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: pi‧la

pila f

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

   Synonyms: gãs, bëka, wùlka, liwùszka, dërotka, todrotka, gãgawa, gãganica

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “gęś”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “gęś”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “pila”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Related to Burmese ပုလင်း (pu.lang:).

• IPA^(key): /pi˧.la˥/

pila

1. bottle

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[4], Payap University, page 73

• פילה (Hebrew orthography spelling)
  • pile (Aki Yerushalayim and French orthography spelling used in Kosovo, North Macedonia, Old Yishuv of Jerusalem, West Bulgaria and Ruse)

From Latin pīla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/, [ˈpi.la]
• IPA^(key): [ˈpi.læ], [ˈpi.lɛ], [ˈpi.le], [ˈpi.lə] (dialects with the reduction of final /a/)

pila f (plural pilas)

1. sink, washbasin

   Lávate las manos en la pila.

   Wash your hands in the sink.

2. pile, heap

   Avía una pila de livros en la mesa.

   There was a pile of books on the table.

Probably from Proto-Italic *pistlā, from Proto-Indo-European *pis-tlo-, from *peys- (“to crush”), whence also pīlum (“pestle, pounder”), pīnsō (“to pound, crush”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.la]

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

2. mortar (used with a pestle)

First-declension noun.

• mortārium (implement for grinding):

• pīlārium (“the seat of a burial urn”)

From Proto-Italic *peilā, further etymology unknown.^[2] The Latin denominal pīlāre (“to fix firmly”) finds a parallel in Oscan ehpeílatasset (“[the stele] has been erected”, 3p pf. pass.).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.la]

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

2. pillar
3. pier

First-declension noun.

• pīlātim
• pīlō
• pīlāre, pīlārium (“pillar”) (medieval)

Likely same as Etymology 1.

pīla n pl

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pīlum

Likely from pilus (“hair”), thus originally meaning "bundle of hair".

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.la]

pila f (genitive pilae); first declension

2. ball
3. (figuratively) a game of ball
   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 13:

     Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi aut pila aut excoquendi in sole corporis cura consumpsere vitam.

     It would be tedious to mention all the different men who have spent the whole of their life over chess or ball or the practice of baking their bodies in the sun.

4. globe, sphere

First-declension noun.

• pilāris
• pilārius (“juggler”)
• pilula

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pilotta
  • Old French: pelute
    • French: pelote
    • → Old Occitan: pelota
      • → Catalan: pilota
      • → Galician: pelota
      • → Portuguese: pelota
      • → Spanish: pelota
  • Italian: pilotta, pillotta
• → Polish: piłka
  • → Esperanto: pilko
• → Welsh: pêl

• “pila”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pila”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pila", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pila in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to throw down the javelins (pila) and fight with the sword: omissis pilis gladiis rem gerere
    
• “pila”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pila”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from French pile.

pila

1. battery

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pila

1. how many

• pilen

pila m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pil

• pilen

pila f or m

1. definite feminine singular of pil

• Homophone: pilha (Madeira)
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

pila f (plural pilas)

1. (Portugal, slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

pila

1. inflection of pilar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From the name of a gaúcho politician, Raul Pilla.

pila m pl (plural only)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul, slang) a unit of a current Brazilian currency; cash; real

   Me vê cinco pila de cacetinhos

   Give me 5 reais of bread

This is a singular-only word, therefore it is impossible for one to say "cinco pilas", rather one would say "cinco pila".

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila, from Old High German fil (“file”) (see modern German Feile).

• IPA^(key): /pǐːla/
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

píla f (Cyrillic spelling пи́ла)

1. (regional, Croatia) saw

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila.

pila

1. feminine singular / neuter plural l-participle of pȉti

• IPA^(key): /ˈpila/
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

From pilu, from Latin pilus.

pila m

1. plural of pilu
2. (plural only) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
3. (by extension) The collection or mass of slender outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.

From Latin pīla (“pillar”). Compare French pile, Italian pila, Spanish pila.

pila f (plural pili)

1. small battery

   Coordinate term: battirìa

2. pile, stack, heap, mound

   Synonym: munzeḍḍu

   Àju na pila di robbi di lavari e stirari. ― I have a pile/stack of clothes to wash and iron.

3. money

From Latin pīla (“mortar”). Compare Portuguese pia, Catalan pica.

pila f (plural pili)

2. sink; washbasin

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpila]

pila

1. feminine singular l-participle of piť

From Proto-Slavic *pila, a borrowing from Old High German fila. See modern German Feile.

• IPA^(key): /pìːla/

píla f

1. file (abrasive tool)

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	píla
gen. sing.	píle
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	píla	píli	píle
genitive (rodȋlnik)	píle	píl	píl
dative (dajȃlnik)	píli	pílama	pílam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pílo	píli	píle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	píli	pílah	pílah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pílo	pílama	pílami

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

• IPA^(key): /píːla/

pȋla

1. feminine singular / neuter plural l-participle of píti

• IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: pi‧la

Inherited from Latin pīla (“pillar”). Compare French pile.

pila f (plural pilas)

1. small battery

   Coordinate term: batería

2. pile, stack, heap, mound

   Synonym: montón

   Tengo una pila de papeles encima de la mesa con órdenes de trabajo.

   I have a stack of papers on my desk with work orders.

3. (colloquial) a lot

   Synonym: montón

   una pila de cosas ― a bunch of stuff

4. (heraldry) pile

• pila is used for small, cylindrical batteries (some are straight), type AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, N, 9V. And the batería for rectangular and large rechargeable batteries, like in smartphones, laptops, e-scooters, electric cars. Although the pilas can also be rechargeable.

• → Bikol Central: pila

Inherited from Latin pīla (“mortar”). Compare Portuguese pia, Catalan pica.

pila f (plural pilas)

2. sink; washbasin

   Hyponym: fregadero

3. font, baptismal font

   Synonym: pila bautismal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pila

1. inflection of pilar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From the noun pil (“dart, arrow”).

pila (present pilar, preterite pilade, supine pilat, imperative pila)

1. (dated) to dart; to run quickly, to shoot rapidly and energetically along

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpiː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: pi‧la

pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. clay for making earthenware

   Synonyms: luwad, lupang-lagkit

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”), from French file (“line”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpiː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: pi‧la

pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. line; file
2. queue; line of persons, vehicles, etc.

Borrowed from Spanish pila (“small battery”), from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpila/ [ˈpiː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: pi‧la

pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. small electric battery

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈla/ [pɪˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pi‧la

pilá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ) (obsolete)

1. broken off (as the handle of a jug, neck of a bottle, etc.)

   Synonyms: pingas, bila

2. chipped off (as the edge rim of crockery, etc.)

• “pila”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “pila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[6], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 246: “Deſportillar) Pila (pc) S. la vaſija”
  • page 482: “Piedra) Pila (pp) blanda de que ſe hazen los edifiçios en Manila y de aqui llaman Pila aun pueblo que ay en la laguna por ſer alli todo el ſuelo della”
  • page 572: “Tierra) Pila (pp) algodura y ſies piedra es muy blanda”

• lipa, Lipa, pali, lapi, ilap

From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /pila/ [pɪˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pi‧la

pila (Sulat Sūg spelling فِلَ)

1. how many

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪla/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːla/, /ˈpɪla/
• Rhymes: -ɪla

pila m (plural pilaon)

1. finch

   Synonyms: pinc, llinos