pils

Shortening.

pils (countable and uncountable, plural pils)

1. (informal) Pilsner.

• lisp, Lisp, LSPI, slip, lips, LIPs, LISP, Lips, LPIs

Short form of pilsner (“a pale, light lager beer”), after German Pilsen. Compare German Pilsener.

• IPA^(key): /pils/, [pʰilˀs]

pils c (singular definite pilsen, plural indefinite pils)

1. Lager, pilsner.

• pilsner

See pil (“arrow”).

• IPA^(key): /piːls/, [pʰiːˀls]

pils c

1. indefinite genitive singular of pil

• spil

Borrowed from German Pils, short for Pilsener (Bier).

• IPA^(key): /pɪls/

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• Hyphenation: pils
• Rhymes: -ɪls

pils m or n (plural pilsen, diminutive pilsje n)

1. pilsner beer
2. (by extension) lager beer

• pilsener

• slip

From Old Norse pilz; ultimately from Latin pellis (“pelt, hide”). Cognate with Danish pels.

• IPA^(key): /pʰɪls/

pils n (genitive singular pils, nominative plural pils)

1. skirt

• spil

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pilis, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-í-s, from *tpelH- (“stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), Sanskrit पुर (pura), Lithuanian pilis.

pils f (6th declension)

1. palace (residence of a monarch or head of state; large, luxurious residence)

   prezidenta pils ― presidential palace

   pils sardze ― the palace guard

2. castle (fortified building belonging to a king or nobleman)

   senlatviešu pilis ― ancient Latvian castles

   viduslaiku pilis ― medieval castles

   pils muri, torņi, grāvis ― castle walls, towers, moat

   smilšu pils ― sandcastle

pils m (definite singular pilsen, uncountable)

1. pilsner beer

pils

1. indefinite genitive singular of pil