pil

pil

1. red

• pilpil

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/

• pil

  (file)

• 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, an 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. (metonymically) 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

• (drugs pill): anticonceptiepil, pillendoos, pillendraaier, zetpil
• (electric battery): pillamp, pillicht

• Afrikaans: pil
• → Sranan Tongo: perki

Borrowed from French pile.

pil f (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])

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

• pillegift
• pillewegge

• lip

pil

1. elephant

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

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)

• “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French pile.

pil

1. battery

Uncertain. 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

• audio

  (file)

From Old Norse píla

pil c

1. arrow, the weapon
2. arrow, the symbol
3. dart, the small arrowlike thing thrown in the game of darts.

• piltavla

From Old Norse píli

pil c

1. willow, a tree in the genus Salix

• (dart): dartpil
• (willow): pilträd

• båge c

Borrowed from French pile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪl/

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

1. battery

• batarya

pil (plural pils)

1. eel