pilíř

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪliːr̝̊]

Etymology 1

From French pilier or Italian piliere,[1] from Vulgar Latin pīlāre from Latin pīla.[2]

Noun

pilíř m inan

  1. pillar
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Calque of French pilier, from rugby rules translated from French into Czech by Ondřej Sekora in 1926.

Noun

pilíř m anim

  1. (rugby) prop (a player of the front row, supporting the hooker in the scrum)
Declension

Further reading

  • pilíř in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pilíř in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

References

  1. "pilíř" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968
  2. pilíř in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
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