pila
plural ofpilum FromLatin pīla ( “ mortar ” ) .
pila (plural pilae )
( art , archaeology ) Amortar .Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *pijax .
pila
how many (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
IPA (key ) : ( Navarro-Lapurdian ) /pila/ [pi.la] IPA (key ) : ( Southern ) /piʎa/ [pi.ʎa] Rhymes:-ila ,-a Rhymes:-iʎa ,-a Hyphenation:pi‧la pila inan
bunch ,lot Synonym: mordo heap ,pile Borrowed fromSpanish pila .
pila inan
battery “pila ”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy ] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ] “pila ”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary ],Euskaltzaindia ,1987–2005 Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilaq .
IPA (key ) : /ˈpilaʔ/ [ˈpi.l̪aʔ] Hyphenation:pi‧la pilà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
scar Synonym: piklat scab Synonym: kagan Borrowed fromSpanish fila ( “ line ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.l̪a] Hyphenation:pi‧la píla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
line ;queue ; line of persons, vehicles, etc.Synonym: linya Borrowed fromSpanish pila ( “ small battery ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.l̪a] Hyphenation:pi‧la píla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
( rare ) battery ( for flashlights ) Synonym: bateriya Inherited fromLatin pīla ( “ pillar ” ) .
pila f (plural piles )
pile ,stack ,heap 2019 , “Sento”, inEnergia 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. bunch ,load battery ( heraldry ) pile Inherited fromLatin pīla ( “ mortar ” ) .
pila f (plural piles )
a stonebasin , especially abaptismal font Synonym: pica Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *pijax .
IPA (key ) : /piˈla/ [pɪˈl̪a] Hyphenation:pi‧la pilá (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
how many ?Borrowed fromSpanish fila ( “ line ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.l̪ɐ] Hyphenation:pi‧la píla (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
queue Synonym: linya Inherited fromProto-Slavic *pila .
pila f
saw Declension ofpila (hard feminine )
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pila
inflection ofpít : feminine singular past active participle neuter plural past active participle “pila ”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957 “pila ”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989 “pila ”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025 Borrowed fromOld Swedish spil , fromMiddle Low German spil , fromProto-West Germanic *spil . Cognates includeEstonian pila ,Karelian pila .Doublet ofpeli .
pila
practical joke ,jest ,prank Synonym: kepponen ( dated ) Synonym ofvitsi ( “ joke, jest ” ) .pila
third-person singular past historic ofpiler pila
toapply liquid to thebody pila
violin Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *pijax .
pila
how many FromLatin pīla ( “ pillar ” ) .
pila f (plural pile )
pile ( all senses ) ( heraldry ) pile ( one of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess ) battery ( electrical ) torch /flashlight FromLatin pīla ( “ mortar ” ) .
pila f (plural pile )
basin ( Standard Kankanaey ) IPA (key ) : /ˈpila/ [ˈpiː.lʌ] IPA (key ) : ( Sagada & parts of Sabangan ) /ˈpira/ [ˈpiː.rʌ] Rhymes:-ila ,( Sagada & parts of Sabangan ) -ira Syllabification:pi‧la píla
rock Morice Vanoverbergh (1933 ) “píla”, inA 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 , page361 Borrowed fromGerman Low German Piele . CompareUpper Sorbian pila andPolabian pailă .
IPA (key ) : /ˈpi.la/ Rhymes:-ila Syllabification:pi‧la pila f
goose ( a grazing waterfowl of the familyAnatidae ) Synonyms: gãs ,bëka ,wùlka ,liwùszka ,dërotka ,todrotka ,gãgawa ,gãganica Jan Trepczyk (1994 ) “gęś”, inSłownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011 ) “gęś”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi [3] “pila ”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language ], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022 Related toBurmese ပုလင်း ( pu.lang: ) .
pila
bottle K. E. Herr (2011 )The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin [4] , Payap University, page73 פילה ( Hebrew orthography spelling ) FromLatin 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 )
sink ,washbasin Lávate las manos en la pila. Wash your hands in the sink. pile ,heap Avía una pila de livros en la mesa. There was a pile of books on the table. Probably fromProto-Italic *pistlā , fromProto-Indo-European *pis-tlo- , from*peys- ( “ to crush ” ) , whence alsopīlum ( “ pestle, pounder ” ) ,pīnsō ( “ to pound, crush ” ) .[ 1]
pīla f (genitive pīlae ) ;first declension
mortar (used with apestle )First-declension noun.
FromProto-Italic *peilā , further etymology unknown.[ 2] The Latin denominalpīlāre ( “ to fix firmly ” ) finds a parallel inOscan ehpeílatasset ( “ [the stele] has been erected ” ,3p pf. pass. ) .
pīla f (genitive pīlae ) ;first declension
pillar pier First-declension noun.
Likely same asEtymology 1 .
pīla n pl
nominative / accusative / vocative plural ofpīlum Likely frompilus ( “ hair ” ) , thus originally meaning "bundle of hair".
pila f (genitive pilae ) ;first declension
ball ( figuratively ) agame of ballc. 4BCE – 65CE ,
Seneca the Younger ,
De brevitate vitae 13 :
Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi autpila 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 orball or the practice of baking their bodies in the sun. globe ,sphere First-declension noun.
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “pīnsō, -ere (> Derivatives > pīla)”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN ,pages466-7 ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “pīla”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN ,page465 “pila ”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press “pila ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "pila ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) pila inGaffiot, 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 ”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers “pila ”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890 ),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Borrowed fromFrench pile .
pila
battery Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *pijax .
pila
how many pila m or f
definite feminine singular ofpil pila f or m
definite feminine singular ofpil
pila f (plural pilas )
( Portugal , slang ) penis Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis pila
inflection ofpilar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative From the name of agaúcho politician,Raul Pilla .
pila m pl (plural only )
( Rio Grande do Sul , slang ) a unit of a current Brazilian currency;cash ;real This is a singular-only word, therefore it is impossible for one to say "cinco pilas", rather one would say "cinco pila".
Inherited fromProto-Slavic *pila , fromOld High German fil ( “ file ” ) (see modernGerman Feile ).
IPA (key ) : /pǐːla/ Hyphenation:pi‧la píla f (Cyrillic spelling пи́ла )
( regional , Croatia ) saw Inherited fromProto-Slavic *pila .
pila
feminine singular / neuter plural l-participle ofpȉti IPA (key ) : /ˈpila/ Hyphenation:pi‧la Frompilu , fromLatin pilus .
pila m
plural ofpilu ( plural only ) Thecollection ormass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming acovering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.( by extension ) Thecollection ormass of slender outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.FromLatin pīla ( “ pillar ” ) . CompareFrench pile ,Italian pila ,Spanish pila .
pila f (plural pili )
smallbattery Coordinate term: battirìa pile ,stack ,heap ,mound Synonym: munzeḍḍu Àju napila di robbi di lavari e stirari. ―I have apile/stack of clothes to wash and iron. money FromLatin pīla ( “ mortar ” ) . ComparePortuguese pia ,Catalan pica .
pila f (plural pili )
sink ;washbasin FromProto-Slavic *pila .
pila
feminine singular l-participle ofpiť Pila FromProto-Slavic *pila , a borrowing fromOld High German fila . See modernGerman Feile .
píla f
file (abrasive tool)FromProto-Slavic *pila .
pȋla
feminine singular / neuter plural l-participle ofpíti IPA (key ) : /ˈpila/ [ˈpi.la] Rhymes:-ila Syllabification:pi‧la Inherited fromLatin pīla ( “ pillar ” ) . CompareFrench pile .
pila f (plural pilas )
smallbattery Coordinate term: batería pile ,stack ,heap ,mound Synonym: montón Tengo unapila de papeles encima de la mesa con órdenes de trabajo. I have astack of papers on my desk with work orders. ( colloquial ) a lot Synonym: montón unapila de cosas ―abunch of stuff ( heraldry ) pile pila is used for small, cylindrical batteries (some are straight), type AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, N, 9V. And thebatería for rectangular and large rechargeable batteries, like insmartphones ,laptops ,e-scooters ,electric cars . Although thepilas can also be rechargeable.Inherited fromLatin pīla ( “ mortar ” ) . ComparePortuguese pia ,Catalan pica .
pila f (plural pilas )
sink ;washbasin Hyponym: fregadero font ,baptismal font Synonym: pila bautismal See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pila
inflection ofpilar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative From the nounpil ( “ dart, arrow ” ) .
pila (present pilar ,preterite pilade ,supine pilat ,imperative pila )
( dated ) todart ; to run quickly, to shoot rapidly and energetically alongpila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
clay for making earthenwareSynonyms: luwad ,lupang-lagkit Borrowed fromSpanish fila ( “ line ” ) , fromFrench file ( “ line ” ) .
pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
line ;file queue ; line of persons, vehicles, etc.Borrowed fromSpanish pila ( “ small battery ” ) , fromLatin pīla ( “ pillar ” ) .
pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )
smallelectric battery pilá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ )( obsolete )
broken off( as the handle of a jug, neck of a bottle, etc. ) Synonyms: pingas ,bila chipped off( as the edge rim of crockery, etc. ) “pila ”, inKWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino ,Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino ,2024 “pila ”, inPambansang 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 ” FromProto-Austronesian *pijax .
( Sinūgan Parianun ) IPA (key ) : /pila/ [pɪˈla] Rhymes:-a Syllabification:pi‧la pila (Sulat Sūg spelling فِلَ )
how many pila m (plural pilaon )
finch Synonyms: pinc ,llinos Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.