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English

Etymology 1

Noun

pila

  1. plural of pilum

Etymology 2

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Noun

pila (plural pilae)

  1. (art, archaeology) A mortar.

Anagrams

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronoun

pila

  1. how many

Basque

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • pilo (chiefly Biscayan)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /piʎa/, [pi.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /pila/, [pi.la]

Noun

pila inan

  1. bunch, lot
    Synonym: mordo
  2. heap, pile
Declension
Declension of pila (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive pila pila pilak
ergative pilak pilak pilek
dative pilari pilari pilei
genitive pilaren pilaren pilen
comitative pilarekin pilarekin pilekin
causative pilarengatik pilarengatik pilengatik
benefactive pilarentzat pilarentzat pilentzat
instrumental pilaz pilaz pilez
inessive pilatan pilan piletan
locative pilatako pilako piletako
allative pilatara pilara piletara
terminative pilataraino pilaraino piletaraino
directive pilatarantz pilarantz piletarantz
destinative pilatarako pilarako piletarako
ablative pilatatik pilatik piletatik
partitive pilarik — —
prolative pilatzat — —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pila.

Pronunciation

Noun

pila inan

  1. battery
Declension
Declension of pila (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive pila pila pilak
ergative pilak pilak pilek
dative pilari pilari pilei
genitive pilaren pilaren pilen
comitative pilarekin pilarekin pilekin
causative pilarengatik pilarengatik pilengatik
benefactive pilarentzat pilarentzat pilentzat
instrumental pilaz pilaz pilez
inessive pilatan pilan piletan
locative pilatako pilako piletako
allative pilatara pilara piletara
terminative pilataraino pilaraino piletaraino
directive pilatarantz pilarantz piletarantz
destinative pilatarako pilarako piletarako
ablative pilatatik pilatik piletatik
partitive pilarik — —
prolative pilatzat — —

Further reading

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

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilaq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pilà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

  1. scar
    Synonym: piklat
  2. scab
    Synonym: kagan
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

píla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

  1. line; queue; line of persons, vehicles, etc.
    Synonym: linya
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish pila (“small battery”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

píla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

  1. (rare) battery (for flashlights)
    Synonym: bateriya

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

Noun

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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Noun

pila f (plural piles)

  1. a stone basin, especially a baptismal font
    Synonym: pica
Derived terms

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

pila

  1. how many?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pila

  1. queue

Czech

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila.

Noun

pila f

  1. saw
Declension
Declension of pila (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative pila pily
genitive pily pil
dative pile pilám
accusative pilu pily
vocative pilo pily
locative pile pilách
instrumental pilou pilami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

pila

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

Further reading

  • “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)

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pila

  1. practical joke, jest, prank
    Synonym: kepponen
  2. (dated) Synonym of vitsi (“joke, jest”).

Declension

Inflection of pila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative pila pilat
genitive pilan pilojen
partitive pilaa piloja
illative pilaan piloihin
singular plural
nominative pila pilat
accusative nom. pila pilat
gen. pilan
genitive pilan pilojen
pilain rare
partitive pilaa piloja
inessive pilassa piloissa
elative pilasta piloista
illative pilaan piloihin
adessive pilalla piloilla
ablative pilalta piloilta
allative pilalle piloille
essive pilana piloina
translative pilaksi piloiksi
abessive pilatta piloitta
instructive — piloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pilani pilani
accusative nom. pilani pilani
gen. pilani
genitive pilani pilojeni
pilaini rare
partitive pilaani pilojani
inessive pilassani piloissani
elative pilastani piloistani
illative pilaani piloihini
adessive pilallani piloillani
ablative pilaltani piloiltani
allative pilalleni piloilleni
essive pilanani piloinani
translative pilakseni piloikseni
abessive pilattani piloittani
instructive — —
comitative — piloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pilasi pilasi
accusative nom. pilasi pilasi
gen. pilasi
genitive pilasi pilojesi
pilaisi rare
partitive pilaasi pilojasi
inessive pilassasi piloissasi
elative pilastasi piloistasi
illative pilaasi piloihisi
adessive pilallasi piloillasi
ablative pilaltasi piloiltasi
allative pilallesi piloillesi
essive pilanasi piloinasi
translative pilaksesi piloiksesi
abessive pilattasi piloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — piloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pilamme pilamme
accusative nom. pilamme pilamme
gen. pilamme
genitive pilamme pilojemme
pilaimme rare
partitive pilaamme pilojamme
inessive pilassamme piloissamme
elative pilastamme piloistamme
illative pilaamme piloihimme
adessive pilallamme piloillamme
ablative pilaltamme piloiltamme
allative pilallemme piloillemme
essive pilanamme piloinamme
translative pilaksemme piloiksemme
abessive pilattamme piloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — piloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pilanne pilanne
accusative nom. pilanne pilanne
gen. pilanne
genitive pilanne pilojenne
pilainne rare
partitive pilaanne pilojanne
inessive pilassanne piloissanne
elative pilastanne piloistanne
illative pilaanne piloihinne
adessive pilallanne piloillanne
ablative pilaltanne piloiltanne
allative pilallenne piloillenne
essive pilananne piloinanne
translative pilaksenne piloiksenne
abessive pilattanne piloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — piloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pilansa pilansa
accusative nom. pilansa pilansa
gen. pilansa
genitive pilansa pilojensa
pilainsa rare
partitive pilaansa pilojaan
pilojansa
inessive pilassaan
pilassansa 		piloissaan
piloissansa
elative pilastaan
pilastansa 		piloistaan
piloistansa
illative pilaansa piloihinsa
adessive pilallaan
pilallansa 		piloillaan
piloillansa
ablative pilaltaan
pilaltansa 		piloiltaan
piloiltansa
allative pilalleen
pilallensa 		piloilleen
piloillensa
essive pilanaan
pilanansa 		piloinaan
piloinansa
translative pilakseen
pilaksensa 		piloikseen
piloiksensa
abessive pilattaan
pilattansa 		piloittaan
piloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — piloineen
piloinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

pila

  1. third-person singular past historic of piler

Anagrams

Garo

Verb

pila

  1. to apply liquid to the body

Hawaiian

Noun

pila

  1. violin

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronoun

pila

  1. how many

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin pīla (“pillar”).

Noun

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

Etymology 2

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Noun

pila f (plural pile)

  1. basin

Anagrams

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pila f

  1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)
    Synonyms: gãs, bëka, wùlka, liwùszka, dërotka, todrotka, gãgawa, gãganica

Further reading

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

Khumi Chin

Etymology

Related to Burmese ပုလင်း (pu.lang:).

Pronunciation

Noun

pila

  1. bottle

References

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[3], Payap University, page 73

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pīla.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pila f (Latin spelling, 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.

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

  2. mortar (used with a pestle)
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pīla pīlae
Genitive pīlae pīlārum
Dative pīlae pīlīs
Accusative pīlam pīlās
Ablative pīlā pīlīs
Vocative pīla pīlae
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Catalan: pila
  • English: pile
  • French: pile
  • Friulian: pile
  • Italian: pila
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: pia
  • Romanian: piuă
  • Sicilian: pila
  • Spanish: pila

Etymology 2

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.).

Pronunciation

Noun

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

  2. pillar
  3. pier
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pīla pīlae
Genitive pīlae pīlārum
Dative pīlae pīlīs
Accusative pīlam pīlās
Ablative pīlā pīlīs
Vocative pīla pīlae
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Likely same as Etymology 1.

Noun

pīla n pl

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pīlum

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pila pilae
Genitive pilae pilārum
Dative pilae pilīs
Accusative pilam pilās
Ablative pilā pilīs
Vocative pila pilae
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • “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[4], 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
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 466-7
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465

Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

pila

  1. battery

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronoun

pila

  1. how many

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

pila m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of pil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

pila f or m

  1. definite feminine singular of pil

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

pila f (plural pilas)

  1. (Portugal, slang) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

Verb

pila

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

Etymology 3

From the name of a gaúcho politician, Raul Pilla.

Noun

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
Usage notes

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

píla f (Cyrillic spelling пи́ла)

  1. (regional, Croatia) saw
Declension
Declension of pila
singular plural
nominative pila pile
genitive pile pila
dative pili pilama
accusative pilu pile
vocative pilo pile
locative pili pilama
instrumental pilom pilama

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila.

Participle

pila

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

Sicilian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From pilu, from Latin pilus.

Noun

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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

pila f (plural pili)

  2. sink; washbasin

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

Pronunciation

Participle

pila

  1. feminine singular l-participle of piť

Slovene

Pila

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

píla f

  1. file (abrasive tool)
Inflection
 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

Pronunciation

Participle

pȋla

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

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
Pilas (left) and baterías (right)
pilas recargables

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
Usage notes
  • 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bikol Central: pila

Etymology 2

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

Sinks
A baptismal font

Noun

pila f (plural pilas)

  2. sink; washbasin
    Hyponym: fregadero
  3. font, baptismal font
    Synonym: pila bautismal
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pila

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

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From the noun pil (“dart, arrow”).

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of pila (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive pila —
Supine pilat —
Imperative pila —
Imper. plural1 pilen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative pilar pilade — —
Ind. plural1 pila pilade — —
Subjunctive2 pile pilade — —
Participles
Present participle pilande
Past participle pilad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

  1. clay for making earthenware
    Synonyms: luwad, lupang-lagkit

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

  1. small electric battery

See also

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Adjective

pilá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

  1. (obsolete) broken off (as the handle of a jug, neck of a bottle, etc.)
    Synonyms: pingas, bila
  2. (obsolete) chipped off (as the edge rim of crockery, etc.)

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

pila (Sulat Sūg spelling فِلَ)

  1. how many

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

pila m (plural pilaon)

  1. finch
    Synonyms: pinc, llinos

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pila bila mhila phila
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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