# pilota
## Basque
### Etymology

From or related to Spanish pelota (“ball”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /pilota/ [pi.lo.t̪a]
* IPA: (Southern) /piʎota/ [pi.ʎo.t̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ota, -a
* Hyphenation: pi‧lo‧ta

### Noun

pilota inan
* Basque pelota

#### Derived terms

* pilotaleku
* pilotari

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of pila. Compare French pelote, Spanish pelota.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [piˈlɔ.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [piˈlɔ.ta]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

pilota f (plural pilotes)
* ball
    Synonym: baló
* (vulgar) bollock, testicle
* a musket ball
* a large meatball

##### Derived terms

* esport de pilota
* la pilota és a la teulada d'algú
* passar la pilota
* pilota basca
* pilotada
* pilotaire
* pilotejar
* piloter

##### Related terms

* pilotari
* pilotilla

#### Further reading

* “pilota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “pilota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pilota
* inflection of pilotar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pilota
* third-person singular past historic of piloter

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈlɔ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔta
* Hyphenation: pi‧lò‧ta

### Etymology 1

From earlier pedota, pedotta, from Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “oarblade, oar”). The pil- forms are probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”).

#### Noun

pilota m or f by sense (masculine plural piloti, feminine plural pilote)
* pilot (aircraft or ship)
* driver (vehicle)

##### Descendants

Including descendants from piloto m.
* → Catalan: pilot
* → Greek: πιλότος (pilótos)
* → Middle French: pilot, pillot
** French: pilote (see there for further descendants)
** → Dutch: piloot
*** → Papiamentu: pilot
** → English: pilot (see there for further descendants)
* → Portuguese: piloto
* → Spanish: piloto
** → Tagalog: piloto

#### Adjective

pilota (invariable)
* (relational) pilot

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pilota
* inflection of pilotare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Pilato, oplita, polita

## Latvian
### Noun

pilota
* genitive singular of pilots

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈlɔ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔta
* Syllabification: pi‧lo‧ta

### Noun

pilota m
* genitive singular of pilot
* accusative singular of pilot (in the meaning of: aircraft pilot)
* (colloquial) accusative singular of pilot (in the meaning of: remote control)

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From pilar +‎ -ota.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈlɔ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

#### Noun

pilota f (plural pilotas)
* exhaustion
* (finance) loss
* defeat
* castigation, reprimand

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈlo.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -otɐ

#### Noun

pilota f (plural pilotas)
* female equivalent of piloto (“pilot”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈlɔ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

#### Verb

pilota
* inflection of pilotar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French piloter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pi.loˈta/

### Verb

a pilota (third-person singular present pilotează, past participle pilotat) 1st conjugation
* to pilot

#### Related terms

* pilot

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈlota/ [piˈlo.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: pi‧lo‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

pilota f (plural pilotas)
* female equivalent of piloto

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pilota
* inflection of pilotar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative