# pil
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch pil, from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəl/

### Noun

pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)
* A pill.

#### Derived terms

* setpil

## Chinook Jargon
### Alternative forms

* pʰil

### Adjective

pil
* red

#### Derived terms

* pilpil

## Crimean Tatar

pil (Northern dialect)

### Noun

pil
* elephant

#### Usage notes

* Literary form: fil

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɪl]

### Participle

pil
* masculine singular past active participle of pít

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (“javelin”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

#### Noun

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)
* arrow

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

#### Noun

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)
* willow

##### Derived terms

* hvidpil
* seljepil
* skørpil

### Etymology 3

See pile.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

#### Verb

pil
* imperative of pile

### Etymology 4

See pille.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pel/, [pʰelˀ]

#### Verb

pil
* imperative of pille

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɪl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pil
* Rhymes: -ɪl

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

#### Noun

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)
* a pill, a usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
* (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
    Synonym: anticonceptiepil
* an analogous ball-shaped object
* (metonymically) an expert in pill use:
** a pharmacist
** an MD
** (military) a med student
* a thick sandwich
* a hard kick on a balk or other object
* a bitter experience
* a large book, a tome

##### Derived terms

* anticonceptiepil
* morning-afterpil
* pillendoos
* pillendraaier
* prikpil
* vitaminepil
* zetpil

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: pil
* → Indonesian: pil
* → Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)
* → Sranan Tongo: perki
** → Saramaccan: péiki

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pile.

#### Noun

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)
* (Belgium) an electric battery

##### Derived terms

* pillamp
* pillicht

### Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch pille. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

pil m or f (plural pillen)
* (obsolete) godchild

##### Derived terms

* pillegift
* pillewegge

### Anagrams

* lip

## Hausa
### Etymology

From French pile.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pîl/

### Noun

pîl m
* (Niger) battery (especially of a flashlight)
    Synonym: (Nigeria) batir

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch pil (“pill”), from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɪl]
* Hyphenation: pil

### Noun

pil (uncountable)
* (medicine, pharmacy) pill: a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication
    Synonyms: gentel, tablet

#### Derived terms

* pil biru
* pil koplo
* pil kosong
* pil pahit
* pil pencegah kehamilan
* pil plasebo

### Further reading

* “pil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpil/
* Rhymes: -il
* Hyphenation: pìl

### Noun

pil m
* Alternative form of PIL

## Karakalpak
### Noun

pil
* elephant

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pail.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpil/
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: pil

### Noun

pil m inan
* (Canada, United States) pail, bucket
    Synonym: (Canada) pilik

### Further reading

* Stanislow Frymark (2020) “pil”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN

## Latvian
### Verb

pil
* third-person singular/plural present indicative of pilēt
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pilēt
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pilēt

## Mokilese
### Noun

pil
* water

#### Possessive forms
## Nehan
### Noun

pil
* thunder

### Further reading

* 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'

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piːl/
* Rhymes: -iːl

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla.

#### Noun

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
* an arrow (projectile)
    pil og bue ― bow and arrow
* an arrow (graphic symbol)

##### Derived terms

* pilspiss

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

#### Noun

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
* a willow (tree of genus Salix)

### References

* “pil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piːl/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (“javelin”).

#### Noun

pil f (definite singular pila, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
pil m (definite singular pilen, indefinite plural pilar, definite plural pilane)
* an arrow (projectile)
    pil og boge ― bow and arrow
* an arrow (graphic symbol)

##### Derived terms

* pilspiss

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

#### Noun

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)
* a willow (tree of genus Salix)

#### See also

* selje
* vier

### References

* “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pīlum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piːl/

### Noun

pīl m
* pointed stick

#### Descendants

* English: pile

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “píl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpil/
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: pil

### Verb

pil
* second-person singular imperative of pilić

## Rade
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

### Noun

pil
* battery

## Romagnol
### Pronunciation

   * (Central Romagnol): IPA: [ˈpiːl]

### Noun

pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)
* plural of pél (“hair”)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *pillum (compare piuă, from *pilla), or from Latin pīlum (“spear”).

### Noun

pil n (plural piluri)
* (regional) stick, rod; also, a horsewhip

#### See also

* împila
* piuă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in German Bildsäule, later reinterpreted, extended and modified in meaning range by clipping of pìlōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pîːl/

### Noun

pȋl m (Cyrillic spelling пи̑л)
* an architectural monument in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings and often of religious significance (stele and statue, ornamented pillar, a pylon in the Egyptian sense, often a kind of chapel that is open-air like a mobile-phone-era payphone called poklónac)
    Hypernym: kȋp

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pil]

### Participle

pil
* masculine singular l-participle of piť

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /píːʋ/

#### Participle

pȋł
* masculine singular l-participle of píti

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pìːl/

#### Noun

píl
* genitive plural/dual of píla

### Etymology 3

From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pìːl/, /píːl/

#### Noun

pīl m inan
* a monument often in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings

##### Inflection
### References

* “pil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla.

#### Noun

pil c
* an arrow (projectile)
    skjuta en pilshoot an arrow
* an arrow (symbol)
    Pilen pekar åt vänsterThe arrow is pointing to the left
* a dart (used in for example darts)
    kasta pil (singular is idiomatic in "kasta pil")throw/play darts
    kasta pil på en kartathrow darts at a map

##### Derived terms

* dartpil
* pilbåge
* pilkastning
* piltavla

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse píli.

#### Noun

pil c
* willow, especially Salix × fragilis (knäckepil)
    Synonym: pilträd

##### See also

* sälg
* vide

### References

* pil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpil/, [ˈpʰiʎ̟̊]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)
* battery

#### Synonyms

* batarya

## Turkmen
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

#### Alternative forms

* bel (archaic or dialectal)
* пил, бел, بیل

#### Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)
* shovel, spade

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).

#### Alternative forms

* пил, پیل

#### Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)
* elephant

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “pil” in Enedilim.com
* “pil” in Webonary.org

## Volapük
### Noun

pil (nominative plural pils)
* eel

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Zou
### Adjective

pil
* clever

#### References

* http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf