# pilar
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (“a hair”) +‎ -ar.

### Adjective

pilar (not comparable)
* (chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
    pilar muscle; pilar cyst
* Covered in hair; hairy.

### Anagrams

* Paril, April, prial, Plair

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [piˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [piˈlaɾ]

### Noun

pilar m (plural pilars)
* pillar
* (castells) a castell built with just one casteller on each level
* (castells) each of the vertical columns of castellers making up the tronc of a castell (syn. rengla)

### Further reading

* “pilar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pilar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pilar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pilar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch pilaar, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“a pillar”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpilar]
* Hyphenation: pi‧lar

### Noun

pilar (plural pilar-pilar)
* pillar:
** (architecture) a large post, often used as supporting architecture
** (figurative) an essential part of something that provides support
    Synonyms: dasar, induk
* (nautical) mast: a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires

#### Affixed terms

* berpilar

### Further reading

* “pilar” 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.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“a pillar”). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

### Noun

pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarer, definite plural pilarene)
* a pillar, column
* a pier (of a bridge)

#### Derived terms

* grunnpilar

### References

* “pilar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* piler

#### Noun

pilar f or m
* indefinite masculine plural of pil

### Etymology 2

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“a pillar”). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

#### Noun

pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarar, definite plural pilarane)
* a pillar, column
* a pier (of a bridge)

##### Derived terms

* grunnpilar

### References

* “pilar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈla/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

#### Noun

pilar m (plural pilars)
* pillar

### Etymology 2

From Old Occitan, inherited from Latin pīlāre (“to grind, pound”).

#### Verb

pilar
* to crush; to pulverize

##### Synonyms

* trissar

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

#### Alternative forms

* pillar (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈlaʁ/ [piˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈlaʁ/ [piˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /piˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /piˈlaʁ/ [piˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /piˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /piˈla.ɾi/
* Homophone: pilhar (Madeira)
* Hyphenation: pi‧lar

#### Noun

pilar m (plural pilares)
* pillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
* (figurative) pillar (essential part of something)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (“to grind, pound”). By surface analysis, pilão (“pestle”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈla(ʁ)/ [piˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈla(ʁ)/ [piˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /piˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /piˈla(ʁ)/ [piˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /piˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /piˈla.ɾi/
* Homophone: pilhar (Madeira)
* Hyphenation: pi‧lar

#### Verb

pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilei, past participle pilado)
* to grind using a pestle

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From pila +‎ -ar.

### Noun

pìlār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝла̄р)
* sawyer

### References

* “pilar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈlaɾ/ [piˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pi‧lar

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

#### Noun

pilar m (plural pilares)
* pillar, pier, mainstay
* (rugby) prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)

##### Derived terms

* Pilar f (name)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (“to grind, pound”).

#### Verb

pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilé, past participle pilado)
* to pound

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “pilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

pilar
* indefinite plural of pil

### Verb

pilar
* present indicative of pila

### Anagrams

* april