pila

pila

1. plural of pilum

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

pila (plural pilae)

1. (art, archaeology) A mortar.

• ALIP, Lipa, Pali, lipa, pail, pali, pali-, pial

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pila

1. how many

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

• pilo (chiefly Biscayan)

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

pila inan

1. bunch, lot

   Synonym: mordo

2. heap, pile

Borrowed from Spanish pila.

• IPA^(key): /pila/, [pi.la]

pila inan

1. battery

• "pila" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “pila” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilaq.

• Hyphenation: pi‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈpilaʔ/

pilà

1. scar

   Synonym: piklat

2. scab

   Synonym: kagan

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”).

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

píla

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

   Synonym: linya

Borrowed from Spanish pila (“small battery”).

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

píla

1. (rare) battery (for flashlights)

   Synonym: bateriya

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/

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From Latin pīla (“pillar”).

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

• pilera

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

pila f (plural piles)

1. A stone basin, especially a baptismal font.

   Synonym: pica

• nom de pila

• “pila” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

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

pila

1. how many?

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”).

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

pila

1. queue

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪla]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila.

pila f

1. saw

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pila

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

• pila in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pila in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pila in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Old Swedish spil), from Middle Low German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Cognates include Estonian pila, Karelian pila. Probably a doublet of peli.

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

pila

1. practical joke, jest, prank

   Synonym: kepponen

2. (dated) Synonym of vitsi (“joke, jest”).

• pilailla

• Alpi, alpi, lipa

• IPA^(key): /pi.la/

pila

1. third-person singular past historic of piler

• plia

pila

1. to apply liquid to the body

pila

1. violin

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pila

1. how many

pila

1. joke

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

From Latin pīla (“pillar”).

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

• pila atomica
• reattore nucleare
• reattore atomico

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

pila f (plural pile)

1. basin

• Alpi, alpi, pali

Related to Burmese ပုလင်း (pu.lang:).

• IPA^(key): /pi˧.la˥/

pila

1. bottle

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

• פילה‎ (Hebrew orthography spelling)
  • pile (Aki Yerushalayim and French orthography spelling used in Kosovo, North Macedonia, Old Yishuv of Jerusalem, West Bulgaria and Ruse)

From Latin 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 (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.

Probably from Proto-Italic *pistlā, from Proto-Indo-European *pis-tlo-, from *peys- (“to crush”), whence also pīlum.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.la/, [ˈpiːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/, [ˈpiːlä]

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

1. mortar (used with a pestle)

First-declension noun.

• mortārium (implement for grinding):

• pīlārium (“the seat of a burial urn”)

From Proto-Italic *peilā, further etymology unknown. The Latin denominal pīlāre (“to fix firmly”) finds a parallel in Oscan ehpeílatasset (“[the stele] has been erected”, 3p pf. pass.).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.la/, [ˈpiːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/, [ˈpiːlä]

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

1. pillar
2. pier

First-declension noun.

• pīlātim
• pīlō
• pīlāre, pīlārium (“pillar”) (medieval)

Likely same as Etymology 1.

pīla n pl

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pīlum

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/, [ˈpɪɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/, [ˈpiːlä]

pila f (genitive pilae); first declension

1. ball
2. (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.

3. globe, sphere

First-declension noun.

• pilāris
• pilārius (“juggler”)

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pilotta
  • ⇒ Old French: pelote
    • French: pelote
    • →⇒ Old Occitan: pelota
      • →⇒ Catalan: pilota
      • →⇒ Galician: pelota
      • →⇒ Portuguese: pelota
      • →⇒ Spanish: pelota
• ⇒ Polish: piłka
• ⇒ Welsh: pêl

• “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, 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
• 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

Borrowed from French pile.

pila

1. battery

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pila

1. how many

• pilen

pila m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pil

• pilen

pila f or m

1. definite feminine singular of pil

• Homophone: pilha (Madeira)
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

pila f (plural pilas)

1. (Portugal, slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

2. (Rio Grande do Sul, slang) cash

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

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

píla f (Cyrillic spelling пи́ла)

1. (regional, Croatia) saw

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

pila

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

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

From pilu, from Latin pilus.

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.

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

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

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

pila f (plural pili)

1. sink; washbasin

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpila]

pila

1. feminine singular l-participle of piť

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

• IPA^(key): /pìːla/

píla f

1. file (abrasive tool)

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

• IPA^(key): /píːla/

pȋla

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

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

From Latin pīla (“pillar”). Compare French pile.

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

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.

• → Bikol Central: pila

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

Sinks

A baptismal font

pila f (plural pilas)

1. sink; washbasin

   Hyponym: fregadero

2. font, baptismal font

   Synonym: pila bautismal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pila

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

• “pila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From the noun pil (“dart, arrow”).

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

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

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

pila

1. clay for making earthenware

   Synonyms: luwad, lupang-lagkit

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

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

pila

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

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

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

pila

1. small electric battery

• Hyphenation: pi‧la
• IPA^(key): /piˈla/, [pɪˈla]

pilá

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.)

• ilap, lapi, lipa, pali

From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pila

1. how many

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪla/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːla/, /ˈpɪla/
• Rhymes: -ɪla

pila m (plural pilaon)

1. finch

   Synonyms: pinc, llinos