pila

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

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

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/,
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /pila/,

Noun

pila inan

1. bunch, lot

   Synonym: mordo

2. heap, pile

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pila/,

Noun

pila inan

1. battery

Declension

Further reading

• "pila" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “pila” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilaq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

píla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. (rare) battery (for flashlights)

   Synonym: bateriya

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio

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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

• pilera

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Noun

pila f (plural piles)

1. a stone basin, especially a baptismal font

   Synonym: pica

Derived terms

• nom de pila

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

pila

1. how many?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fila (“line”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pila

1. queue

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

pila

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila.

Noun

pila f

1. saw

Declension

Related terms

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

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/,
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧la

Noun

pila

1. practical joke, jest, prank

   Synonym: kepponen

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Alpi, alpi, lipa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.la/

Verb

pila

1. third-person singular past historic of piler

Anagrams

• plia

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

Related terms

• pila atomica
• reattore nucleare
• reattore atomico

Etymology 2

From Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Noun

pila f (plural pile)

1. basin

Anagrams

• Alpi, alpi, pali

Khumi Chin

Etymology

Related to Burmese ပုလင်း (pu.lang:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi˧.la˥/

Noun

pila

1. bottle

References

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

Ladino

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin pīla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/,
• IPA^(key): , , , (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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/,

Noun

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

2. mortar (used with a pestle)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• mortārium (implement for grinding):

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/,

Noun

pīla f (genitive pīlae); first declension

2. pillar
3. pier

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

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

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.la/,

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.

Derived terms

• pilāris
• pilārius (“juggler”)

Descendants

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

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, 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

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

• pilen

Noun

pila m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pilen

Noun

pila f or m

1. definite feminine singular of pil

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

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

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

Related 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

Related terms

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Participle

pila

1. feminine singular l-participle of piť

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pìːla/

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.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /píːla/

Participle

pȋla

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

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Pila

Wikipedia ^es

Pilas (left) and baterías (right)

pilas recargables

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpila/
• 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

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

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

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

Noun

pila (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ)

1. small electric battery

See also

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

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

• ilap, lapi, lipa, pali

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronoun

pila

1. how many

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pila m (plural pilaon)

1. finch

   Synonyms: pinc, llinos

Mutation