piler

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English

Etymology

pile +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

piler (plural pilers)

  1. One who piles something
    • 2007 May 10, Penelope Green, “Order and Chaos in a Single Heartbeat”, in New York Times‎:
      Houses and photography sets seem to work better, he said, if “I exert a system of precision.” Ms. Ford, 33, said she is by nature a piler and stacker but has learned to follow what she described good-naturedly as “the Charlie Code.”

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (“to ram down”), from pīla (“column”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.le/
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Verb

piler

  1. (transitive, cooking) to crush
  2. (intransitive) to slam on the brakes of a vehicle, making it come to a sudden stop

Conjugation

Conjugation of piler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple piler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pilant
/pi.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pilé
/pi.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pile
/pil/ 		piles
/pil/ 		pile
/pil/ 		pilons
/pi.lɔ̃/ 		pilez
/pi.le/ 		pilent
/pil/
imperfect pilais
/pi.lɛ/ 		pilais
/pi.lɛ/ 		pilait
/pi.lɛ/ 		pilions
/pi.ljɔ̃/ 		piliez
/pi.lje/ 		pilaient
/pi.lɛ/
past historic2 pilai
/pi.le/ 		pilas
/pi.la/ 		pila
/pi.la/ 		pilâmes
/pi.lam/ 		pilâtes
/pi.lat/ 		pilèrent
/pi.lɛʁ/
future pilerai
/pil.ʁe/ 		pileras
/pil.ʁa/ 		pilera
/pil.ʁa/ 		pilerons
/pil.ʁɔ̃/ 		pilerez
/pil.ʁe/ 		pileront
/pil.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pilerais
/pil.ʁɛ/ 		pilerais
/pil.ʁɛ/ 		pilerait
/pil.ʁɛ/ 		pilerions
/pi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pileriez
/pi.lə.ʁje/ 		pileraient
/pil.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pile
/pil/ 		piles
/pil/ 		pile
/pil/ 		pilions
/pi.ljɔ̃/ 		piliez
/pi.lje/ 		pilent
/pil/
imperfect2 pilasse
/pi.las/ 		pilasses
/pi.las/ 		pilât
/pi.la/ 		pilassions
/pi.la.sjɔ̃/ 		pilassiez
/pi.la.sje/ 		pilassent
/pi.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pile
/pil/ 		— pilons
/pi.lɔ̃/ 		pilez
/pi.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

piler

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pilō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

piler m or f

  1. indefinite plural of pil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

piler f or m

  1. indefinite feminine plural of pil

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pila.

Noun

piler oblique singular, m (oblique plural pilers, nominative singular pilers, nominative plural piler)

  1. pillar

Descendants

  • French: pilier
  • Norman: pilyi
  • → Middle English:
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