pilula
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A small ball, globule; pellet.
- (medicine) A pill.
Etymology
Suffix from Latin pila (ball, pillar, mole, pier, globe, a pillar).
Origin
Latin
pila
Gloss
ball, pillar, mole, pier, globe, a pillar
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
柱
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pilulous English
- pilleri Finnish
- *pilla Latin
- *pilotta Latin
- *pilāre Latin
- basipila Latin
- pila Latin
- pilamalleus Latin
- pilla Latin
- pīla Latin
- Pillepalle German
- pilule French
- radiopilule French
- pella Spanish, Castilian
- pelota Spanish, Castilian
- pilar Norwegian Bokmål
- pílula Portuguese
- piller Swedish
- stolpiller Swedish
- pille Norwegian Nynorsk
- pilleskrukketroll Norwegian Nynorsk
- sovepille Norwegian Nynorsk
- pelote Old French
- pilar Catalan, Valencian
- píndola Catalan, Valencian
- pela Galician
- piuă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pêl Welsh
- pille Middle Dutch
- pfīlāri Old High German
- pelota Occitan
- pilar Occitan
- *pistlā Proto-Italic