pil
Dutch (Brabantic)
/pɪl/
noun
Definitions
- a pill, an usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
- (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
- an analogous ball-shaped object
- (metonymy) an expert in pill use:
- a thick sandwich
- a hard kick on a balk or other object
- a bitter experience
- a large book, a tome
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch pille derived from Latin pilla, pilula (pellet, a pill, pill).
Origin
Latin
pilula
Gloss
pellet, a pill, pill
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
錠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipill English
- minipill English
- nanopill English
- pill English
- pillbox English
- pillhead English
- pillworm English
- pillwort English
- pilly English
- pilulous English
- polypill English
- postpill English
- prepill English
- radiopill English
- sugar pill English
- *pilla Latin
- pila Latin
- pilla Latin
- pilula Latin
- Pillepalle German
- -e- Dutch, Flemish
- anticonceptie Dutch, Flemish
- anticonceptiepil Dutch, Flemish
- doos Dutch, Flemish
- lamp Dutch, Flemish
- licht Dutch, Flemish
- pillamp Dutch, Flemish
- pillendoos Dutch, Flemish
- pillewegge Dutch, Flemish
- pillicht Dutch, Flemish
- slaappil Dutch, Flemish
- slapen Dutch, Flemish
- wegge Dutch, Flemish
- zetpil Dutch, Flemish
- zetten Dutch, Flemish
- pilule French
- pella Spanish, Castilian
- pílula Portuguese
- piller Swedish
- ピル Japanese
- pille Norwegian Nynorsk
- pille Middle English
- píndola Catalan, Valencian
- pille Middle Dutch
- pil Afrikaans
- pille Middle Low German