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pilar

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See also: Pilar, pilař, and Pilař

English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (a hair)-ar.

Adjective

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pilar (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
    pilar muscle; pilar cyst
  2. Covered in hair; hairy.

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Catalan

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Pilar de 7 amb folre

Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar
  2. (castells) a castell built with just one casteller on each level
  3. (castells) each of the vertical columns of castellers making up the tronc of a castell (syn. rengla)

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch pilaar, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpilar]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lar

Noun

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pilar (first-person possessive pilarku, second-person possessive pilarmu, third-person possessive pilarnya)

  1. pillar:
    1. (architecture) a large post, often used as supporting architecture.
    2. (figurative) an essential part of something that provides support.
      Synonyms: dasar, induk
  2. (nautical) mast: a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

Noun

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pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarer, definite plural pilarene)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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pilar f or m

  1. indefinite masculine plural of pil

Etymology 2

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From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

Noun

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pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarar, definite plural pilarane)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)
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References

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Occitan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Noun

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pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar

Etymology 2

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From Old Occitan, inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

Verb

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pilar

  1. to crush; to pulverize
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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

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Noun

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pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  2. (figurative) pillar (essential part of something)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound). By surface analysis, pilão (pestle)-ar.

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Verb

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pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilei, past participle pilado)

  1. to grind using a pestle
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From pila-ar.

Noun

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pìlār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝла̄р)

  1. sawyer

References

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  • pilar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/ [piˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pi‧lar

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Noun

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pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar, pier, mainstay
  2. (rugby) prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

Verb

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pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilé, past participle pilado)

  1. to pound
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Further reading

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Swedish

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Noun

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pilar

  1. indefinite plural of pil

Verb

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pilar

  1. present indicative of pila

Anagrams

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