pilar
See also: Pilar, pilař, and Pilař
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (“a hair”) + -ar.
Adjective
pilar (not comparable)
- (chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
- pilar muscle; pilar cyst
- Covered in hair; hairy.
Anagrams
- April, Plair, prial
Catalan
Pilar de 7 amb folre
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /piˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/
Noun
pilar m (plural pilars)
- pillar
- (castells) a castell built with just one casteller on each level
- (castells) each of the vertical columns of castellers making up the tronc of a castell (syn. rengla)
Further reading
- “pilar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pilar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “pilar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pilar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch pilaar, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“a pillar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpilar]
- Hyphenation: pi‧lar
Noun
pilar (first-person possessive pilarku, second-person possessive pilarmu, third-person possessive pilarnya)
- pillar:
- (architecture) a large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- (figurative) an essential part of something that provides support.
- Synonyms: dasar, induk
- (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.
Affixed terms
- berpilar
Further reading
- “pilar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“a pillar”). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.
Noun
pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarer, definite plural pilarene)
- a pillar, column
- a pier (of a bridge)
Derived terms
- grunnpilar
References
- “pilar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- piler
Noun
pilar f or m
- indefinite masculine plural of pil
Etymology 2
From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“a pillar”). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.
Noun
pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarar, definite plural pilarane)
- a pillar, column
- a pier (of a bridge)
Derived terms
- grunnpilar
References
- “pilar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈla/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).
Noun
pilar m (plural pilars)
- pillar
Etymology 2
From Old Occitan, inherited from Latin pīlāre (“to grind, pound”).
Verb
pilar
- to crush; to pulverize
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pilar | aver pilat | |||||
| gerund | pilant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | pilat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | pili | pilas | pila | pilam | pilatz | pilan | |
| imperfect | pilavi | pilavas | pilava | pilàvem | pilàvetz | pilavan | |
| preterite | pilèri | pilères | pilèt | pilèrem | pilèretz | pilèron | |
| future | pilarai | pilaràs | pilarà | pilarem | pilaretz | pilaràn | |
| conditional | pilariái | pilariás | pilariá | pilariam | pilariatz | pilarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | pilèra | pilèras | pilèra | pileram | pileratz | pilèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | pile | piles | pile | pilem | piletz | pilen | |
| imperfect | pilèssi | pilèsses | pilèsse | pilèssem | pilèssetz | pilèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| pila | pilem | pilatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Auvernhàs| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pilar | aver pilat | |||||
| gerund | pilant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | pilat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | pile | piles | pila | pilam | pilatz | pilon | |
| imperfect | pilave | pilaves | pilava | pilaviam | pilaviatz | pilavon | |
| preterite | pilere | pileres | pilet | pilem | piletz | pileron | |
| future | pilarai | pilaràs | pilará | pilarem | pilaretz | pilarán | |
| conditional | pilariá | pilariás | pilariá | pilariam | pilariatz | pilarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | pilèra | pilèras | pilèra | pileram | pileratz | pilèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | pile | piles | pile | pilassiam | pilassiatz | pilon | |
| imperfect | pilesse | pilesses | pilesse | pilessiam | pilessiatz | pilesson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| pila | pilassiam | pilatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Gascon| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pilar | aver pilat | |||||
| gerund | pilant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | pilat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | pili | pilas | pila | pilam | pilatz | pilan | |
| imperfect | pilavi | pilavas | pilava | pilàvam | pilàvatz | pilavan | |
| preterite | pilèi | pilès | pilè | pilèm | pilètz | pilèn | |
| future | pilarèi | pilaràs | pilarà | pilaram | pilaratz | pilaràn | |
| conditional | pilarí | pilarés | pilaré | pilarem | pilaretz | pilarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | pilèra | pilèras | pilèra | pileram | pileratz | pilèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | pili | piles | pile | pilem | piletz | pilen | |
| imperfect | pilèssi | pilèsses | pilèsse | pilèssem | pilèssetz | pilèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| pila | pilem | pilatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Lemosin| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pilar | aver pilat | |||||
| gerund | pilant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | pilat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | pile | pilas | pila | pilam | pilatz | pilan | |
| imperfect | pilava | pilavas | pilava | pilàvam | pilàvatz | pilavan | |
| preterite | pilei | pileras | pilet | pilèram | pilèratz | pileran | |
| future | pilarai | pilaràs | pilará | pilarem | pilaretz | pilarán | |
| conditional | pilariá | pilariàs | pilariá | pilariam | pilariatz | pilarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | pilèra | pilèras | pilèra | pileram | pileratz | pilèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | pile | piles | pile | pilem | piletz | pilen | |
| imperfect | pilèsse | pilèsses | pilèsse | pilèssem | pilèssetz | pilèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| pila | pilem | pilatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Provençau| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pilar | aver pilat | |||||
| gerund | pilant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | pilat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | pile | piles | pila | pilam | pilatz | pilan | |
| imperfect | pilavi | pilavas | pilava | pilàvem | pilàvetz | pilavan | |
| preterite | pilère | pilères | pilèt | pileriam | pileriatz | pilèron | |
| future | pilarai | pilaràs | pilarà | pilarem | pilaretz | pilaràn | |
| conditional | pilariáu | pilariás | pilariá | pilariam | pilariatz | pilarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | pilèra | pilèras | pilèra | pileram | pileratz | pilèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | pile | piles | pile | pilem | piletz | pilan | |
| imperfect | pilèsse | pilèsses | pilèsse | pilessiam | pilessiatz | pilèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| pila | pilem | pilatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Synonyms
- trissar
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).
Alternative forms
- pillar (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈlaʁ/ [piˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /piˈlaʁ/ [piˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/
- Homophone: pilhar (Madeira)
- Hyphenation: pi‧lar
Noun
pilar m (plural pilares)
- pillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
- (figurative) pillar (essential part of something)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin pīlāre (“to grind, pound”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈla(ʁ)/ [piˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /piˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /piˈla(ʁ)/ [piˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/
- Homophone: pilhar (Madeira)
- Hyphenation: pi‧lar
Verb
pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilei, past participle pilado)
- to grind using a pestle
Conjugation
Conjugation of pilar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | pilar | |||||
| Personal | pilar | pilares | pilar | pilarmos | pilardes | pilarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| pilando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | pilado | pilados | ||||
| Feminine | pilada | piladas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | pilo | pilas | pila | pilamos | pilais | pilam |
| Imperfect | pilava | pilavas | pilava | pilávamos | piláveis | pilavam |
| Preterite | pilei | pilaste | pilou | pilamos1, pilámos2 | pilastes | pilaram |
| Pluperfect | pilara | pilaras | pilara | piláramos | piláreis | pilaram |
| Future | pilarei | pilarás | pilará | pilaremos | pilareis | pilarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| pilaria | pilarias | pilaria | pilaríamos | pilaríeis | pilariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | pile | piles | pile | pilemos | pileis | pilem |
| Imperfect | pilasse | pilasses | pilasse | pilássemos | pilásseis | pilassem |
| Future | pilar | pilares | pilar | pilarmos | pilardes | pilarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | pila | pile | pilemos | pilai | pilem | |
| Negative (não) | não piles | não pile | não pilemos | não pileis | não pilem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From pila + -ar.
Noun
pìlār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝла̄р)
- sawyer
References
- “pilar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/ [piˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pi‧lar
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).
Noun
pilar m (plural pilares)
- pillar, pier, mainstay
- (rugby) prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)
Derived terms
- Pilar f (name)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin pīlāre (“to grind, pound”).
Verb
pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilé, past participle pilado)
- to pound
Conjugation
Conjugation of pilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | pilar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pilando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pilado | pilada | |||||
| plural | pilados | piladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pilo | pilastú pilásvos | pila | pilamos | piláis | pilan | |
| imperfect | pilaba | pilabas | pilaba | pilábamos | pilabais | pilaban | |
| preterite | pilé | pilaste | piló | pilamos | pilasteis | pilaron | |
| future | pilaré | pilarás | pilará | pilaremos | pilaréis | pilarán | |
| conditional | pilaría | pilarías | pilaría | pilaríamos | pilaríais | pilarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pile | pilestú pilésvos2 | pile | pilemos | piléis | pilen | |
| imperfect (ra) | pilara | pilaras | pilara | piláramos | pilarais | pilaran | |
| imperfect (se) | pilase | pilases | pilase | pilásemos | pilaseis | pilasen | |
| future1 | pilare | pilares | pilare | piláremos | pilareis | pilaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | pilatú pilávos | pile | pilemos | pilad | pilen | ||
| negative | no piles | no pile | no pilemos | no piléis | no pilen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “pilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
pilar
- indefinite plural of pil.
Verb
pilar
- present tense of pila.
Anagrams
- april