pilota

pilota

See also: pilóta, pilotá, and pilotă

Basque

Etymology

From or related to Spanish pelota (“ball”).

Noun

pilota inan

1. jai alai (ball game)

Usage notes

Although jai alai is composed of Basque words, it is not the name actually used in Basque.

Derived terms

• pilotaleku
• pilotari

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Catalan

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of pila. Compare French pelote, Spanish pelota.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /piˈlɔ.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /piˈlɔ.ta/

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Noun

pilota f (plural pilotes)

1. ball

   Synonym: baló

2. (vulgar) bollock, testicle
3. A musket ball.
4. A large meatball.

Derived terms

• esport de pilota
• la pilota és a la teulada d'algú
• passar la pilota
• pilotada
• pilotejar

 

Further reading

• “pilota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pilota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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French

Verb

pilota

1. third-person singular past historic of piloter

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈlɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: pi‧lò‧ta

Etymology 1

From earlier pedota, pedotta, from Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “oarblade, oar”). The pil- forms are probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”).

Noun

pilota m or f by sense (masculine plural piloti, feminine plural pilote)

1. pilot (aircraft or ship)
2. driver (vehicle)

Descendants

Including descendants from piloto m.

• → Catalan: pilot
• → Greek: πιλότος (pilótos)
• → Middle French: pilot, pillot
  • French: pilote (see there for further descendants)
  • → Dutch: piloot
    • → Papiamentu: pilot
  • → English: pilot (see there for further descendants)
• → Portuguese: piloto
• → Spanish: piloto
  • → Tagalog: piloto

Adjective

pilota (invariable)

1. (relational) pilot

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pilota

1. inflection of pilotare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Pilato, oplita, polita

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Latvian

Noun

pilota

1. genitive singular form of pilots

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈlɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: pi‧lo‧ta

Noun

pilota m

1. genitive singular of pilot
2. accusative singular of pilot (in the meaning of: aircraft pilot)
3. (colloquial) accusative singular of pilot (in the meaning of: remote control)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈlo.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -otɐ

Noun

pilota f (plural pilotas)

1. female equivalent of piloto (“pilot”)

Etymology 2

From pilar +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈlɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

Noun

pilota f (plural pilotas)

1. exhaustion
2. (finance) loss
3. defeat
4. castigation, reprimand

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French piloter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.loˈta/

Verb

a pilota (third-person singular present pilotează, past participle pilotat) 1st conj.

1. to pilot

Conjugation

    conjugation of pilota (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a pilota
gerund			pilotând
past participle			pilotat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pilotez	pilotezi	pilotează	pilotăm	pilotați	pilotează
	imperfect	pilotam	pilotai	pilota	pilotam	pilotați	pilotau
	simple perfect	pilotai	pilotași	pilotă	pilotarăm	pilotarăți	pilotară
	pluperfect	pilotasem	pilotaseși	pilotase	pilotaserăm	pilotaserăți	pilotaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pilotez	să pilotezi	să piloteze	să pilotăm	să pilotați	să piloteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pilotează			pilotați
	negative		nu pilota			nu pilotați

Related terms

• pilot

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Spanish

Noun

pilota f (plural pilotas)

1. female equivalent of piloto

Verb

pilota

1. inflection of pilotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative