pilo

See also: piló, piło, and pilo-

Basque

Noun

pilo inan

1. (chiefly Biscayan) Alternative form of pila (“bunch, lot”)

Declension

Declension of pilo (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	pilo	piloa	piloak
ergative	pilok	piloak	piloek
dative	pilori	piloari	piloei
genitive	piloren	piloaren	piloen
comitative	pilorekin	piloarekin	piloekin
causative	pilorengatik	piloarengatik	piloengatik
benefactive	pilorentzat	piloarentzat	piloentzat
instrumental	piloz	piloaz	piloez
inessive	pilotan	piloan	piloetan
locative	pilotako	piloko	piloetako
allative	pilotara	pilora	piloetara
terminative	pilotaraino	piloraino	piloetaraino
directive	pilotarantz	pilorantz	piloetarantz
destinative	pilotarako	pilorako	piloetarako
ablative	pilotatik	pilotik	piloetatik
partitive	pilorik	—	—
prolative	pilotzat	—	—

Further reading

• “pilo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “pilo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪlo]

Participle

pilo

1. neuter singular past active participle of pít

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pilus, French poil, Italian pelo, Spanish pelo. Also found in English words like depilate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lo/

Noun

pilo (plural pili)

1. (of animals, also botany) hair, bristle
2. (of persons) hair (of all parts of body except top of head)
3. (of sheep, camels, etc.) wool
4. (of cloth, of hats) nap

Derived terms

• pilala (“relating to hair”)
• pilaro (“(of one object) coat”)
• pilobulbo (“hair bulb, hair root”)
• piloza (“hairy, shaggy, pilose”)
• rezapila (“short-haired”)
• senpiligar (“to depilate”)
• senpiligivo (“depilatory (substance)”)

 

See also

• haro

Latin

Etymology 1

From pilus (“hair”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Third sense unexplained.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.loː/, [ˈpɪɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lo/, [ˈpiːlo]

Verb

pilō (present infinitive pilāre, perfect active pilāvī, supine pilātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to put forth hairs, grow hairy
2. (transitive) to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate
3. (transitive, figuratively) to plunder, pillage

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pilō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pilō	pilās	pilat	pilāmus	pilātis	pilant
	imperfect	pilābam	pilābās	pilābat	pilābāmus	pilābātis	pilābant
	future	pilābō	pilābis	pilābit	pilābimus	pilābitis	pilābunt
	perfect	pilāvī	pilāvistī	pilāvit	pilāvimus	pilāvistis	pilāvērunt, pilāvēre
	pluperfect	pilāveram	pilāverās	pilāverat	pilāverāmus	pilāverātis	pilāverant
	future perfect	pilāverō	pilāveris	pilāverit	pilāverimus	pilāveritis	pilāverint
passive	present	pilor	pilāris, pilāre	pilātur	pilāmur	pilāminī	pilantur
	imperfect	pilābar	pilābāris, pilābāre	pilābātur	pilābāmur	pilābāminī	pilābantur
	future	pilābor	pilāberis, pilābere	pilābitur	pilābimur	pilābiminī	pilābuntur
	perfect	pilātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pilātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pilātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pilem	pilēs	pilet	pilēmus	pilētis	pilent
	imperfect	pilārem	pilārēs	pilāret	pilārēmus	pilārētis	pilārent
	perfect	pilāverim	pilāverīs	pilāverit	pilāverīmus	pilāverītis	pilāverint
	pluperfect	pilāvissem	pilāvissēs	pilāvisset	pilāvissēmus	pilāvissētis	pilāvissent
passive	present	piler	pilēris, pilēre	pilētur	pilēmur	pilēminī	pilentur
	imperfect	pilārer	pilārēris, pilārēre	pilārētur	pilārēmur	pilārēminī	pilārentur
	perfect	pilātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pilātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pilā	—	—	pilāte	—
	future	—	pilātō	pilātō	—	pilātōte	pilantō
passive	present	—	pilāre	—	—	pilāminī	—
	future	—	pilātor	pilātor	—	—	pilantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pilāre	pilāvisse	pilātūrum esse	pilārī	pilātum esse	pilātum īrī
participles		pilāns	—	pilātūrus	—	pilātus	pilandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pilandī	pilandō	pilandum	pilandō	pilātum	pilātū

Derived terms

• dēpilō
• pilātrīx
• pilātus
• piliō

Related terms

• pilōsus
• pilus

Descendants

• Catalan: pelar
• French: peler
• Friulian: pelâ
• Italian: pelare
• Occitan: pelar
• Portuguese: pelar
• Sicilian: pilari
• Spanish: pelar
• Venetan: pełar
• Vulgar Latin: *pilucāre (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From pīla (“pillar, column”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.loː/, [ˈpiːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lo/, [ˈpiːlo]

Verb

pīlō (present infinitive pīlāre, supine pīlātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

2. to ram down, fix firmly
3. (Late Latin) to rob (attested from ca. 400 CE; cf. the similar sense of compīlō)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pīlō (first conjugation, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pīlō	pīlās	pīlat	pīlāmus	pīlātis	pīlant
	imperfect	pīlābam	pīlābās	pīlābat	pīlābāmus	pīlābātis	pīlābant
	future	pīlābō	pīlābis	pīlābit	pīlābimus	pīlābitis	pīlābunt
passive	present	pīlor	pīlāris, pīlāre	pīlātur	pīlāmur	pīlāminī	pīlantur
	imperfect	pīlābar	pīlābāris, pīlābāre	pīlābātur	pīlābāmur	pīlābāminī	pīlābantur
	future	pīlābor	pīlāberis, pīlābere	pīlābitur	pīlābimur	pīlābiminī	pīlābuntur
	perfect	pīlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pīlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pīlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pīlem	pīlēs	pīlet	pīlēmus	pīlētis	pīlent
	imperfect	pīlārem	pīlārēs	pīlāret	pīlārēmus	pīlārētis	pīlārent
passive	present	pīler	pīlēris, pīlēre	pīlētur	pīlēmur	pīlēminī	pīlentur
	imperfect	pīlārer	pīlārēris, pīlārēre	pīlārētur	pīlārēmur	pīlārēminī	pīlārentur
	perfect	pīlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pīlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pīlā	—	—	pīlāte	—
	future	—	pīlātō	pīlātō	—	pīlātōte	pīlantō
passive	present	—	pīlāre	—	—	pīlāminī	—
	future	—	pīlātor	pīlātor	—	—	pīlantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pīlāre	—	pīlātūrum esse	pīlārī	pīlātum esse	pīlātum īrī
participles		pīlāns	—	pīlātūrus	—	pīlātus	pīlandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pīlandī	pīlandō	pīlandum	pīlandō	pīlātum	pīlātū

Derived terms

• compīlō
• expīlō
• oppīlō
• pīlātus

 

Descendants

• French: piler
• Italian: pigliare (< *piliāre)
• Occitan: pilar
• Portuguese: pilar
• Portuguese: pilhar (< *piliāre)
• Romanian: împila
• Sicilian: pigghiari (< *piliāre)
• Spanish: pilar
• Spanish: pillar (< *piliāre)

Etymology 3

See the Medieval Latin pillō (“chaff”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.loː/, [ˈpiːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lo/, [ˈpiːlo]

Noun

pīlō f (genitive pīlōnis); third declension

1. Alternative form of pillō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pīlō	pīlōnēs
genitive	pīlōnis	pīlōnum
dative	pīlōnī	pīlōnibus
accusative	pīlōnem	pīlōnēs
ablative	pīlōne	pīlōnibus
vocative	pīlō	pīlōnēs

References

• “pilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pilo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

References

• “pilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pilus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈpiːlə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈpiːlə]

Noun

pilo m (plural pile)

1. hair (of the body)

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 92: “il pelo; i peli” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “pilo”, in Schedario Napoletano

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pīlum (“pilum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lu/

Noun

pilo m (plural pilos)

1. pilum (Roman javelin)

Related terms

• lança, dardo

Etymology 2

Verb

pilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilo/ [ˈpi.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: pi‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pilar.

Noun

pilo m (plural pilos)

1. pilum (weapon)

Etymology 2

Verb

pilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilar

Further reading

• “pilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English pillow.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

pilo class IX (plural pilo class X)

1. (rare) pillow

   Synonym: mto

   • 2021 December 12, “Simulizi ya baba aliyesafiri ndani ya sanduku kutoka London mpaka Australia”, in BBC Swahili‎^[1]:

     Ndani ya sanduku ni spears, akiandamana na chakula cha makopo , tochi , blanketi na pilo na pia chupa mbili za plastiki moja ya maji ya kunywa na nyingine ya kujisaidia haja ndogo, sanduku liliingizwa ndege ya shirika la ndege la India kwenda Perth magharibi mwa Australia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpi.lo]

Verb

pilo

1. (stative) to be blind

Conjugation

Conjugation of pilo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	topilo	fopilo	mipilo
2nd	nopilo	nipilo
3rd	Masculine	opilo	ipilo, yopilo†
Feminine	mopilo
Neuter	ipilo
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pillow.

Noun

pilo

1. pillow
2. chock
3. supporter

Verb

pilo

1. to sleep around; to be promiscuous

Waray-Waray

Noun

pilô

1. fold; pleat