piller

See also: Piller

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Partly from Anglo-Norman pilour, from Old French piller "to plunder" (more at pillage)

Noun

piller (plural pillers)

  1. (obsolete) A plunderer or thief.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xlviij, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
      Thenne he horsed his bretheren ageyne and sayd bretheren ye oughte to be ashamed to falle so of your horses / What is a Knyght but whan he is on horsbak / I sett not by a knyght whanne he is on foote / for all batails on fote ar but pelowres batails / For there shold no Knyghte syghte on foote / but yf hit were for treason / or els he were dryuen therto by force
  2. Eye dialect spelling of pillow.
    • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
      "What are you layin' on your good bed in the daytime for, messin' up the feathers, and dirtyin' the pillers with your dusty boots?"

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰelɐ]

Noun

piller c

  1. plural indefinite of pille

Verb

piller

  1. present of pille

French

Etymology

From Middle French piller, from Old French pillier, piller, itself possibly from Vulgar Latin *piliāre, from Late Latin pilāre, present active infinitive of pilō, from Latin pilus, or alternatively from a derivative of Latin pilleus. Compare also Occitan pilhar, Italian pigliare, Spanish pillar, Portuguese pilhar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pi.je/
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Verb

piller

  1. to plunder; to pillage

Conjugation
Conjugation of piller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle pillant
/pi.jɑ̃/
past participle pillé
/pi.je/
infinitive
simple piller
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple pillant
/pi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pille
/pij/		 pilles
/pij/		 pille
/pij/		 pillons
/pi.jɔ̃/		 pillez
/pi.je/		 pillent
/pij/
imperfect pillais
/pi.jɛ/		 pillais
/pi.jɛ/		 pillait
/pi.jɛ/		 pillions
/pij.jɔ̃/		 pilliez
/pij.je/		 pillaient
/pi.jɛ/
past historic2 pillai
/pi.je/		 pillas
/pi.ja/		 pilla
/pi.ja/		 pillâmes
/pi.jam/		 pillâtes
/pi.jat/		 pillèrent
/pi.jɛʁ/
future pillerai
/pij.ʁe/		 pilleras
/pij.ʁa/		 pillera
/pij.ʁa/		 pillerons
/pij.ʁɔ̃/		 pillerez
/pij.ʁe/		 pilleront
/pij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pillerais
/pij.ʁɛ/		 pillerais
/pij.ʁɛ/		 pillerait
/pij.ʁɛ/		 pillerions
/pi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pilleriez
/pi.jə.ʁje/		 pilleraient
/pij.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pille
/pij/		 pilles
/pij/		 pille
/pij/		 pillions
/pij.jɔ̃/		 pilliez
/pij.je/		 pillent
/pij/
imperfect2 pillasse
/pi.jas/		 pillasses
/pi.jas/		 pillât
/pi.ja/		 pillassions
/pi.ja.sjɔ̃/		 pillassiez
/pi.ja.sje/		 pillassent
/pi.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pille
/pij/		 — pillons
/pi.jɔ̃/		 pillez
/pi.je/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pillier, piller.

Verb

piller

  1. to plunder; to pillage

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of piller
simple compound
infinitive piller avoir pillé
gerund en pillant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle pillant
past participle pillé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present pille pilles pille pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pillois, pilloys pillois, pilloys pilloit, pilloyt pillions, pillyons pilliez, pillyez pilloient, pilloyent
past historic pilla pillas pilla pillasmes pillastes pillerent
future pillerai, pilleray pilleras pillera pillerons pillerez pilleront
conditional pillerois, pilleroys pillerois, pilleroys pilleroit, pilleroyt pillerions, pilleryons pilleriez, pilleryez pilleroient, pilleroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present pille pilles pille pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pillasse pillasses pillast pillassions pillassiez pillassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— pille — pillons pillez —

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

piller m or f

  1. indefinite plural of pille

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

piller f

  1. indefinite plural of pille

Old French

Verb

piller

  1. Alternative form of pillier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of piller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive piller avoir pillé
gerund en pillant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle pillant
past participle pillé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present pil pilles pille pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pilloie, pilleie, pilloe, pilleve pilloies, pilleies, pilloes, pilleves pilloit, pilleit, pillot, pilleve pilliiens, pilliens pilliiez, pilliez pilloient, pilleient, pilloent, pillevent
preterite pillai pillas pilla pillames pillastes pillerent
future pillerai pilleras pillera pillerons pilleroiz, pillereiz, pillerez pilleront
conditional pilleroie, pillereie pilleroies, pillereies pilleroit, pillereit pilleriiens, pilleriens pilleriiez, pilleriez pilleroient, pillereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present pil piz pit pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pillasse pillasses pillast pillissons, pillissiens pillissoiz, pillissez, pillissiez pillassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pille — pillons pillez —

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin pilula.

Pronunciation
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Noun

piller n

  1. a pill (a small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally)

Declension
Declension of piller 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative piller pillret piller pillren
Genitive pillers pillrets pillers pillrens
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