pil-pil

See also: pilpil and pil pil

English

Alternative forms

• pil pil

Etymology

From Basque pil-pil.

Noun

pil-pil (uncountable)

1. A sauce of Basque origin made from olive oil, garlic and chili.

Basque

Ideophone

pil-pil

1. (onomatopoeia) thump-thump, lub-dub (the sound of a heart beating)
2. (onomatopoeia) Imitation of boiling.

Derived terms

• pil-pil egin (“to boil slowly, to bubble”)
• pil-pilean (“in pil-pil sauce”)
• pil-pilean egon (“to be red-hot, recent”)

Descendants

• → English: pil-pil
• → Spanish: pil-pil

Further reading

• “pil-pil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “pil-pil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pil pil, pilpil

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque pil-pil, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pilˈpil/ [pilˈpil]
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

pil-pil m (uncountable)

1. pil-pil
2. cod in pil-pil sauce

Further reading

• “pilpil”, 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