piller

See also: Piller and pillér

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• pyllour [15th c.]

Noun

piller (plural pillers)

1. (obsolete) A plunderer or thief.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xlviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X (in Middle English):

     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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Noun

piller (plural pillers)

1. Pronunciation 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?"

See also

• black piller
• red piller

 

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰelɐ]

Noun

piller c

1. indefinite plural of pille

Verb

piller

1. present of pille

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French piller, from Old French pillier, derived from Latin pilleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.je/

• Audio:

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Verb

piller

1. to plunder; to pillage

Conjugation

Conjugation of piller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	piller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pillant /pi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pillé /pi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	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 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• pillage

Descendants

• → Spanish: pillar

References

• “piller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “piller” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “piller” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

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

infinitive	simple	piller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	pillant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		pillé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pille	—	pillons	pillez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Related terms

• pillaige

Descendants

• French: piller

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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pille	—	pillons	pillez	—

Related terms

• pillaige

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin pilula.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

piller n

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

Declension

Declension of piller

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	piller	pillers
	definite	pillret	pillrets
plural	indefinite	piller	pillers
	definite	pillren	pillrens

Derived terms

• abortpiller (“abortion pill”)
• p-piller (“birth control pill, the pill”)
• sömnpiller (“sleeping pill”)

References

• piller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• piller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• piller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)