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5-letter words (2 found)

PILAR,PRIAL,

4-letter words (14 found)

ARIL,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIPA,LIRA,PAIL,PAIR,PALI,PIAL,PILA,PIRL,RAIL,RIAL,

3-letter words (14 found)

AIL,AIR,ALP,LAP,LAR,LIP,PAL,PAR,PIA,PIR,RAI,RAP,RIA,RIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,AR,LA,LI,PA,PI,

You can make 37 words from pilar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pilar

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Definitions and meaning of pilar

pilar

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pilāris, from Latin pilus (a hair) +‎ -ar.

Adjective

pilar (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
    pilar muscle; pilar cyst
  2. Covered in hair; hairy.

Anagrams

  • April, Plair, prial

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [piˈlaɾ]

Noun

pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar
  2. (castells) a castell built with just one casteller on each level
  3. (castells) each of the vertical columns of castellers making up the tronc of a castell (syn. rengla)

Further reading

  • “pilar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “pilar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “pilar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “pilar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pilaar, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpilar]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lar

Noun

pilar (first-person possessive pilarku, second-person possessive pilarmu, third-person possessive pilarnya)

  1. pillar:
    1. (architecture) a large post, often used as supporting architecture.
    2. (figurative) an essential part of something that provides support.
      Synonyms: dasar, induk
  2. (nautical) mast: a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments ,or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

Affixed terms

Further reading

  • “pilar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

Noun

pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarer, definite plural pilarene)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)

Derived terms

  • grunnpilar

References

  • “pilar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • piler

Noun

pilar f or m

  1. indefinite masculine plural of pil

Etymology 2

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (a pillar). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.

Noun

pilar m (definite singular pilaren, indefinite plural pilarar, definite plural pilarane)

  1. a pillar, column
  2. a pier (of a bridge)
Derived terms
  • grunnpilar

References

  • “pilar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈla/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Noun

pilar m (plural pilars)

  1. pillar

Etymology 2

From Old Occitan, inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

Verb

pilar

  1. to crush; to pulverize
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • trissar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Alternative forms

  • pillar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: pilhar (Madeira)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lar

Noun

pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  2. (figurative) pillar (essential part of something)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound). By surface analysis, pilão (pestle) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: pilhar (Madeira)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lar

Verb

pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilei, past participle pilado)

  1. to grind using a pestle
Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pila +‎ -ar.

Noun

pìlār m (Cyrillic spelling пѝла̄р)

  1. sawyer

References

  • “pilar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈlaɾ/ [piˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pi‧lar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (pillar).

Noun

pilar m (plural pilares)

  1. pillar, pier, mainstay
  2. (rugby) prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to grind, pound).

Verb

pilar (first-person singular present pilo, first-person singular preterite pilé, past participle pilado)

  1. to pound
Conjugation

Further reading

  • “pilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

pilar

  1. indefinite plural of pil

Verb

pilar

  1. present indicative of pila

Anagrams

  • april

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