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Yes. The word pilum is a Scrabble US word. The word pilum is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3I1L1U1M3

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Yes. The word pilum is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3I1L1U1M3

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5-letter words (1 found)

PILUM,

4-letter words (7 found)

LIMP,LUMP,MUIL,PIUM,PLIM,PLUM,PULI,

3-letter words (8 found)

IMP,LIP,LUM,MIL,PIU,PLU,PUL,UMP,

2-letter words (6 found)

LI,MI,MU,PI,UM,UP,

You can make 22 words from pilum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pilum

pilum iplum plium lpium ilpum lipum piulm ipulm puilm upilm iuplm uiplm pluim lpuim pulim uplim lupim ulpim ilupm liupm iulpm uilpm luipm ulipm pilmu iplmu plimu lpimu ilpmu lipmu pimlu ipmlu pmilu mpilu implu miplu plmiu lpmiu pmliu mpliu lmpiu mlpiu ilmpu limpu imlpu milpu lmipu mlipu piuml ipuml puiml upiml iupml uipml pimul ipmul pmiul mpiul impul mipul pumil upmil pmuil mpuil umpil mupil iumpl uimpl imupl miupl umipl muipl plumi lpumi pulmi uplmi lupmi ulpmi plmui lpmui pmlui mplui lmpui mlpui pumli upmli pmuli mpuli umpli mupli lumpi ulmpi lmupi mlupi umlpi mulpi ilump liump iulmp uilmp luimp ulimp ilmup limup imlup milup lmiup mliup iumlp uimlp imulp miulp umilp muilp lumip ulmip lmuip mluip umlip mulip

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Definitions and meaning of pilum

pilum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pilum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɪləm/
  • Rhymes: -aɪləm

Noun

pilum (plural pila or pilums)

  1. (historical) A Roman military javelin.
  2. (botany) The columella on the surface of a pollen grain.

Translations

References

  • pilum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

pilum m (plural pilums)

  1. pilum

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European *pistlom, from *peys- (“to crush”). See pistillum and pīla.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.lum/, [ˈpiːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.lum/, [ˈpiːlum]

Noun

pīlum n (genitive pīlī); second declension

  1. a pounder, pestle
  2. a javelin, throwing spear
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms
  • pīnsō
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

pilum

  1. accusative singular of pilus (“hair”)

References

  • “pilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pilum 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)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “pilum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “pilum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Source: wiktionary.org