"pilule" meaning in All languages combined

See pilule on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪljuːl/ Forms: pilules [plural]
Etymology: From Latin pilula. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pilula}} Latin pilula Head templates: {{en-noun}} pilule (plural pilules)
  1. (medicine, obsolete) A little pill. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pilule-en-noun-VRaXQpQm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Medicine, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 44 7 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 42 10 1 1 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|noun form}} pilule
  1. allative singular of pilu Tags: allative, form-of, singular Form of: pilu
    Sense id: en-pilule-et-noun-YukUhSZf Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 44 7 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 42 10 1 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /pi.lyl/ Audio: Fr-pilule.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-pilule.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-pilule.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: pilules [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin pilula, apparently first attested in the fourteenth century, in turn inherited from the Classical Latin, attested in the medical sense in Pliny. Note that Italian pillola and Spanish píldora are widely regarded as inheritances, not borrowings. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la-med|pilula}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin pilula, {{cog|it|pillola}} Italian pillola, {{cog|es|píldora}} Spanish píldora Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pilule f (plural pilules)
  1. pill (small object to be swallowed) Tags: error-lua-exec, feminine
    Sense id: en-pilule-fr-noun-Duna2k9O Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 42 10 1 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 83 10 7
  2. the contraceptive pill Tags: error-lua-exec, feminine
    Sense id: en-pilule-fr-noun-FMkzjz6c Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  3. (informal) an unpleasant situation or piece of news Tags: error-lua-exec, feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-pilule-fr-noun-UwpvMZsc Categories (other): French terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: se dorer la pilule, pilulier

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for pilule meaning in All languages combined (5.3kB)

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  "trace": "'int' object is not subscriptable"
}

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