"pilule" meaning in French

See pilule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pi.lyl/ Audio: Fr-pilule.ogg 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|ML.|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: feminine
    Sense id: en-pilule-fr-noun-Duna2k9O Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 43 11 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. (with the definite article la) the contraceptive pill Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pilule-fr-noun-FMkzjz6c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dorer la pilule, pilule du lendemain, se dorer la pilule

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dorer la pilule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pilule du lendemain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se dorer la pilule"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "pilulă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: pilulă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: pilulă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пилюля",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пилюля (piljulja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пилюля (piljulja)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "pilula"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Medieval Latin pilula",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "pillola"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian pillola",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "píldora"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish píldora",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pilules",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "pilule f (plural pilules)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 43 11 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pill (small object to be swallowed)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pilule-fr-noun-Duna2k9O",
      "links": [
        [
          "pill",
          "pill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the contraceptive pill"
      ],
      "id": "en-pilule-fr-noun-FMkzjz6c",
      "links": [
        [
          "la",
          "la#French"
        ],
        [
          "contraceptive",
          "contraceptive"
        ],
        [
          "pill",
          "pill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with the definite article la) the contraceptive pill"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the definite article la"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.lyl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-pilule.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/Fr-pilule.ogg/Fr-pilule.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Fr-pilule.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pilule"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dorer la pilule"
    },
    {
      "word": "pilule du lendemain"
    },
    {
      "word": "se dorer la pilule"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "pilulă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: pilulă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: pilulă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пилюля",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пилюля (piljulja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пилюля (piljulja)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "pilula"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Medieval Latin pilula",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "pillola"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian pillola",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "píldora"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish píldora",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pilules",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "pilule f (plural pilules)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pill (small object to be swallowed)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pill",
          "pill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the contraceptive pill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "la",
          "la#French"
        ],
        [
          "contraceptive",
          "contraceptive"
        ],
        [
          "pill",
          "pill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with the definite article la) the contraceptive pill"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the definite article la"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.lyl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-pilule.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/Fr-pilule.ogg/Fr-pilule.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Fr-pilule.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pilule"
}

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