"Pille" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪlə/ Audio: De-Pille.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|pille}} Middle High German pille, {{der|de|la|pilula|t=little ball}} Latin pilula (“little ball”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=chen}} Pille f (genitive Pille, plural Pillen, diminutive Pillchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Pille [genitive], Pillen [plural], Pillchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Pille [nominative, singular], Pillen [definite, nominative, plural], Pille [genitive, singular], Pillen [definite, genitive, plural], Pille [dative, singular], Pillen [dative, definite, plural], Pille [accusative, singular], Pillen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (pharmacy) pill, tablet Tags: feminine Synonyms: Dragee, Tablette
    Sense id: en-Pille-de-noun-0yJ2~AO1 Categories (other): Pharmacy
  2. (informal, with article) ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal Alternative form of: Antibabypille (extra: contraceptive pill) Synonyms: Antibabypille, Verhütungspille Derived forms (contraceptive pill): Pillenknick
    Sense id: en-Pille-de-noun-~K~JfYts Categories (other): German ellipses, German terms with collocations, Birth control Disambiguation of Birth control: 28 44 28 Disambiguation of 'contraceptive pill': 34 65 1
  3. (ball games, informal) ball Tags: feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-Pille-de-noun-6d4IJj9K Categories (other): Ball games, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 4 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 6 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 4 84 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bittere Pille, eine bittere Pille schlucken, eine bittere Pille vergolden, eine bittere Pille versüßen

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bittere Pille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "eine bittere Pille schlucken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "eine bittere Pille vergolden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "eine bittere Pille versüßen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "pille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German pille",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pilula",
        "t": "little ball"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pilula (“little ball”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Pille f (genitive Pille, plural Pillen, diminutive Pillchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Pharmacy",
          "orig": "de:Pharmacy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pill, tablet"
      ],
      "id": "en-Pille-de-noun-0yJ2~AO1",
      "links": [
        [
          "pharmacy",
          "pharmacy"
        ],
        [
          "pill",
          "pill"
        ],
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "pharmacy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pharmacy) pill, tablet"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Dragee"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tablette"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "contraceptive pill",
          "word": "Antibabypille"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German ellipses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 44 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Birth control",
          "orig": "de:Birth control",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "34 65 1",
          "sense": "contraceptive pill",
          "word": "Pillenknick"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "taking the pill",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "die Pille nehmen",
          "translation": "taking the pill",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Pille-de-noun-~K~JfYts",
      "links": [
        [
          "Antibabypille",
          "Antibabypille#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, with article) ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with article"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Antibabypille"
        },
        {
          "word": "Verhütungspille"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Ball games",
          "orig": "de:Ball games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 6 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 4 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball"
      ],
      "id": "en-Pille-de-noun-6d4IJj9K",
      "links": [
        [
          "ball game",
          "ball game"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ball games, informal) ball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪlə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Pille.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/De-Pille.ogg/De-Pille.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/De-Pille.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pille"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/ɪlə",
    "Rhymes:German/ɪlə/2 syllables",
    "de:Birth control"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bittere Pille"
    },
    {
      "word": "eine bittere Pille schlucken"
    },
    {
      "word": "eine bittere Pille vergolden"
    },
    {
      "word": "eine bittere Pille versüßen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "contraceptive pill",
      "word": "Pillenknick"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "pille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German pille",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pilula",
        "t": "little ball"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pilula (“little ball”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Pille f (genitive Pille, plural Pillen, diminutive Pillchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Pharmacy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pill, tablet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pharmacy",
          "pharmacy"
        ],
        [
          "pill",
          "pill"
        ],
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "pharmacy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pharmacy) pill, tablet"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Dragee"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tablette"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "contraceptive pill",
          "word": "Antibabypille"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German ellipses",
        "German informal terms",
        "German terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "taking the pill",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "die Pille nehmen",
          "translation": "taking the pill",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Antibabypille",
          "Antibabypille#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, with article) ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with article"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Antibabypille"
        },
        {
          "word": "Verhütungspille"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German informal terms",
        "de:Ball games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ball game",
          "ball game"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ball games, informal) ball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪlə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Pille.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/De-Pille.ogg/De-Pille.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/De-Pille.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pille"
}

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