"Pille" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪlə/ Audio: De-Pille.ogg
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 Categories (topical): Pharmacy Synonyms: Dragee, Tablette
    Sense id: en-Pille-de-noun-0yJ2~AO1
  2. (informal, with article) Ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal Alternative form of: Antibabypille (extra: contraceptive pill) Categories (topical): Birth control Synonyms: Antibabypille, Verhütungspille Derived forms (contraceptive pill): Pillenknick
    Sense id: en-Pille-de-noun-UZIptcKi Disambiguation of Birth control: 12 70 18 Categories (other): German ellipses, German terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'contraceptive pill': 29 68 3
  3. (ball games, informal) ball Tags: feminine, informal Categories (topical): Ball games
    Sense id: en-Pille-de-noun-6d4IJj9K Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 15 31 55 Disambiguation of German entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 37 48 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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    },
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    },
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      "word": "eine bittere Pille schlucken"
    },
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      "word": "eine bittere Pille vergolden"
    },
    {
      "word": "eine bittere Pille versüßen"
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