Pill

See also: pill and píll

English

Etymology 1

From the common Welsh placename element Pil meaning "tidal pool, harbor," itself borrowed from English pill (“tidal creek”).

Proper noun

Pill

  1. A village in Pill and Easton-in-Gordano parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5275).

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pìl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Proper noun

Pill

  1. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.

Etymology 3

English surname, both from the noun pill (originally "little ball") and from sense 3 (“inlet, tidal creek”).

Proper noun

Pill

  1. A surname.

German

Proper noun

Pill n (proper noun, genitive Pills or (optionally with an article) Pill)

  1. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰil/

Noun

Pill f (plural Pille)

  1. pill

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pil/

Noun

Pill

  1. plural of Pull
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