pillar
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪlə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: pil‧lar
Noun
[edit]pillar (plural pillars)
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- a pillar of smoke
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- He's a pillar of the community.
- 1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment[1], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 181:
- In the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, we recognized the fact that both Beijing and Taipei viewed Taiwan as part of China but unequivocally expressed our support for a peaceful settlement of the unification issue. While we should not alter the fundamental pillars of our policy, we should consider certain steps that will raise Taiwan's international standing.
- 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by CJ (Christian Mallen):
- Star Trek is one of the pillars of modern entertainment.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- a. 1529, John Skelton, a poem:
- two laye-men secular
eache of theym holdynge a pillar
In their hondes, steade of a mace
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- A-pillar, B-pillar, C-pillar, D-pillar
- bundle pillar
- earth pillar
- from pillar to post
- from post to pillar
- ice pillar
- light pillar
- pillar and stall
- pillar-biter
- pillar block
- pillar box
- pillar-box red
- pillar candle
- pillar dollar
- pillar drill
- pillar harp
- pillar of society
- pillar of strength
- pillar of the community
- pillar telephone
- room and pillar
- sand pillar
- solar pillar
- sun pillar
- triangulation pillar
- trig pillar
- water pillar
Translations
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Verb
[edit]pillar (third-person singular simple present pillars, present participle pillaring, simple past and past participle pillared)
- To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
- 1910, James Morgan, Blast furnace practice:
- Insufficient penetration, or faulty distribution of the blast, may give rise to "pillaring" — that is, the formation of a pillar or column of cold material extending up through the middle of the hearth
- 1996, National Academy of Engineering, First annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering, page 25:
- We discovered this new class of compounds in our search for a means of generating porosity by pillaring layered double hydroxides
- 1998, Zhong Lin Wang with Zhen Chuan Kang, Functional and smart materials, page 226:
- In the pillaring-grafting reaction the dimensionality increases by pillaring the organic or precursory polynuclear metal hydroxyl cations into an inorganic layer structured matrix.
- 2004, Scott M. Auerbach with Kathleen A. Carrado and Prabir K. Dutta, Handbook of layered materials, page 261:
- It was then that scientists started to create porosity in the interlayer space of layered clays. developing the first pillared clays with pores in the larger microporous region.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pillar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “pillar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “pillar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “pillar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French piller. The sense of "grab" is from Italian pigliare, either via direct borrowing or through the mediation of Spanish pillar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pillar (first-person singular present pillo, first-person singular preterite pillí, past participle pillat)
- (transitive) to pillage, plunder, loot
- (transitive, colloquial) to snatch, grab
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | pillar | ||||||
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gerund | pillant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pillat | pillada | |||||
plural | pillats | pillades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | pillo | pilles | pilla | pillem | pilleu | pillen | |
imperfect | pillava | pillaves | pillava | pillàvem | pillàveu | pillaven | |
future | pillaré | pillaràs | pillarà | pillarem | pillareu | pillaran | |
preterite | pillí | pillares | pillà | pillàrem | pillàreu | pillaren | |
conditional | pillaria | pillaries | pillaria | pillaríem | pillaríeu | pillarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | pilli | pillis | pilli | pillem | pilleu | pillin | |
imperfect | pillés | pillessis | pillés | pilléssim | pilléssiu | pillessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | pilla | pilli | pillem | pilleu | pillin | |
negative (no) | — | no pillis | no pilli | no pillem | no pilleu | no pillin |
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pillar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pillar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]pillar m (plural pillares)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Italian pigliare or French piller. Compare also Portuguese pilhar and English pillage.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]pillar (first-person singular present pillo, first-person singular preterite pillé, past participle pillado)
- to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)
- to pilfer, steal
- (games) to tag
- (colloquial) to get (a joke)
- (colloquial) to catch, to catch up to
- (colloquial) to catch, to pick up, to bust, to nab (someone doing something illegal)
- Synonyms: atrapar, sorprender
- (colloquial) to come down with, catch, to pick up (an illness)
- (colloquial) to pick up on, to take (e.g. information, a hint)
- (Spain, colloquial) to score (e.g. drugs)
- (colloquial, reflexive) to jam (your finger)
- Me pillé el dedo con la puerta.
- I jammed my finger in the door.
- (colloquial, reflexive) to fall in love, to crush on someone
- Creo que se ha pillado de mí.
- I think she may have a crush on me.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | pillar | ||||||
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gerund | pillando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pillado | pillada | |||||
plural | pillados | pilladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pillo | pillastú pillásvos |
pilla | pillamos | pilláis | pillan | |
imperfect | pillaba | pillabas | pillaba | pillábamos | pillabais | pillaban | |
preterite | pillé | pillaste | pilló | pillamos | pillasteis | pillaron | |
future | pillaré | pillarás | pillará | pillaremos | pillaréis | pillarán | |
conditional | pillaría | pillarías | pillaría | pillaríamos | pillaríais | pillarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pille | pillestú pillésvos2 |
pille | pillemos | pilléis | pillen | |
imperfect (ra) |
pillara | pillaras | pillara | pilláramos | pillarais | pillaran | |
imperfect (se) |
pillase | pillases | pillase | pillásemos | pillaseis | pillasen | |
future1 | pillare | pillares | pillare | pilláremos | pillareis | pillaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | pillatú pillávos |
pille | pillemos | pillad | pillen | ||
negative | no pilles | no pille | no pillemos | no pilléis | no pillen |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
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[edit]pillar
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