English

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Etymology

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From pile +‎ -er.

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Noun

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piler (plural pilers)

  1. One who piles something
    • 2007 May 10, Penelope Green, “Order and Chaos in a Single Heartbeat”, in New York Times[1]:
      Houses and photography sets seem to work better, he said, if “I exert a system of precision.” Ms. Ford, 33, said she is by nature a piler and stacker but has learned to follow what she described good-naturedly as “the Charlie Code.”

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin pīlāre (to ram down), from pīla (column).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pi.le/
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Verb

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piler

  1. (transitive, cooking) to crush
  2. (intransitive) to slam on the brakes of a vehicle, making it come to a sudden stop

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Latin

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Verb

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piler

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pilō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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piler m or f

  1. indefinite plural of pil

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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piler f or m

  1. indefinite feminine plural of pil

Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pila.

Noun

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piler oblique singularm (oblique plural pilers, nominative singular pilers, nominative plural piler)

  1. pillar

Descendants

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  • French: pilier
  • Norman: pilyi
  • Middle English: