pillar
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Etymology
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
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪlə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: pil‧lar
Noun
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, 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
Derived terms
- 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
large post, often used as supporting architecture
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Verb
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
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Borrowed from French piller. The sense of "grab" is from Italian pigliare, either via direct borrowing or through the mediation of Spanish pillar.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
| infinitive | pillar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- pillada
- pillatge
Related terms
Further reading
- “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
Noun
pillar m (plural pillares)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Italian pigliare or French piller. Compare also Portuguese pilhar and English pillage.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
| infinitive | pillar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- aquí te pillo, aquí te mato
- jugar a pillar (“to play tag”) (Spain)
- pilla pilla
- pillar cacho
- pillar el toro
- pillar una cogorza
- pillarse los dedos
- pillarse un pedo
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “pillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Noun
pillar
Verb
pillar
Anagrams
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