pilo

pilo inan

1. (chiefly Biscayan) alternative form of pila (“bunch, lot”)

• “pilo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “pilo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪlo]

pilo

1. neuter singular past active participle of pít

Borrowed from Latin pilus, French poil, Italian pelo, Spanish pelo. Also found in English words like depilate.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lo/

pilo (plural pili)

1. (of animals, also botany) hair, bristle
2. (of persons) hair (of all parts of body except top of head)
3. (of sheep, camels, etc.) wool
4. (of cloth, of hats) nap

• haro

From pilus (“hair”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Third sense unexplained.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.lo]

pilō (present infinitive pilāre, perfect active pilāvī, supine pilātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to put forth hairs, grow hairy
2. (transitive) to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate

From pīla (“pillar, column”) + -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.lo]

pīlō (present infinitive pīlāre, supine pīlātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

2. to ram down, fix firmly
3. (Late Latin) to rob (attested from ca. 400 CE; cf. the similar sense of compīlō)^[1]

See the Medieval Latin pillō (“chaff”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.lo]

pīlō f (genitive pīlōnis); third declension

1. alternative form of pillō

Third-declension noun.

• “pilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "pilo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pilo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• “pilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Inherited from Latin pilus.

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈpiːlə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈpiːlə]

pilo m (plural pile)

1. hair (of the body)

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 92: “il pelo; i peli” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “pilo”, in Schedario Napoletano

Borrowed from Latin pīlum (“pilum”).

pilo m (plural pilos)

1. pilum (Roman javelin)

• lança, dardo

pilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilar

• “pilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilo/ [ˈpi.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: pi‧lo

Deverbal from pilar.

pilo m (plural pilos)

1. pilum (weapon)

pilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilar

• “pilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from English pillow.

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pilo class IX (plural pilo class X)

1. (rare) pillow

   Synonym: mto

   • 2021 December 12, “Simulizi ya baba aliyesafiri ndani ya sanduku kutoka London mpaka Australia”, in BBC Swahili‎^[1]:

     Ndani ya sanduku ni spears, akiandamana na chakula cha makopo , tochi , blanketi na pilo na pia chupa mbili za plastiki moja ya maji ya kunywa na nyingine ya kujisaidia haja ndogo, sanduku liliingizwa ndege ya shirika la ndege la India kwenda Perth magharibi mwa Australia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Borrowed from Spanish filo, from Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-. Doublet of ilo and hilo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpilo/ [ˈpiː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: pi‧lo

pilo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜓ)

1. cutting edge

   Synonym: talim

• “pilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• IPA^(key): [ˈpi.lo]

pilo

1. (stative) to be blind

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From English pillow.

pilo

1. pillow
2. chock
3. supporter

pilo

1. to sleep around; to be promiscuous

pilô

1. fold; pleat