piles

See also: Piles, pilés, pīles, pīlēs, and piłeś

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪlz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪlz

Etymology 1

Noun

piles

1. plural of pile

   Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.

Noun

piles pl (plural only)

1. (informal, piles of) A large amount of.

   He must earn piles of money.

Synonyms

• (informal: a large amount of): heaps of, loads of, mountains of, shedloads of, tons of

Translations

plural of pile — see pile

informal: a large amount

French: des tas de (fr) m pl Italian: un mucchio di (it) m sg, un sacco di (it) m sg Macedonian: купишта m pl (kupišta) Norwegian: Bokmål: haugevis Nynorsk: haugevis

Verb

piles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pile

Etymology 2

From Latin pila (“ball”).

Noun

piles pl (plural only)

1. (pathology) Haemorrhoids.

   Many women get piles when pregnant.

   • 1648, Robert Herrick, “Another”, in Hesperides:

     Who with thy leaves shall wipe (at need)
     The place where swelling Piles do breed ...

Derived terms

• blind piles
• pilewort

Translations

haemorrhoids — see haemorrhoids

Anagrams

• Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Siple, plies, pliés, slipe, spiel, spile

Catalan

Noun

piles

1. plural of pila

Danish

Noun

piles c

1. indefinite genitive plural of pil

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pil/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Verb

piles

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of piler

Noun

piles f

1. plural of pile

Anagrams

• plies

Ladino

Noun

piles f pl

1. plural of pile

Latin

Verb

pilēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of pilō

Latvian

Noun

piles f

1. inflection of pile:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

Portuguese

Verb

piles

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of pilar

Spanish

Verb

piles

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of pilar