pyle

See also: pylë and pylę

Afrikaans

Noun

pyle

1. plural of pyl

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪlɛ]

Noun

pyle

1. vocative singular of pyl

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French pile, from Latin pīla.

Alternative forms

• pile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːl(ə)/

Noun

pyle (plural pyles)

1. pillar; pile, heap, stack
2. castle, tower, stronghold

Descendants

• English: pile
• Yola: pile

References

• “pīl(e, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

pyle

1. alternative form of pilwe

Old English

Alternative forms

• pile, pylu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus

Noun

pyle m

1. pillow

Descendants

• Middle English: pilwe, pilue, pilew, pelew, pilow, pylwe, pylow, pule, pyle, pile, pelewe, pilewe, pelowe, pilowe
  • English: pillow
    • → Maori: pera
  • Scots: pillae

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “pyle”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɘ.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɘlɛ
• Syllabification: py‧le
• Homophone: pylę

Noun

pyle

1. locative/vocative singular of pył

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English payle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pai̯l/

Noun

pyle (plural pylès)

1. pail

Derived terms

• mulk-pylès

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 63