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Webster 1913 Edition
Piller
Pill′er
,Noun.
One who pills or plunders.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Piller
PILL'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
piller
piller
English
Alternative forms
- pyllour [15th c.]
Noun
piller (plural pillers)
- (obsolete) A plunderer or thief.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xlviij, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- Thenne he horsed his bretheren ageyne and sayd bretheren ye oughte to be ashamed to falle so of your horses / What is a Knyght but whan he is on horsbak / I sett not by a knyght whanne he is on foote / for all batails on fote ar but pelowres batails / For there shold no Knyghte syghte on foote / but yf hit were for treason / or els he were dryuen therto by force
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xlviij, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʰelɐ]
Noun
piller c
- plural indefinite of pille
Verb
piller
- present tense of pille
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French pillier, piller, itself possibly from Vulgar Latin *piliāre, from Late Latin pilāre, present active infinitive of pilō, from Latin pilus, or alternatively from a derivative of Latin pilleus. Compare also Occitan pilhar, Italian pigliare, Spanish pillar, Portuguese pilhar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pije/
Verb
piller
Conjugation
Conjugation of piller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | piller | avoir pillé | |||||
| gerund | en pillant | en ayant pillé | |||||
| present participle | pillant /pi.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pillé /pi.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pille /pij/ |
pilles /pij/ |
pille /pij/ |
pillons /pi.jɔ̃/ |
pillez /pi.je/ |
pillent /pij/ |
| imperfect | pillais /pi.jɛ/ |
pillais /pi.jɛ/ |
pillait /pi.jɛ/ |
pillions /pij.jɔ̃/ |
pilliez /pij.je/ |
pillaient /pi.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pillai /pi.je/ |
pillas /pi.ja/ |
pilla /pi.ja/ |
pillâmes /pi.jam/ |
pillâtes /pi.jat/ |
pillèrent /pi.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | pillerai /pij.ʁe/ |
pilleras /pij.ʁa/ |
pillera /pij.ʁa/ |
pillerons /pij.ʁɔ̃/ |
pillerez /pij.ʁe/ |
pilleront /pij.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pillerais /pij.ʁɛ/ |
pillerais /pij.ʁɛ/ |
pillerait /pij.ʁɛ/ |
pillerions /pi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pilleriez /pi.jə.ʁje/ |
pilleraient /pij.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pille /pij/ |
pilles /pij/ |
pille /pij/ |
pillions /pij.jɔ̃/ |
pilliez /pij.je/ |
pillent /pij/ |
| imperfect1 |
pillasse /pi.jas/ |
pillasses /pi.jas/ |
pillât /pi.ja/ |
pillassions /pi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
pillassiez /pi.ja.sje/ |
pillassent /pi.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pille /pij/ |
— | pillons /pi.jɔ̃/ |
pillez /pi.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French pillier, piller.
Verb
piller
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of piller
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | piller | avoir pillé | |||||
| gerund | en pillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pillant | ||||||
| past participle | pillé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | pille | pilles | pille | pillons | pillez | pillent |
| imperfect | pillois, pilloys | pillois, pilloys | pilloit, pilloyt | pillions, pillyons | pilliez, pillyez | pilloient, pilloyent | |
| past historic | pilla | pillas | pilla | pillasmes | pillastes | pillerent | |
| future | pillerai, pilleray | pilleras | pillera | pillerons | pillerez | pilleront | |
| conditional | pillerois, pilleroys | pillerois, pilleroys | pilleroit, pilleroyt | pillerions, pilleryons | pilleriez, pilleryez | pilleroient, pilleroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | pille | pilles | pille | pillons | pillez | pillent |
| imperfect | pillasse | pillasses | pillast | pillassions | pillassiez | pillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pille | — | pillons | pillez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: piller
Old French
Verb
piller
- Alternative form of pillier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of piller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | piller | avoir pillé | |||||
| gerund | en pillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pillant | ||||||
| past participle | pillé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pil | pilles | pille | pillons | pillez | pillent |
| imperfect | pilloie, pilleie, pilloe, pilleve | pilloies, pilleies, pilloes, pilleves | pilloit, pilleit, pillot, pilleve | pilliiens, pilliens | pilliiez, pilliez | pilloient, pilleient, pilloent, pillevent | |
| preterite | pillai | pillas | pilla | pillames | pillastes | pillerent | |
| future | pillerai | pilleras | pillera | pillerons | pilleroiz, pillereiz, pillerez | pilleront | |
| conditional | pilleroie, pillereie | pilleroies, pillereies | pilleroit, pillereit | pilleriiens, pilleriens | pilleriiez, pilleriez | pilleroient, pillereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pil | piz | pit | pillons | pillez | pillent |
| imperfect | pillasse | pillasses | pillast | pillissons, pillissiens | pillissoiz, pillissez, pillissiez | pillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | pille | — | pillons | pillez | — | ||