adj
Meaning 1
Resembling hair; minutely clavate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- pilate pollen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Pilate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpaɪlət/
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rhymes with -aɪlət
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homophone: pilot
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name
Meaning 2
Pontius Pilate, the man who, according to the Bible, ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pontius Pilate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: procurator
History
Etymology
The surname is from Latin Pīlātus (“a Roman cognomen”, literally “armed with javelins”), from pilum (“javelin, pestle”), of unknown ultimate origin.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بِيلَاطُس (bīlāṭus) — Pontius Pilate
- Armenian: Պիղատոս (Piġatos) — Pontius Pilate
- Old Armenian: Պիղատոս (Piłatos) — Pontius Pilate
- Chinese Cantonese: 彼拉多 (bei2 laai1 do1) — Pontius Pilate
- Chinese Mandarin: 彼拉多 (Bǐlāduō) — Pontius Pilate
- Coptic: ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲧⲟⲥ (pilatos) — Pontius Pilate
- Czech: Pilát — Pontius Pilate
- Dutch: Pilatus — Pontius Pilate
- French: Pilate — Pontius Pilate
- German: Pilatus — Pontius Pilate
- Greek: Πιλάτος (Pilátos) — Pontius Pilate
- Ancient Greek: Πιλᾶτος (Pilâtos) — Pontius Pilate
- Hindi: पिलातुस (pilātus) — Pontius Pilate
- Hungarian: Pilátus — Pontius Pilate
- Icelandic: Pílatus — Pontius Pilate
- Indonesian: Pilatus — Pontius Pilate
- Italian: Pilato — Pontius Pilate
- Kankanaey: Pilato — Pontius Pilate
- Latin: Pilatus — Pontius Pilate
- Manchu: ᡦᡳᠯᠠᡨ (pilat) — Pontius Pilate
- Persian: پیلاطس (pilâtos) — Pontius Pilate
- Polabian: Plötüs — Pontius Pilate
- Polish: Piłat — Pontius Pilate
- Polish: Poncjusz Piłat — Pontius Pilate
- Portuguese: Pilatos — Pontius Pilate
- Romanian: Pilat — Pontius Pilate
- Russian: Пила́т (Pilát) — Pontius Pilate
- Spanish: Pilato — Pontius Pilate
- Swedish: Pilatus — Pontius Pilate
- Turkish: Pilatus — Pontius Pilate
- Vietnamese: Philatô — Pontius Pilate
- Vietnamese: Phi-lát — Pontius Pilate
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