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From Middle English pyle, from Old French pile, from Latin pīla (“pillar, pier”).

From Middle English pile, from Old English pīl, from Proto-West Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum (“heavy javelin”). Cognate with Dutch pijl, German Pfeil. Doublet of pilum.

Apparently from Late Latin pilus. Doublet of pilus.

From Middle English pile, partly from Anglo-Norman pil (a variant of peil, poil (“hair”)) and partly from its source, Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pilus.

From French pile (“battery”), with the pronunciation adapted to the existing English word pile. Doublet of Etymology 1, which may have influenced the sense development by emphasizing the stack (“pile”) out of which early batteries were made.

256 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَوْم (kawm) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Arabic: كومة (kōma) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Arabic: عرام (ʕurram) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Armenian: կույտ (kuyt) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Armenian: շեղջ (šeġǰ) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Armenian: դեզ (dez) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Armenian: զանգված (zangvac) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Bulgarian: куп (kup) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Bulgarian: камара (kamara) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Catalan: pila — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Chinese Mandarin: 堆 (duī) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Czech: hromada — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Czech: halda — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Czech: kupa — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Danish: dynge — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Dutch: stapel — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Esperanto: stako — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Esperanto: amaso — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Farefare: kuko — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Farefare: gilgo — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Finnish: kasa — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Finnish: pino — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Finnish: läjä — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Finnish: röykkiö — mass of things heaped together; heap
• French: monceau — mass of things heaped together; heap
• French: tas — mass of things heaped together; heap
• French: pile — mass of things heaped together; heap
• German: Haufen — mass of things heaped together; heap
• German: Stoß — mass of things heaped together; heap
• German: Stapel — mass of things heaped together; heap
• German: Beige — mass of things heaped together; heap
• German: Halde — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Greek: σωρός (sorós) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ancient Greek: σωρός (sōrós) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ancient Greek: σώρευμα (sṓreuma) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ancient Greek: θίς (thís) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Hawaiian: paila — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Hebrew: עֲרֵמָה — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Hungarian: halom — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Hungarian: rakás — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Hungarian: köteg — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Hungarian: nyaláb — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Indonesian: tumpukan — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ingrian: mytty — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ingrian: koko — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ingrian: ropja — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ingrian: runni — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Irish: carnán — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Irish: cual — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Italian: mucchio — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Italian: catasta — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Italian: pila — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Italian: ammasso — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Italian: ingorgo — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Japanese: 積み重ね (tsumikasane) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Japanese: 山 (yama) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Korean: 무더기 (mudeogi) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Latin: cumulus — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Latin: struēs — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Lithuanian: krūvà — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Lithuanian: kaũpas — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Eastern Mari: курык (kuryk) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Norwegian: haug — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Norwegian: stabel — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Old English: hēap — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Oromo: tuuluu — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Persian: کپه (koppe) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Persian: توده (tude) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Persian: کوت (kut) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Polish: stos — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Polish: sterta — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Portuguese: pilha — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Portuguese: monte (desordenado) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Quechua: pirwa — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Quechua: qullu — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Romanian: grămadă — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Russian: гру́да (grúda) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Russian: сто́пка (stópka) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Sanskrit: निचय (nicaya) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Sanskrit: राशि (rāśi) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: montón — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: rimero — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: pila — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: cúmulo — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: hacina — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: tambache — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: ruma — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: tauca — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: haza — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: tonga — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: tongada — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: rima — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Spanish: arcina — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Swedish: hög — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Turkish: pil — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Turkish: yığmak — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Turkish: yığın — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ottoman Turkish: ییغین (yığın) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ottoman Turkish: كومه (küme) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎎𐎕 (qmṣ) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Ukrainian: ку́па (kúpa) — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Walloon: moncea — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Walloon: hopea — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Walloon: pile — mass of things heaped together; heap
• Finnish: pino — group or list of related items
• Finnish: kasa — group or list of related items
• French: pile — group or list of related items
• Hungarian: halom — group or list of related items
• Hungarian: csoport — group or list of related items
• Italian: gruppo — group or list of related items
• Italian: mucchio — group or list of related items
• Italian: lista — group or list of related items
• Italian: elenco — group or list of related items
• Bulgarian: пачка (pačka) — mass formed in layers
• Czech: štos — mass formed in layers
• Czech: komínek — mass formed in layers
• Finnish: kasa — mass formed in layers
• Finnish: läjä — mass formed in layers
• French: pile — mass formed in layers
• Italian: pila — mass formed in layers
• Italian: catasta — mass formed in layers
• Ottoman Turkish: ییغین (yığın) — mass formed in layers
• Ottoman Turkish: كومه (küme) — mass formed in layers
• Hungarian: nagy vagyon — (slang in English) large amount of money
• Czech: honosné sídlo — large building, or mass of buildings
• Czech: palác — large building, or mass of buildings
• Hungarian: nagy épület — large building, or mass of buildings
• Italian: ammasso — large building, or mass of buildings
• Italian: blocco — large building, or mass of buildings
• Spanish: conjunto — large building, or mass of buildings
• Catalan: pila — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Finnish: paristo — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• French: pile — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: galvánelem — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: galváncella — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: galvántelep — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: galvánoszlop — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: Volta-oszlop — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: elem — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: telep — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Hungarian: oszlop — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Italian: pila — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Italian: batteria — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Norwegian: batteri — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Portuguese: pilha — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Russian: гальвани́ческий элеме́нт (galʹvaníčeskij elemént) — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Spanish: pila — vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; voltaic pile or galvanic pile
• Czech: pilíř — architecture, civil engineering: beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground
• Czech: pilota — architecture, civil engineering: beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground
• Hungarian: cölöp — architecture, civil engineering: beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground
• Hungarian: karó — architecture, civil engineering: beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground
• Russian: сва́я (svája) — architecture, civil engineering: beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground
• Finnish: piili — obsolete: dart, arrow
• Finnish: pää — head of an arrow or spear
• Finnish: nuolenpää — head of an arrow or spear
• Finnish: kärki — head of an arrow or spear
• Finnish: keihäänkärki — head of an arrow or spear
• Georgian: თავი (tavi) — head of an arrow or spear
• Italian: punta — head of an arrow or spear
• Persian: نوک (nok) — head of an arrow or spear
• Russian: наконе́чник (nakonéčnik) — head of an arrow or spear
• Bulgarian: кол (kol) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Bulgarian: пилон (pilon) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 桩 (zhuāng) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Czech: kůl — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Finnish: paalu — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• French: pieu — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• German: Pfahl — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Italian: palo — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Italian: paletto — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Kazakh: қада (qada) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Korean: 말뚝 (malttuk) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Latin: sublica — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Māori: tumu — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Norwegian Bokmål: påle — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Norwegian Bokmål: pel — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påle — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Persian: پایه (pâye) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Persian: ستون (sotun) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Russian: сва́я (svája) — stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth
• Catalan: pila — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Czech: klín — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Dutch: punt — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Finnish: kärki — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• French: pile — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• German: Keil — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Italian: pila — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Portuguese: pila — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Spanish: pila — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Swedish: kil — heraldry: one of the ordinaries
• Bulgarian: пух (puh) — fine or short hair
• Finnish: haiven — fine or short hair
• Finnish: aluskarva — fine or short hair
• Irish: caitín — fine or short hair
• Italian: peluria — fine or short hair
• Italian: lanugine — fine or short hair
• Italian: pelucco — fine or short hair
• Portuguese: madeixa — fine or short hair
• Bulgarian: натрупвам (natrupvam) — to lay or throw into a pile
• Catalan: fer pila — to lay or throw into a pile
• Catalan: amuntegar — to lay or throw into a pile
• Czech: dát na hromadu — to lay or throw into a pile
• Czech: narovnat — to lay or throw into a pile
• Czech: nakupit — to lay or throw into a pile
• Finnish: kasata — to lay or throw into a pile
• Finnish: pinota — to lay or throw into a pile
• French: faire pile — to lay or throw into a pile
• French: amasser — to lay or throw into a pile
• French: empiler — to lay or throw into a pile
• French: ajouter — to lay or throw into a pile
• German: stapeln — to lay or throw into a pile
• German: aufstapeln — to lay or throw into a pile
• German: anhäufen — to lay or throw into a pile
• German: schichten — to lay or throw into a pile
• German: beigen — to lay or throw into a pile
• Ancient Greek: σωρεύω (sōreúō) — to lay or throw into a pile
• Italian: ammucchiare — to lay or throw into a pile
• Italian: accatastare — to lay or throw into a pile
• Italian: impilare — to lay or throw into a pile
• Korean: 쌓다 (ssata) — to lay or throw into a pile
• Norwegian Bokmål: stable — to lay or throw into a pile
• Norwegian Bokmål: samle — to lay or throw into a pile
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stable — to lay or throw into a pile
• Norwegian Nynorsk: samle — to lay or throw into a pile
• Oromo: tuuluu — to lay or throw into a pile
• Portuguese: fazer pilha — to lay or throw into a pile
• Portuguese: fazer monte desordenado — to lay or throw into a pile
• Portuguese: pôr em pilha — to lay or throw into a pile
• Portuguese: empilhar — to lay or throw into a pile
• Quechua: pirway — to lay or throw into a pile
• Quechua: suk'ay — to lay or throw into a pile
• Russian: нава́ливать (naválivatʹ) — to lay or throw into a pile
• Russian: навали́ть (navalítʹ) — to lay or throw into a pile
• Russian: зава́ливать (zaválivatʹ) — to lay or throw into a pile
• Russian: завали́ть (zavalítʹ) — to lay or throw into a pile
• Swedish: stapla — to lay or throw into a pile
• Bulgarian: натоварвам (natovarvam) — to overload
• Finnish: kasata — to overload
• Finnish: pinota — to overload
• Italian: ammassare — to overload
• Russian: перегружа́ть (peregružátʹ) — to overload
• Russian: перегрузи́ть (peregruzítʹ) — to overload
• Russian: нагружа́ть (nagružátʹ) — to overload
• Russian: нагрузи́ть (nagruzítʹ) — to overload
• Bulgarian: засипвам (zasipvam) — to add something to a great number
• Finnish: kasata — to add something to a great number
• Italian: ammassare — to add something to a great number
• Finnish: ruuhkauttaa — to create a hold-up
• Italian: creare un ingorgo — to create a hold-up
• Bulgarian: забивам (zabivam) — to drive piles into
• Chinese Mandarin: 打桩 (dǎzhuāng) — to drive piles into
• Finnish: paaluttaa — to drive piles into
• Italian: accatastare — to drive piles into
• Italian: ammucchiare — to drive piles into
• Italian: ammassare — to drive piles into