pillow

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪl.əʊ/
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• General-American: /ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈphɪɫ.ö̞]
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• US, dialectal: /ˈpɛl.oʊ/
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• rhymes with -ɪləʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: P IH1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peel (“pillow”), Alemannic German Pfulme (“pillow”), Dutch peluw (“a long, narrow pillow”), German Pfühl (“a big and soft pillow”), German Low German Pöhl (“pad, pillow, cushion”).

285 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахчы (axčə) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Afrikaans: kussing — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ainu: アエニヌィペ — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Akan: sumiiɛ — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Akan: sumii — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Albanian: mëkresë — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Albanian: jastëk — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Albanian: kresë — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Albanian: kultër — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Northern Altai: частык (častïk) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Southern Altai: јастык (ǰastïk) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Amharic: ትራስ (təras) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Arabic: وِسَادَة (wisāda) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Arabic: مِخَدَّة (miḵadda) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Arabic: مخدة (maḵadda) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Arabic: مخدة (maḵadda) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Arabic: مَخَدَّة (maḵadda) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Arabic: مخدة (mḵadda) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Arabic: خدية (ḵaddiyya) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Armenian: բարձ (barj) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Assamese: গাঁৰু (gãru) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Assamese: বালিছ (balis) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Asturian: almuhada — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Azerbaijani: balış — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Azerbaijani: yastıq — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Bashkir: мендәр (mendər) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Bashkir: яҫтыҡ (yaśtıq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Basque: burko — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Basque: bururdi — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Toba Batak: halang ulu — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Belarusian: паду́шка (padúška) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Bengali: বালিশ (baliś) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Central Bikol: ulunan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Bulgarian: възгла́вница (vǎzglávnica) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Burmese: ခေါင်းအုံး (hkaung:um:) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Burmese: အုံး (um:) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Buryat: дэрэ (dere) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Buryat: пудуушха (puduušxa) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Catalan: coixí — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Chechen: гӏайба (ğajba) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Chechen: миндар (mindar) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Chinese Cantonese: 枕頭 /枕头 (zam2 tau4) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Chinese: 枕頭 /枕头 (zh-min-nan) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Chinese Mandarin: 枕頭 /枕头 (zhěntou) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Chuvash: ҫытар (śyt̬ar) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Chuvash: минтер (mint̬er) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• East Circassian: щхьэнтэ (śḥɛntɛ) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• West Circassian: шъхьантэ (ŝḥantɛ) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• West Circassian: шъхьатэ (ŝḥatɛ) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ngazidja Comorian: mtao — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Coptic: ϣϣⲟⲧ m ⲙⲣⲱⲙ (ššot) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Cornish: pluvek — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Crimean Tatar: yastıq — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Czech: polštář — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Danish: hovedpude — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Daur: derbe — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Dutch: hoofdkussen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Dutch: oorkussen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Dutch: kussen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ifè: ìrɛ̀wo — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Edo: ukohunmwun — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Esperanto: kuseno — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Esperanto: kapkuseno — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Estonian: padi — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Faroese: koddi — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Finnish: tyyny — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• French: oreiller — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• French: têtière — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• French: coussin — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• West-Frisian: kessen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Gagauz: yastık — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Galician: traveseiro — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Galician: cabezal — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Galician: faceiroa — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Galician: almofada — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Galician: chomazo — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Georgian: ბალიში (bališi) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• German: Kopfkissen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• German: Kissen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• German: Ruhekissen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• German: Kopfpolster — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• German: Polster — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (waggareis) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Greek: μαξιλάρι (maxilári) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Greek: προσκέφαλο (proskéfalo) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ancient Greek: προσκεφάλαιον (proskephálaion) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ancient Greek: κνέφαλλον (knéphallon) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Gujarati: ઓશીકું (ośīkũ) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Haitian Creole: zorye — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hani: wuqhhaoq — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hausa: matāshī — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hawaiian: uluna — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hawaiian: ununa — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hawaiian: ʻaki — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hawaiian: ʻopeʻope (Kauaʻi) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hebrew: כָּרִית (karít) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Higaonon: uluna — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hiligaynon: almoháda — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hindi: सिरहाना (sirhānā) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hindi: शिरोपधान (śiropdhān) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• White Hmong: tog hauv ncoo — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hungarian: párna — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Hungarian: vánkos — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ibanag: fungan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Icelandic: koddi — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Igala: àloji — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Igbo: ofili isī — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Indonesian: bantal — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ingrian: poduška — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ingrian: tyyni — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Interlingua: cossino — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Inuktitut: ᐊᑭᓯᖅ (akisiq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Irish: adhairt — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Irish: ceannadhairt — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Irish: piliúr — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Italian: guanciale — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Italian: cuscino — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Italian: testiera — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Izon: tị́bịserii — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Japanese: 枕 (makura) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Javanese: karang ulu — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Javanese: kajang sirah — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Javanese: bantal — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Jeju: 베게 (bege) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kalmyk: дер (der) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kanakanabu: ʼʉnʉ — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kannada: ದಿಂಬು (dimbu) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kapampangan: ulunan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Karachay-Balkar: жастыкъ (jastıq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Karachay-Balkar: джастыкъ (castıq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kazakh: жастық (jastyq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kazakh: көпшік (köpşık) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Khakas: частых (çastıx) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Khmer: ខ្នើយ (khnaəy) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kikuyu: muuto — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Korean: 베개 (begae) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ktunaxa: ʔa·kǂam̓xunam — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kumyk: ястыкъ (yastıq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kumyk: бойлукъ (boyluq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Central Kurdish: سەنگیا (sengya) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Central Kurdish: سەرین (serîn) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Northern Kurdish: balguh — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Northern Kurdish: balîf — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kyrgyz: жаздык (jazdık) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Kyrgyz: балыш (balış) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Laboya: lunna — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ladin: plumac — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ladino: almofada — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ladino: kavesal — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ladino: almoáda — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ladino: yastik — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lao: ຫມອນ (mǭn) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Latgalian: spylvyns — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Latin: cervīcal — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Latin: pulvīnus — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Latvian: spilvens — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Latvian: pagalvis — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Laz: ჲასტუღი (yasťuği) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lepcha: ᰋᰤᰦᰭᰀᰦᰮ (thyákkám) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lithuanian: pagalvė — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lithuanian: priegalvis — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Livonian: paḑā — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Louisiana Creole: oriye — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lü: ᦖᦸᧃ (ṁoan) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lü: ᦖᦸᧃᦷᦠ (ṁoanḣo) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lucumí: irorí — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lucumí: toroloní — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Luxembourgish: Këssen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Luxembourgish: Kappkëssen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Luxembourgish: Pillem — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Macedonian: перница (pernica) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Maguindanao: ulunan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Malay: bantal — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Brunei Malay: bantal — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Malayalam: തലയണ (talayaṇa) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Maltese: mħadda — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Manx: clooisag — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Māori: urunga — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Māori: pera — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Maranao: olonan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Marathi: उशी (uśī) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Mauritian Creole: lorye — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Middle English: pilwe — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Middle English: cod — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Middle English: quysshyn — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Middle English: bolster — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Mirandese: almofada — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Mongolian: дэр (der) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ (der-e) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Classical Nahuatl: cuāchicpalli — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Classical Nahuatl: tzonicpalli — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Nepali: सिरानी (sirānī) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Nogai: ястык (yastık) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Norman: ouothilyi — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Norwegian Bokmål: pute — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Norwegian Bokmål: hodepute — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pute — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Nupe: tútí — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Occitan: coissin — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ojibwe: apikweshimon — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Okinawan: 枕 (makkwa) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Old English: bolster — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Old Norse: koddi — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Oromo: boraatii — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ossetian: баз (baz) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Pannonian Rusyn: заглавок (zahlavok) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Pashto: بالښت (bālᶕx̌t) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Persian: بالش (bâleš) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Polish: poduszka — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Polish: zagłówek — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Portuguese: travesseiro — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Portuguese: almofada — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Punjabi: ਸਿਰਹਾਣਾ (sirhāṇā) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Punjabi: سِرْہاݨا (sirhāṇā) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Quechua: sawna — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Romanian: pernă — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Romanian: perină — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Russian: поду́шка (podúška) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Skolt-Sami: pooddâšǩ — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Samoan: aluga — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Samoan: uluga — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Scots: pillae — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Scottish Gaelic: cluasachan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Scottish Gaelic: cluasag — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̀стук — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Serbo-Croatian: подушка — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Serbo-Croatian: jàstuk — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Serbo-Croatian: poduška — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Seychellois Creole: zorye — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Shor: частық (çastıq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Sinhalese: කොට්ටයක් (koṭṭayak) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Slovak: vankúš — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Slovak: poduška — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Slovene: vzglavnik — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Slovene: blazina — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Lower Sorbian: zagłowk — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Upper Sorbian: zawk — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Upper Sorbian: hłowak — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Spanish: almohada — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Spanish: citara — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Sranan Tongo: kunsu — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Swahili: mto — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Swedish: kudde — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tagalog: unan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tagalog: almohada — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tahitian: uruʻa — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tajik: болиш (boliš) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tamil: தலைகாணி (talaikāṇi) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tamil: தலையணை (talaiyaṇai) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tarifit: tsummet — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tarifit: tsunta — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tatar: мендәр (mendär) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tausug: ūan — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Telugu: దిండు (diṇḍu) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Thai: หมอน (mɔ̌ɔn) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tibetan: སྔས་ཤུབ (sngas shub) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tokelauan: aluga — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tupinambá: akangupapuku — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Turkish: yastık — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ottoman Turkish: یاصدق (yasdık) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ottoman Turkish: بالش (baliş) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Turkmen: ýassyk — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Tuvan: сыртык (sırtık) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Ukrainian: поду́шка (podúška) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Unami: mëlukwehun — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Urdu: تَکْیَہ (takya) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Urdu: سِرْہانَہ (sirhāna) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Urdu: بالش (bāliś) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Urdu: مسند (masnad) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Uyghur: ياستۇق (yastuq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Uyghur: پەيقۇ (peyqu) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Uzbek: yostiq — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Uzbek: bolish — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Vietnamese: gối — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Vilamovian: kysła — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Welsh: gobennydd — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Welsh: clustog — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Yakut: сыттык (sïttïk) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Yami: tangen — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Yiddish: קישן (kishn) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Yoruba: ìrọ̀rí — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Yup'ik: putuskaq — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Zazaki: balişna (diq) — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Zhuang: swiz — soft cushion used to support the head in bed
• Zulu: umcamelo — soft cushion used to support the head in bed