pile

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. heap, stack
2. pillar
3. battery
4. tails
5. pile

Adv

1. (colloquial) just, exactly
2. (colloquial) dead (of stopping etc.); on the dot, sharp (of time), smack

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pil/

Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Old French, from Latin pīla (through Italian pila for the “battery” sense). The “tail of a coin” sense is probably derived from previous senses, but it's not known for sure.