pile

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
2. (informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
3. A mass formed in layers.
4. A funeral pile; a pyre.
5. (slang) A large amount of money.
6. A large building, or mass of buildings.
7. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
8. A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
9. A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
10. An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
11. (obsolete) The reverse (or tails) of a coin.
12. A list or league

Verb

1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
3. To add something to a great number.
4. (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
5. To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
6. To form a pile or heap.

Verb

To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

Verb

To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

Concepts

tas

entasser

pile

amas

masse

foule

empiler

rassembler

pilotis

monceau

tas de bois

batterie

ramasser

pieu

amoncellement

multitude

amasser

amonceler

porter

faire

désordre

petit tas

empilage

lot

collection

ensemble

troupe

bande

poils

enfiler

accumuler

pilot

tapée

hémorrhoïde

clôture

en tas

entassé

tax

dah

dans

part

meule

confiture

meute

sieste

échasse

monticule

montagne

bouchon

s’entasser

hémorroïde

chargement

tasser

emmanche

pilier

poteau

accumulation

groupe

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/paɪl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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