pillar

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
2. Something resembling such a structure.
3. (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
4. A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
5. The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
6. The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
7. A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.

Verb

To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

Concepts

pilier

colonne

poteau

pile

file

instructions

noyau

🪨

pivot

poutre

sens

soutien

tour

volonté

principle

homme clé

appui

personnage central

centre

colonne vertébrale

composante

étai

Synonymes

column

post

pole

prop

support

mainstay

pier

strut

stanchion

backbone

leg

🦵

mast

center

pylon

cryptomeria

tower

cornerstone

house post

pile

buttress

pedestal

stack

stake

stone column

centre

bearing block

linchpin

carving

neck

nucleus

leader

key man

buttressing

bearing

abutment

jamb

puncheon

guidepost

principle

girder

foundation

bulwark

baluster

plume

rank

rib

rod

scape

sculpture

pivot

Traductions

Säule

columna

pilastro

colonna

pilar

zuil

Pfeiler

coluna

pilar

pilaar

columna

kolom

steunpilaar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɪlɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: piler

In summary

From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).