Feminine
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Pille

Meaning

  1. (feminine) pill, tablet
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal) ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”)
  3. (feminine, informal) ball

Concepts

birth-control pill

contraceptive pill

the pill

oral contraceptive

oral contraceptives

birth control pill

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bille

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɪlə/
Etymology

From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”).

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