Feminine
pilule
Meaning
- (feminine) pill (small object to be swallowed)
- (feminine) the contraceptive pill
Concepts
Translations
Pille
píldora
pillola
pil
pílula
píndola
hap
χάπιFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pi.lyl/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pilula, apparently first attested in the fourteenth century, in turn inherited from the Classical Latin, attested in the medical sense in Pliny. Note that Italian pillola and Spanish píldora are widely regarded as inheritances, not borrowings.
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