pilus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) A hair.
2. (declension-2, figuratively, masculine) An insignificant amount; iota; least amount

Concepts

hair

chicken-feed

dust bunny

fur

mane

pelage

pelt

trifle

a single hair

a trifle

pilus

body hair

yure

bagatelle

riah

Synonyms

capillus

coma

crinis

saeta

Translations

Haar

haar

cheveu

pèl

poil

pelo

saç

μαλλιά

capello

cabelo

cabell

pelo

cheveux

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɪ.ɫʊs]

Etymology

Uncertain. Older sources reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *pilo- (“hair”), with Latin pilleus (“felt cap”), Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “wool or hair wrought into felt”), Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”) as cognates, but this is no longer accepted.