Meaning

5 senses

  1. The cap of a mushroom.

    Hut

    шля́пкаšljápka

    шляпкаšljapka, шапинкаšapynka

  2. The bell of a jellyfish.

  3. A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.

    Pileus

  4. (Ancient Rome, historical)A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.

    Pileus

    пилосpilos

  5. The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

More definitions
  • a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the cap of a mushroom:
Русский
By meaning 2
the cap of a mushroom:
felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the cap of a mushroom:
small cloud:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin pīleus, a form of pilleus (“a felt cap”).

Borrowed from Latin pīleus, a form of pilleus (“a felt cap”).

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Forms

plural: pilei
Singularpileus
Pluralpilei

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
crownA2cap cloudpileumscarf cloud
Close in meaning
  • a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom:cap

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpileated
Derivedpileiform

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pikepilafpileA2pilferpilgrimA2pilgrimage
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