pill
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually…A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
Meaning
12 senses(broadly)A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
Tablette, Pille
табле́ткаtablétka, пилю́ляpiljúlja
пігу́лкаpihúlka, пілю́ляpiljúlja, табле́ткаtablétka
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
(broadly)Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
(definite, informal, uncountable)Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
Jane went on the pill when she left for college.
She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.
Pille
противозача́точная табле́ткаprotivozačátočnaja tablétka
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
(slang)A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
a unpleasant or tiresome person
(slang)A comical or entertaining person.
A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
Fussel
ка́тышекkátyšek
(slang)A baseball.
(slang)A bullet (projectile).
пу́ляpúlja, масли́наmaslína
A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
(UK, regional)An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. Pill can occur in the name of such an inlet.
(obsolete)The peel or skin.
Examples
346 sentencesHow many pills did you take?
Скільки ти випив таблеток? — deniko
ruСколько таблеток ты приняла? — odexed
Tom flushed the pills down the toilet.
Том злив таблетки в унітаз. — deniko
I swallowed the pill.
Я проковтнув таблетку. — deniko
ruЯ проглотил таблетку. — marafon
Tom took three sleeping pills.
Том прийняв три таблетки снодійного. — deniko
ruТом принял три таблетки снотворного. — marafon
deTom nahm drei Schlaftabletten. — pullnosemans
Tom hasn't taken his pills.
Том не випив свої таблетки. — deniko
ruТом не принял свои таблетки. — marafon
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or MiddlFrom Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula.
From Middle English pillen, pilen, from Old English pilian (“to peel”), from Latin pilō (“depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of peel.
From Middle English *pill, *pyll, from Old English pyll (“a pool, pill”), from Proto-Germanic *pullijaz (“small pool, ditch, creek”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *bl̥nos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Old English pull (“pool, creek”), Scots poll (“slow moving stream, creek, inlet”), Icelandic pollur (“pond, pool, puddle”). More at pool.
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Forms
plural: pills| Singular | pill |
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uncountable
Synonyms
14 synonymsWord family
64 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- take your pills
- sleeping pills
- swallowed the pill
See also
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