Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piller

/pˈɪlɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: piller
IPA: /pˈɪlɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plunderer or thief.

Obsolete

noun

Pronunciation spelling of pillow.

name

Example Sentences

"Thenne he horsed his bretheren ageyne and sayd bretheren ye oughte to be ashamed to falle so of your horses / What is a Knyght but whan he is on horsbak / I sett not by a knyght whanne he is on foote / for all batails on fote ar but pelowres batails / For there shold no Knyghte syghte on foote / but yf hit were for treason / or els he were dryuen therto by force"
""What are you layin' on your good bed in the daytime for, messin' up the feathers, and dirtyin' the pillers with your dusty boots?""

Etymology

Partly from Anglo-Norman pilour, from Old French piller (“to plunder”) (more at pillage)

Word Breakdown

Root: pilour

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

pillers (plural) pyllour (alternative)

Phrases

black piller red piller

Frequently Paired Words

black piller red piller

Rhymes With

miller killer thriller pillar filler schiller millar tiller hiller stiller chiller spiller

Questions

How do you pronounce piller?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɪlɚ/.
What does piller mean?: A plunderer or thief.
Where does piller come from?: Partly from Anglo-Norman pilour, from Old French piller (“to plunder”) (more at pillage)

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