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

piller (plural pillers)

  1. (obsolete) A plunderer or thief.

    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xlviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

      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

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piller (plural pillers)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of pillow.

    • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:

      "What are you layin' on your good bed in the daytime for, messin' up the feathers, and dirtyin' the pillers with your dusty boots?"

piller c

  1. indefinite plural of pille

piller

  1. present of pille

Inherited from Middle French piller, from Old French pillier, derived from Latin pilleus.

piller

  1. to plunder; to pillage
infinitive simple piller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pillant
/pi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pillé
/pi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pille
/pij/ 		pilles
/pij/ 		pille
/pij/ 		pillons
/pi.jɔ̃/ 		pillez
/pi.je/ 		pillent
/pij/
imperfect pillais
/pi.jɛ/ 		pillais
/pi.jɛ/ 		pillait
/pi.jɛ/ 		pillions
/pij.jɔ̃/ 		pilliez
/pij.je/ 		pillaient
/pi.jɛ/
past historic2 pillai
/pi.je/ 		pillas
/pi.ja/ 		pilla
/pi.ja/ 		pillâmes
/pi.jam/ 		pillâtes
/pi.jat/ 		pillèrent
/pi.jɛʁ/
future pillerai
/pij.ʁe/ 		pilleras
/pij.ʁa/ 		pillera
/pij.ʁa/ 		pillerons
/pij.ʁɔ̃/ 		pillerez
/pij.ʁe/ 		pilleront
/pij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pillerais
/pij.ʁɛ/ 		pillerais
/pij.ʁɛ/ 		pillerait
/pij.ʁɛ/ 		pillerions
/pi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pilleriez
/pi.jə.ʁje/ 		pilleraient
/pij.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pille
/pij/ 		pilles
/pij/ 		pille
/pij/ 		pillions
/pij.jɔ̃/ 		pilliez
/pij.je/ 		pillent
/pij/
imperfect2 pillasse
/pi.jas/ 		pillasses
/pi.jas/ 		pillât
/pi.ja/ 		pillassions
/pi.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		pillassiez
/pi.ja.sje/ 		pillassent
/pi.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pille
/pij/ 		— pillons
/pi.jɔ̃/ 		pillez
/pi.je/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

From Old French pillier, piller.

piller

  1. to plunder; to pillage
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of piller

infinitive simple piller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple pillant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle pillé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pille pilles pille pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pillois, pilloys pillois, pilloys pilloit, pilloyt pillions, pillyons pilliez, pillyez pilloient, pilloyent
past historic pilla pillas pilla pillasmes pillastes pillerent
future pillerai, pilleray pilleras pillera pillerons pillerez pilleront
conditional pillerois, pilleroys pillerois, pilleroys pilleroit, pilleroyt pillerions, pilleryons pilleriez, pilleryez pilleroient, pilleroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pille pilles pille pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pillasse pillasses pillast pillassions pillassiez pillassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pille — pillons pillez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

piller m or f

  1. indefinite plural of pille

piller f

  1. indefinite plural of pille

piller

  1. Alternative form of pillier

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

simple compound
infinitive piller avoir pillé
gerund en pillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle pillant
past participle pillé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present pil pilles pille pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pilloie, pilleie, pilloe, pilleve pilloies, pilleies, pilloes, pilleves pilloit, pilleit, pillot, pilleve pilliiens, pilliens pilliiez, pilliez pilloient, pilleient, pilloent, pillevent
preterite pillai pillas pilla pillames pillastes pillerent
future pillerai pilleras pillera pillerons pilleroiz, pillereiz, pillerez pilleront
conditional pilleroie, pillereie pilleroies, pillereies pilleroit, pillereit pilleriiens, pilleriens pilleriiez, pilleriez pilleroient, pillereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present pil piz pit pillons pillez pillent
imperfect pillasse pillasses pillast pillissons, pillissiens pillissoiz, pillissez, pillissiez pillassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pille — pillons pillez —

From Latin pilula.

piller n

  1. a pill (a small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally)