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Etymology
Old English pyle#Old English|pyle, pylw-, from West Germanic *pulwi-, borrowed from clasical Latin pulvinus|pulvīnus �cushion�. Cognate with Dutch peluw, German Pfühl.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�pɪl��/
audio|en-us-pillow.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪl��|-ɪl��
Noun
en-noun
- A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
Derived terms
pillow case
pillow fight
pillowing
Translations
trans-top|soft cushion used to support the head in bed
Bosnian: jastuk m, poduška f (archaic)
Chinese: æ��é , æ��头 (zhÄ�ntóu)
Croatian: jastuk m, poduška f (archaic)
Czech: t-|cs|polštá�|m
Danish: t+|da|pude|c
Dutch: kussen n
Esperanto: t-|eo|kuseno|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|tyyny
French: t+|fr|oreiller|m
German: Kopfkissen n, Kissen n; Ruhekissen n italbrac|Austria
Greek: t|el|μαξιλά�ι|n|sc=Grek (maxilári)
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: t+|hu|párna
Icelandic: t+|is|koddi|m
Indonesian: t+|id|bantal|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: cossino
Italian: t+|it|guanciale|m
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Japanese: � (���,�makura)
Korean: ë² ê°� (begae)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|س���گ�ا|trsangyA|scKUchar, t|ku|س��ر��|trsareen|scKUchar
Marathi: �ष� (ushi)
Norwegian: t-|no|pute|c
Portuguese: t+|pt|travesseiro|m
Russian: под��ка (podúška) f
Serbian:
Spanish: t+|es|almohada|f
Swahili: mto (nc 3/4)
Swedish: t+|sv|kudde|c
Tamil: தல��ாணி (talaighaaNi)
Tupinambá: akangupapuku
Turkish: t+|tr|yastık
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Verb
en-verb
- transitive To rest as on a pillow.
#*1942: She had pillowed her head on her arm � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)
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