/pɪl/
#1389 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
A small hard piece of medicine that you swallow.
Word origin
From Latin pilula, meaning a little ball.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pilula
Grammar
Gender
Pluralpills
Examples
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The plural is "pills".
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"Take a pill" is the normal verb for swallowing medicine.
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A pill is small and hard and you do not chew it.
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