la
feminine
/ˈpila/
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Translation
battery
Word origin
From Latin pila ('pillar, pier, stone basin'). The 'battery' sense honours Alessandro Volta's pile of stacked metal discs. English 'pile' comes from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pila
- English cognates
- pile, pillar
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralpilas
Examples
gastada.
The remote does not work because the battery is dead.
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I need to buy new batteries for the clock.
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There was a pile of books on the table.
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She washed her hands in the kitchen sink.
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Where did you put the car battery?
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