pilíř

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪliːr̝̊]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pilier or Italian piliere,[1] from Vulgar Latin pīlāre from Latin pīla.[2]

Noun

pilíř m inan

  1. pillar
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Calque of French pilier, from rugby rules translated from French into Czech by Ondřej Sekora in 1926.

Noun

pilíř m anim

  1. (rugby) prop (a player of the front row, supporting the hooker in the scrum)
Declension

Further reading

  • pilíř in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pilíř in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pilíř in Internetová jazyková příručka

References

  1. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. "pilíř" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
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