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pillow

/ˈpɪləʊ/PIH-loh
/ˈpɪloʊ/PIH-loh

Meaningcushion

Common meaning: a soft cushion for resting the head

Journey through time

  1. Latinpulvinus‘cushion’source
  2. Old Englishpyle‘head cushion’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishpilwe‘pillow’source
  4. Englishpillow‘a soft cushion for resting the head’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pulvinus ‘cushion’.

Roots

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