pille homograph 2
noun feminine or masculinesubstantiv hunkjønn eller hankjønna pill · a tablet
InflectionVis bøyning
EtymologyOpphav
av latin pilula ‘liten kule’ from Latin pilula 'little ball'Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk
medikament i skive- eller kuleform;
tabletttablet, pill a medicine in the form of a disc or a ball;
a tablettablett
tabletttablet, pill a medicine in the form of a disc or a ball;
a tablettablett
- pillene hjelper mot hodepine the pills help with headaches
as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som angrepillea morning-after pill, p-pillethe pill · contraceptive pill, stikkpillea suppository, sukkerpillea sugar pill
Set phrasesFaste uttrykk
bitter pille
noe ubehagelig en må finne seg i
something unpleasant that one has to put up with
Eng. phrasea bitter pill to swallow
- det ble en bitter pille å svelge it was a bitter pill to swallow
- han fikk smake den bitre pillen he had to swallow the bitter pill
sukre pillen
mildne inntrykket av noe ubehagelig
to soften the impression of something unpleasant
Eng. phraseto sugar the pill