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"pill, tablet" in seven languages

Meaningpill, tablet

Spanish

pastilla

/pasˈtiʝa/

fem.other source · Latin PASTILLUM 'lozenge, little loaf'

French

comprimé

/kɔ̃pʁime/

masc.other source · French comprimer 'to compress' (Latin COMPRIMERE)

Italian

pillola

/ˈpillola/

fem.other source · Latin PILULAM 'little ball' (learned)

Portuguese

comprimido

/kõpɾiˈmidu/

masc.other source · Portuguese comprimir 'to compress' (Latin COMPRIMERE)

Romanian

pastilă

/pasˈtilə/

fem.other source · French pastille (Latin PASTILLUM 'lozenge')

Catalan

pastilla

/pəsˈtiʎə/

fem.other source · Latin PASTILLUM 'lozenge, little loaf'

English

pill

/pɪl/

other source · Latin pilula (via Middle Dutch)

English → Italianpill, tabletpillolaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: pastille (es); compress (fr); pill (it).What English and Italian share

The story

Unrelated in shape: a Spanish pastilla is a little pastille, a French comprimé a 'compressed' tablet, an Italian pillola a 'little ball' (PILULA, English pill). Spanish píldora and Italian pillola also mean the contraceptive pill.

English relatives: pastille (es); compress (fr); pill (it)

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  • esTome una pastilla después de cada comida.
  • frPrenez un comprimé après chaque repas.
  • itPrenda una pillola dopo ogni pasto.
  • ptTome um comprimido depois de cada refeição.
  • roLuați o pastilă după fiecare masă.
  • caPreneu una pastilla després de cada àpat.
  • enTake one pill after each meal.

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