Pillar

//ˈpɪlə//

Synonyms for "pillar" (160 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(1 words)
column

Strong matches (48)

Noun(1 words)
mainstay

Related words (80)

Noun(2 words)
siletower

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

14 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

50 entries

Showing 16 of 50 words.

has context

3 entries

is a

6 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

151 translations across 79 languages.

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Ainu

1 entries
  • イクㇲペ noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shtyllë noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κίων noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • στῦλος noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عمود noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • عمود noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Armenian

4 entries
  • կոթող noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • հենասյուն noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • հենասյուն noun (essential part of something)
  • հենարան noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • durec noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • stil noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • stur noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Assamese

2 entries
  • খুঁটা noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • থাম noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Asturian

1 entries
  • pilar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • dirək noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • sütun noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • баған noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • бағана noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • колонна noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • harigi noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Breton

2 entries
  • peul noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • post noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • колона noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • стълб noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • стълб noun (essential part of something)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pilar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • haligi noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 中流砥柱 noun (essential part of something)
  • 支柱 noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • 柱子 noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • 棟樑 /栋梁 noun (essential part of something)

Czech

1 entries
  • pilíř noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • chilauna noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Danish

1 entries
  • søjle noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Dutch

3 entries
  • pijler noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • pilaar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • zuil noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Egyptian

3 entries
  • aA:Z1:M3 noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • iwn noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • w-xA-A-xt noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • piliero noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Etruscan

1 entries
  • 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 class inanimate noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Finnish

2 entries
  • pilari noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • pylväs noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

French

2 entries
  • pile noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • pilier noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Galician

1 entries
  • piar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Georgian

3 entries
  • დედაბოძი noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • საყრდენი noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • სვეტი noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

German

2 entries
  • Pfeiler noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • Säule noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Greek

3 entries
  • κολώνα noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • στυλοβάτης noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • στύλος noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • kia noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • kulu noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עמוד noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Hindi

2 entries
  • खंभा noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • स्तंभ noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • oszlop noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • pillér noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pilar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • tiang noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Irish

1 entries
  • piléar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Italian

2 entries
  • chiave di volta noun (essential part of something)
  • pilastro noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 柱 noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • діңгек noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សសរ noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Korean

1 entries
  • 기둥 noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Latin

1 entries
  • columna noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • piliorius noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • słup noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • ди́рек noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • сто́лб noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • andry noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Malay

2 entries
  • tiang noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • turus noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • തൂണ് noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • സ്തംഭം noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡨᡠᡵᠠ noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • багана noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Māori

3 entries
  • himu noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • pou noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • turu noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • søyle noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • søyle noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Nupe

1 entries
  • ekpó noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Occitan

1 entries
  • pilar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • սիւն noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • دستك noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • دیرك noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • پاینده noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Persian

2 entries
  • رکن noun (essential part of something)
  • ستون noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Polish

4 entries
  • filar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • filar noun (essential part of something)
  • podstawa noun (essential part of something)
  • słup noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • pilar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Romanian

1 entries
  • stâlp noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Russian

4 entries
  • коло́нна noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • опло́т noun (essential part of something)
  • опо́ра noun (essential part of something)
  • столб noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • स्तम्भ noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • स्थूणा noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • carragh noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • colbh noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • stub noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • stubac noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • stup noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • stupac noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pilier noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Slovene

2 entries
  • slop noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • steber noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pilar noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Swahili

1 entries
  • majabali noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Swedish

3 entries
  • kolonn noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • pelare noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • stöttepelare noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • haligi noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Tahitian

2 entries
  • arati‘a noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • turu noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • anbdad noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Telugu

3 entries
  • కంబము noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • స్తంభము noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • స్థూణ noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Thai

3 entries
  • หลัก noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • หลัก noun (essential part of something)
  • เสา noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Turkish

3 entries
  • direk noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • direk noun (essential part of something)
  • sütun noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cột noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Yoruba

4 entries
  • òpó noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • òpó noun (essential part of something)
  • òpómúléró noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
  • òpómúléró noun (essential part of something)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • nahil koh noun (large post, often used as supporting architecture)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A large pillar obstructs the view of the lake.

Source: tatoeba (275531)

The pillar tilted to the right and fell.

Source: tatoeba (277627)

He leaned against the pillar and gazed at the Statue of Liberty.

Source: tatoeba (301560)

The pastor of the local Lutheran Church is considered a pillar of the community.

Source: tatoeba (733804)

Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.

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