pile Signification, définition

Signification de pile en français

• 0 a number of things on top of each other -- pile [ feminine ]

  • piles of paper/clothes piles de papiers/vêtements

  • I found it in a pile of old books. Je l’ai trouvé dans une pile de vieux livres.

• 1 a lot -- tas [ masculine ]

  • He inherited a pile of money. Il a hérité d’un tas argent.

• 2 to make a pile of things -- empiler

  • Just pile the bags over in the corner. Empilez juste les sacs là dans le coin.

  • trucks piled high with firewood des camions remplis de bois de chauffage entassé haut

• 3 a (large) number of things lying on top of each other in a tidy or untidy heap; a (large) quantity of something lying in a heap -- pile, tas

  • There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room

  • There was pile of rubbish at the bottom of the garden.

• 4 a large quantity, especially of money -- paquet

  • He must have piles of money to own a car like that.

• 5 to make a pile of (something); to put (something) in a pile -- empiler

  • He piled the boxes on the table.

• 6 a large pillar or stake driven into the ground as a foundation for a building, bridge etc -- pilot(is), pieu

  • The entire city of Venice is built on piles.

• 7 the thick soft surface of carpets and some kinds of cloth eg velvet -- poil (d’un tapis)

  • The rug has a deep/thick pile.