pilum
French, noun/pi.lɔm/
pilum is spelled P-I-L-U-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilum is a French masculine noun meaning “pilum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arme de jet, forte et lourde, dont se servaient les soldats romains pour engager le combat”.
What does pilum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepilum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arme de jet, forte et lourde, dont se servaient les soldats romains pour engager le combat.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pilum
- pilums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilum?
- /pi.lɔm/
- \pi.lɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pilum in French?
pilum appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).