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Pilate
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pilate
English
Etymology
The surname is from en la Pīlātus a Roman cognomen armed with javelins, from la pīlum javelin, pestle, of unknown ultimate origin.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpaɪlət/
en En-us-pilot.ogg US
en en-au-pilot.ogg AU
en aɪlət 2
en pilot
Proper noun
en biblical character Pontius Pilate, the man who, according to the Bible, ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.
en 1968 Keith Richards; Mick Jagger Sympathy for the Devil Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet I was 'round when Jesus Christ / Had his moment of doubt and pain / Made damn sure that Pilate / Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Derived terms
en Pilatian Pilatism
Translations
Pontius Pilate
Arabic: ar بِيلَاطُس m
Armenian: hy Պիղատոս
Old Armenian: xcl Պիղատոս
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 彼拉多 bei2 laai1 do1
Mandarin: cmn 彼拉多 Bǐlāduō
Coptic: cop ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲧⲟⲥ
Czech: cs Pilát m
Dutch: nl Pilatus m
French: fr Pilate m
German: de Pilatus m
Greek: el Πιλάτος m
Ancient Greek: grc Πιλᾶτος
Hindi: hi पिलातुस m
Hungarian: hu Pilátus
Icelandic: is Pílatus m
Indonesian: id Pilatus
Italian: it Pilato m
Kankanaey: kne Pilato
Latin: la Pilatus m
Manchu: mnc ᡦᡳᠯᠠᡨ
Persian: fa پیلاطس pilâtos
Polabian: pox Plötüs m
Polish: pl Piłat m, pl Poncjusz Piłat m
Portuguese: pt Pilatos m
Romanian: ro Pilat m
Russian: ru Пила́т m
Spanish: es Pilato m
Swedish: sv Pilatus c
Turkish: tr Pilatus
Vietnamese: vi Philatô Roman Catholic, vi Phi-lát Protestant
See also
en Pontius
Anagrams
en aeilpt aplite
Latin
Pronunciation
Pīlāte
Proper noun
la proper noun form Pīlāte m
la Pīlātus voc