piloti

[ pi-lot-ee ]

noun

1. a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.

Word History and Origins

Origin of piloti¹

1945–50; < French pilotis, equivalent to pilot (augmentative of pile pile ¹ ) + -is collective suffix

Example Sentences

Piloti was a bachelor; an old woman kept house and he always addressed her in the Hungarian tongue.

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Yet I liked Piloti; he played the piano well, sang with no little feeling, painted neat water sketches and was a capital host.

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Piloti's attention was attracted by my silence, and when he saw the woman he uttered a harsh, crackling word.

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She always wore black, and after Liszt's death Piloti himself went into mourning.

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As I gradually emerged from darkened slumber I became conscious of Piloti's voice.

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