What is the french word for the English word pile?

Answer 1

(English definitions from dictionary.com)
-noun
1. an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks. > une pile
2. Informal. a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work. > une pile, un tas
3. a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living person, or a sacrifice is burned; pyre. > un bûcher
4. a lofty or large building or group of buildings: the noble pile of Windsor Castle. > les bâtiments
5. Informal. a large accumulation of money: They made a pile on Wall Street. > un tas, une pile
6. a bundle of pieces of iron ready to be welded and drawn out into bars. > un faisceau
7. reactor. > un reacteur, une pile nucléaire
8. Electricity. voltaic pile. > une pile, une pile électrique, une pile voltaique