different between dye vs pye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: die, Di, Dai

Etymology 1

From Middle English deie, from Old English d?ah, d?ag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daug? (“colour, shade”), from *daugan?, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).

The verb is from Middle English deien, from Old English d?agian, from the noun.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) die

Noun

dye (countable and uncountable, plural dyes)

1. A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
2. Any hue, color, or blee.

Synonyms

• colourant
• tincture

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ink

Verb

dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing, simple past and past participle dyed)

1. (transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Synonyms

• (to color): tint, stain, shade, streak

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

dye (plural dyce)

1. Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
   • 1748. David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46:

     If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter;

Translations

Anagrams

• Dey, dey, ye'd, yed

Afrikaans

Noun

dye

1. plural of dy

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dieu (“god”).

Noun

dye

1. god

English

Noun

pye (plural pyes)

1. Archaic spelling of pie (pastry food).

Anagrams

• YEP, yep

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pied (“foot”). 

Noun

pye

1. foot

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin p?ca (“pie”), from Latin p?ca (“magpie”).

Alternative forms

• pie, peye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?(?)/

Noun

pye (plural pyes)

2. pie (pastry dish)

Descendants

• English: pie
• Scots: pie
• Yola: pee

References

• “p?(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.

Etymology 2

From Old French pie, from Latin p?ca (“magpie”).

Alternative forms

• pie, peye, py, pi?e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?(?)/

Noun

pye (plural pyes)

2. magpie (bird in the family Corvidae)
3. Someone who is cunning or wily.

Descendants

• English: pie

References

• “p?(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.