different between kiev vs kier

English

Noun

kiev (plural kievs)

1. Alternative form of Kiev

Derived terms

• chicken kiev

Anagrams

• kive, vike

English

Alternative forms

• keir

Etymology

From Old Norse (whence also Icelandic ker (“tub”)).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

kier (plural kiers)

1. A bleaching vat.
   • 1934, Harry Bennett, Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes & Trade Secrets: The Classic “Do-It-Yourself” Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry, page 265,

     The oil is added to the saturated liquor, which is afterwards introduced into the kier. There is no change required in the bleaching operation.

   • 1999, Samir Ranjan Karmakar, Chemical Technology In The Pre-Treatment Processes Of Textiles, Elsevier, page 65,

     The traditional sequence of pre-treatment is shortened by single stage bleaching, where kiers are still in use.

   • 2007, Sarah Tarlow, The Archaeology of Improvement in Britain, 1750-1850, Cambridge University Press, page 166,

     Inside the typically long, narrow bleaching crofts were cisterns for bleaching cotton yarn, now represented by sunken stone tanks, and sealed vats called ‘kiers’ for bleaching cloth. The kiers would have been two storeys high and made of metal, but now all that remains are the footings and brackets that show where they once stood (2004: 99).

Synonyms

• keeve

Anagrams

• Erik, Keir, Keri, Rike, keir, keri, rike

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

kier m or f (plural kieren, diminutive kiertje n)

1. fissure, narrow opening

   De deur stond op een kier

Anagrams

• reik, riek

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) k?erõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keertädäk.

Verb

kier

1. turn

Luxembourgish

Verb

kier

1. second-person singular imperative of kieren

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.

Verb

kier

1. to want, to wish
2. to love, to like

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r/

Etymology 1

From French cœur (“heart”), from Middle French coeur, cœur, from Old French cuer, coer, quer, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??r.

Noun

kier m anim

1. (card games) heart (a suit of cards)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kier f

1. genitive plural of kra

Further reading

• kier in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kier in Polish dictionaries at PWN