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peke
English
Noun
peke (plural pekes)
- (informal) alternative form of Peke (Pekinese dog)
Anagrams
- Ekpe, Keep, PEEK, Peek, keep, kepe, peek
Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin
Etymology
From Kupang Malay.
Verb
peke
- to go
References
- 2004, William McGregor, The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia, Taylor & Francis.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English fake.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe?ke
Adjective
pekè
- fake; counterfeit; fraudulent
- Antonym: tinuod
Verb
pekè
- to fake; to forge; to counterfeit
- Synonym: panday
Eastern Arrernte
Adverb
peke
- maybe
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Middle English
Noun
peke
- Alternative form of pyke
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
peke (imperative pek, present tense peker, passive pekes, simple past pekte, past participle pekt, present participle pekende)
- to point
- peke ut - to point out, select, pick, choose
- peke på - to indicate, refer to, call attention to
Derived terms
- pekefinger
- påpeke
- utpeke
See also
- peika, peike (Nynorsk)
References
- “peke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
peke (present tense pekar or peker, past tense peka or pekte, past participle peka or pekt, passive infinitive pekast, present participle pekande, imperative pek)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by peike
Slovene
Noun
peke
- accusative plural of pek
Sotho
Noun
peke 9 or 10 (plural dipeke)
- pickaxe
Descendants
- ? Phuthi: ipëkë
Swahili
Pronunciation
Preposition
peke
- Followed by a possessive adjective in the singular N class (class IX) to mean that entity by itself.
See also
- pekee
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English fake.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe?kè
- IPA(key): /?p?k??/, [?p?x??]
Adjective
pekè
- fake; counterfeit; fraudulent
- Antonyms: tunay, totoo, lehitimo
Derived terms
- mameke
- pamemeke
- pekein
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pique
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?k, IPA(key): /pi?k/
- Homophones: peak, peek, peke
- Rhymes: -i?k
Etymology 1
From Middle French pique (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”). Doublet of pike (“long pointed weapon”). Compare Spanish picar (“to sting”).
Noun
pique (countable and uncountable, plural piques)
- A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Men take up piques - and displeasures at others.
- 1854, Thomas De Quincey, On War
- Wars had arisen […] upon a personal pique.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 7:
- This defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle.
- 1957, Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, Sweet Smell of Success
- You think this is a personal thing with me? Are you telling me I think of this in terms of a personal pique?
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 7:
- (obsolete) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
- 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- Though it have the pique, and long, / 'Tis still for something in the wrong.
- 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
Translations
Verb
pique (third-person singular simple present piques, present participle piquing, simple past and past participle piqued)
- (transitive) To wound the pride of; to excite to anger.
- Synonyms: sting, nettle, irritate, fret
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 11
- (reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
- (transitive) To stimulate (a feeling, emotion); to offend by slighting; to excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy.
- Synonyms: excite, stimulate
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)
Translations
Etymology 2
From French pic.
Noun
pique (plural piques)
- (card games) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
Verb
pique (third-person singular simple present piques, present participle piquing, simple past and past participle piqued)
- (card games, transitive) To score a pique against.
Etymology 3
From Spanish pique, from Central Quechua piki.
Noun
pique (plural piques)
- A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.
Etymology 4
From French piqué, past participle of piquer (“to prick, quilt”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?ke?/
Noun
pique (countable and uncountable, plural piques)
- A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
References
- “pique”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Equip., equip, pequi
French
Etymology
Deverbal of piquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pik/
Noun
pique f (plural piques)
- pike, lance
pique m (plural piques)
- (card games) spade (as a card suit)
Descendants
- ? German: Pik n
- ? Macedonian: ??? m (pik)
- ? Serbo-Croatian: m
- Cyrillic: ????
- Latin: p?k
- ? Slovene: pík
- ? Polish: pik m
Verb
pique
- inflection of piquer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
See also
Further reading
- “pique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
pique f (plural piques)
- Alternative form of picque
Portuguese
Etymology
From Middle French picque (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi.ki/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /?pi.ke/
Noun
pique m (plural piques)
- any spear
- Synonyms: hasta, lança
- or specifically a pike
- Synonym: chuço
- hide-and-seek (game)
- Synonyms: esconde-esconde, pique-esconde
Derived terms
- a pique, ir a pique
Verb
pique
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of picar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of picar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of picar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of picar
Spanish
Etymology
From picar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pike/, [?pi.ke]
Noun
pique m (plural piques)
- (card games) spade
- downward movement
- jump, leap
- hit, fix (of drugs)
- rivalry, loggerheads
- grudge match
Derived terms
Verb
pique
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of picar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of picar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of picar.
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