different between perce vs piers

English

Verb

perce (third-person singular simple present perces, present participle percing, simple past and past participle perced)

1. Obsolete form of pierce.

Anagrams

• CREEP, creep, crepe, crêpe

French

Verb

perce

1. first-person singular present indicative of percer
2. third-person singular present indicative of percer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of percer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of percer
5. second-person singular imperative of percer

Anagrams

• crêpe

Hungarian

Etymology

perc +? -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?rt?s?]
• Hyphenation: per?ce

Noun

perce

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of perc

   Coordinate terms: ideje, másodperce, órája, napja, hete, hónapja, éve, évtizede, évszázada, évezrede

Usage notes

The above possessive forms of time units often express the time past: with a durative verb (often in the present-tense), an action or event that has (had, will have) been going on for a given time until the given moment, or with an instantaneous verb (in the past tense), an action or event that happened a certain time ago or before. For example:

Of course, the usual possessive sense is also possible in different types of sentences:

(The equivalent French phrase il y a is also constructed with an apparent possessive, although this Hungarian possessive can also correspond to depuis.) See also the entries of the possessive suffixes: -a/-e/-ja/-je for more examples.

Declension

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French percier. More at English pierce.

Verb

perce (third-person singular simple present perceth, present participle percynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle perced)

1. pierce
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1-2.

     Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote

     The droghte of March hath perced to the roote

Descendants

• English: pierce

English

Noun

piers

1. plural of pier

Anagrams

• 'spire, Peris, Speir, Spier, peris, pries, prise, resip, ripes, spier, spire

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?rs?.

Noun

piers f

1. breast, chest