different between pian vs pirn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese piã, or Spanish pian, from the native name in South America.

Noun

pian (uncountable)

1. (medicine) yaws

Anagrams

• APNI, NIPA, PAIN, PANI, Pain, nipa, pain, pina, piña

Esperanto

Adjective

pian

1. accusative singular of pia

Finnish

(index pi)

Etymology

Singular instructive form of pika-.

Adverb

pian (comparative pikemmin, superlative pikimmin)

1. soon

Anagrams

• apin, pain, pani

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i?n?/

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péine, nominative plural pianta or pianacha or piana)

1. pain
   1. pain of suspense
2. punishment, penalty

Declension

Alternative declension 1

Alternative declension 2

Derived terms

Verb

pian (present analytic pianann, future analytic pianfaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle pianta)

1. (transitive) pain; punish

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• pianaigh

Mutation

References

• "pian" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Adverb

pian

1. Apocopic form of piano

Derived terms

• pian piano

Anagrams

• pani
• pina

Mandarin

Romanization

pian

1. Nonstandard spelling of pi?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pián.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pi?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of piàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. pain

Synonyms

Derived terms

• piandagh

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?an/

Noun

pian f

1. genitive plural of piana

Romanian

Noun

pian n (plural piane)

1. piano

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin p?na, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ????? (poin?, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péin, plural piantan or pianta or piantaidh)

1. pain, pang, torture, torment, anguish, trouble, sorrow
2. punishment

Verb

pian (past phian, future pianaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle piante)

1. torment, torture, pain
2. distress, annoy
3. punish

Synonyms

• piantaich

Derived terms

• pianadair

References

• “pian” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Alternative forms

• pern

Etymology

Perhaps from prin (“twig, shoot”), variant of prene (“spike, nail”), from Old English preon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“knitting needle”).

Noun

pirn (plural pirns)

1. A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
2. The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.

Verb

pirn (third-person singular simple present pirns, present participle pirning, simple past and past participle pirned)

1. To wind yarn onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “prin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• prin

Estonian

Etymology

From German Birne.

Noun

pirn (genitive pirni, partitive pirni)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

Derived terms

• pirnipuu