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piper
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pa?.p?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?pa?.p?/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?p??.p?/
- Rhymes: -a?p?(r)
Noun
piper (plural pipers)
- A musician who plays a pipe.
- A bagpiper.
- A baby pigeon.
- A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
- A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
- (slang, obsolete) A broken-winded hack horse.
Synonyms
- (bagpiper): bagpiper
- (baby pigeon): squab, baby pigeon, pigeon chick
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
piper
- Archaic form of pepper.
Anagrams
- PIREP
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- piperu, chiper
Etymology
From Greek ?????? (pipéri), from Ancient Greek ?????? (péperi).
Noun
piper m
- pepper (plant)
- pepper (spice)
Derived terms
- mpipiredz
See also
- pipercã
- sari
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (péperi, “pepper”), via Middle Persian from an Indo-Aryan source, ultimately from Sanskrit ??????? (pippali, “long pepper”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pi.per/, [?p?p?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pi.per/, [?pi?p?r]
Noun
piper n (genitive piperis); third declension
- pepper
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- piper?t?rius
- piper?t?rium
- piper?tum
- piper?tus
- piperita
Related terms
- piper?tis
Descendants
- Borrowings
References
- piper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- piper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- piper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- piper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- piper in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English pipor.
Noun
piper
- Alternative form of peper
Etymology 2
From Old English p?pere; equivalent to pipe +? -er; compare Old Norse pípari and Old High German pf?fari.
Alternative forms
- pipare, pipere, pyper, pypere, pypare
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?p?r(?)/
Noun
piper (plural pipers)
- A piper; one who plays a pipe.
Descendants
- English: piper
- Scots: piper
- Yola: peepeare
References
- “p?per(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-07.
Norman
Verb
piper
- (Jersey, onomatopoeia) to peep
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
piper m or f
- indefinite plural of pipe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
piper f
- indefinite plural of pipe
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi.per/
Noun
piper m
- Alternative form of pipor
Romanian
Etymology
From Bulgarian ?????? (pipér), from Proto-Slavic *p?p?r?, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek ?????? (péperi), from Sanskrit ??????? (pippali).
Noun
piper m (plural piperi)
- pepper (plant)
- pepper (spice)
Declension
See also
- sare
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?p?r/
Verb
piper
- present tense of pipa.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian piper, from Proto-West Germanic *piper, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek ?????? (péperi), ultimately from an Indo-Aryan source.
Noun
piper c (plural pipers, diminutive piperke)
- pepper (spice)
Further reading
- “piper”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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pier
English
Etymology
From Middle English pere (“bridge pillar”), from Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira (“breakwater”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??/
- (General American) enPR: pîr, IPA(key): /pi?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: peer
Noun
pier (plural piers)
- A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
- A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
- A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
- (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- jetty
- mole
- wharf
Anagrams
- Peri, peri, peri-, prie, ripe
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ir
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre.
Noun
pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)
- (zoology) A worm, earthworm (in Flanders)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English pier.
Noun
pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)
- (architecture) A pier, jetty
Derived terms
- wandelpier
See also
- aanlegsteiger
- golfbreker
- hoofd
- steiger
Etymology 3
Unknown; Flanders only
Alternative forms
- piere (obsolete)
Noun
pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)
- (archaic) A physical trap
- (archaic) A figurative trap, ambush
- (archaic) A place one is trapped in:
- a prison
- a rabbit den
Derived terms
- pieren
- (trap types) steenpier(e), vliegepier(e)
- pierkoorde
Verb
pier
- first-person singular present indicative of pieren
- imperative of pieren
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Anagrams
- prei
- riep
Latin
Verb
pier
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pi?
Middle English
Noun
pier
- Alternative form of pere (“peer”)
Adjective
pier
- Alternative form of pere (“equal”)
Romanian
Verb
pier
- first-person singular present indicative of pieri
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pieri
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) biera
Noun
pier f (plural piers)
- (Sutsilvan) beer, ale
Synonyms
- gervosa
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