pè

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/

Etymology 1

From French paire (“pair”).

Noun

pè

1. pair, couple

Etymology 2

From French peur (“fear”).

1. pair, couple

Verb

pè

1. to fair, to be dread, to be afraid, to be scared

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin pes. Cognates include Italian piede and Spanish pie.

Noun

pè m

1. foot

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Etymology 1

Inherited from French père (“father”).

Noun

pè

1. father, dad

   Synonyms: pap, papa, papi, popa

Alternative forms

• pær, pèr

Coordinate terms

• (gender): mær, mè

Etymology 2

Inherited from French peur (“fear”).

Adjective

pè

1. Alternative form of pœr (“(to be) scared”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pe, from Latin pēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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Noun

pè m (plural pès)

1. foot

Portuguese

Noun

pè m (plural pès)

1. (obsolete) Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of pé.

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key):

Noun

pè m (plural pì)

1. foot

   L’è cun un pè int la fósa.

   He is with a foot in the hole.

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 430

Romansch

Alternative forms

• pe (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• pei (Sursilvan)

Etymology

From Latin pēs (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

pè m (plural peis)

1. (anatomy, Puter, Vallader) foot

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin per.

Preposition

pè

1. for
2. through
3. in, on
4. by
5. with
6. as

Unami

Verb

pè (plural)(intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he / she comes

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pè”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project