peis

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See also: Peis and Péis

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch pais, borrowed from Old French pais, from Latin pax, from Proto-Italic *pāks, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s (“peace”). Cognate to English peace and French paix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛi̯s/
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Noun

peis f (uncountable)

  1. (archaic outside of set phrases) peace
    Synonym: vrede

Derived terms

Anagrams

Ladin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Noun

peis m (plural peisc)

  1. weight

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French peis, pois, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Noun

peis m (plural peis)

  1. (Guernsey) pea
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 512:
      Si nou lli dounne ùn peis i' prend une faïve.
      If you give him a pea, he'll take a bean.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

peis m (definite singular peisen, indefinite plural peiser, definite plural peisene)

  1. a fireplace (equipped with a chimney to funnel smoke away)

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Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscem.

Pronunciation

Noun

peis m (plural peisses)

  1. fish (a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 507.
  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 728.

Old French

Etymology 1

See pais.

Noun

peis oblique singular, f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

  1. Alternative form of pais

Etymology 2

See pois.

Noun

peis oblique singular, m (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

  1. Alternative form of pois (“weight”)

Etymology 3

See pois.

Noun

peis oblique singular, m (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

  1. Alternative form of pois (“peas”)

Romansch

Noun

peis m pl

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) plural of pe
  2. (Puter, Vallader) plural of pè
  3. (Sursilvan) plural of pei

Welsh

Etymology

From pei +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

Noun

peis

  1. plural of pei

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
peis beis mheis pheis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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