piere

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See also: pierē

Dutch

Verb

piere

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pieren

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Finnish

Verb

piere

  1. inflection of pierrä:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Noun

piere f (plural pieris)

  1. stone

Latin

Verb

piēre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of piō

Latvian

 piere on Latvian Wikipedia
Piere

Etymology

From an earlier *priere ( > piere by dissimilation), from *prie (“in front of, ahead of”). The meaning change, “in front of” > “forehead,” is similar to the evolution of the English term (compare fore).

Pronunciation

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Noun

piere f (5th declension)

  1. (anatomy) forehead (part of the human face between the hair and the eyebrows)
    augsta, zema piere ― high, low forehead
    plata, šaura piere ― wide, narrow forehead
    pieres kauls ― brow (lit. forehead) bone
    noslaucīt sviedrus no pieres ― to wipe the sweat off one's forehead
    (sa)raukt, (sa)raut, (sa)vilkt pieri ― to frown (lit. to pull, tighten one's forehead)
  2. (botany) a shrunk stem or trunk, on the surface of which leaves can grow
    ļoti laba jēru barība rudenī ir cukurbiešu lapas kopā ar biešu pierēm ― very good food for lambs in the autumn is sugar beet leaves together with beet foreheads
  3. a flat surface on an elongated object
    sijas piere ― a beam's forehead
  4. the flat part of a tool
    āmura piere ― face of the hammerhead (lit. hammer's forehead)
  5. (of mountains, hills, ravines) apex, top part
    kalna piere ― mountain's top (lit. forehead)
  6. smooth, flat surface (on a stone)
    tēvs iesit akmenim pāra reizes pierē ― father hit the stone a couple of times on its flat surface (lit. forehead)

Declension

Declension of piere (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) piere pieres
accusative (akuzatīvs) pieri pieres
genitive (ģenitīvs) pieres pieru
dative (datīvs) pierei pierēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) pieri pierēm
locative (lokatīvs) pierē pierēs
vocative (vokatīvs) piere pieres

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “piere”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

piere

  1. Alternative form of pere (“peer”)

Old French

Noun

piere oblique singular, f (oblique plural pieres, nominative singular piere, nominative plural pieres)

  1. Alternative form of pierre
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