pieu

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Franco-Provençal

Noun

pieu (Old Lyonnais)

  1. Alternative form of pioly (“louse”)

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pieu, from Old French pex, pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pal, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjø/
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Noun

pieu m (plural pieux)

  1. post; stake
  2. (slang) bed; sack
    Synonym: plumard

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pex, pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”).

Noun

pieu m (plural pieulx)

  1. post; stake

Descendants

  • French: pieu

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese piolho and Spanish piojo and Kabuverdianu piodju.

Noun

pieu

  1. louse
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