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Chinook Jargon
Noun
pire
- fire
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French pire, from Old French pire, from Latin peior, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Related to pis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pire (plural pires)
- comparative degree of mauvais: worse
- Antonym: meilleur
Derived terms
Noun
pire m (uncountable)
- (le pire) the worst
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Guaraní
Noun
pire
- skin
- leather
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: pì‧re
Noun
pire
- plural of pira
Latin
Noun
pire
- vocative singular of pirus
Mapudungun
Noun
pire (Raguileo spelling)
- snow
- hail
Synonyms
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Noun
pire
- Alternative form of pirie
Old French
Adjective
pire
- nominative singular of peior
- Alternative form of peior
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
pire
- inflection of pirar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Noun
pire n (plural pireuri)
- Alternative form of piure
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Noun
pìrē m (Cyrillic spelling пѝре̄)
- mash
Declension
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiɾe/
- Rhymes: -iɾe
- Syllabification: pi‧re
Verb
pire
- inflection of pirar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پیره (pire), from Proto-Turkic *bürge, *bürče (“flea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pire (definite accusative pireyi, plural pireler)
- flea
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French pierre, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pire f
- stone