pire

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See also: piré and pirë

Chinook Jargon

Noun

pire

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /piʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Adjective

pire (plural pires)

  1. comparative degree of mauvais: worse
    Antonym: meilleur

Derived terms

Noun

pire m (uncountable)

  1. (le pire) the worst

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Guaraní

Pronunciation

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Noun

pire

  1. skin
  2. leather

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: pì‧re

Noun

pire

  1. plural of pira

Latin

Noun

pire

  1. vocative singular of pirus

Mapudungun

Noun

pire (Raguileo spelling)

  1. snow
  2. hail

Synonyms

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Noun

pire

  1. Alternative form of pirie

Old French

Adjective

pire

  1. nominative singular of peior
  2. Alternative form of peior

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Verb

pire

  1. inflection of pirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

pire n (plural pireuri)

  1. Alternative form of piure

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pire pireul pireuri pireurile
genitive-dative pire pireului pireuri pireurilor
vocative pireule pireurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

pìrē m (Cyrillic spelling пѝре̄)

  1. mash

Declension

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɾe/
  • Rhymes: -iɾe
  • Syllabification: pi‧re

Verb

pire

  1. inflection of pirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. 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)

  1. flea

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French pierre, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pire f

  1. stone
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