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pire

See also: piré and pirë

Chinook Jargon

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Noun

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pire

  1. fire

French

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /piʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Adjective

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pire (plural pires)

  1. comparative degree of mauvais: worse
    Antonym: meilleur

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Noun

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pire m (uncountable)

  1. (le pire) the worst

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Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pire

  1. skin
  2. leather

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

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pire

  1. plural of pira

Latin

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pire

  1. vocative singular of pirus

Mapudungun

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Noun

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pire (Raguileo spelling)

  1. snow
  2. hail

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References

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

Middle English

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Noun

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pire

  1. Alternative form of pirie

Old French

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Adjective

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pire

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

Portuguese

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Verb

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pire

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

Romanian

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Noun

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pire n (plural pireuri)

  1. Alternative form of piure

Declension

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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pìrē m (Cyrillic spelling пѝре̄)

  1. mash

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɾe/ [ˈpi.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -iɾe
  • Syllabification: pi‧re

Verb

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pire

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

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish پیره (pire), from Proto-Turkic *bürge, *bürče (“flea”).

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pire (definite accusative pireyi, plural pireler)

  1. flea
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Walloon

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Etymology

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

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pire f

  1. stone
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