pjäs
See also: pjas
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom French pièce, from Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpjäs c
- a play, a piece (to be performed at a theater)
- Synonym: teaterpjäs
- Shakespeares pjäser
- Shakespeare's plays
- uppföra en pjäs
- perform a play
- an (artillery) piece (large weapon, for example a canon or howitzer)
- artilleripjäs
- artillery piece
- a piece, a man (in a board game)
- Synonym: spelpjäs (“game piece”)
- Jag flyttade min pjäs fem steg
- I moved my piece five steps
- schackpjäser
- chess pieces
- a (larger, often heavier) object (often a decorative one), a piece, a piece of work
- Den där bronsstatyn är en tung pjäs
- That bronze statue is heavy piece
- Wow, vilken pjäs!
- Wow, what a piece (implying imposing characteristics or the like)!
- Rejäl pjäs, den där kängurun
- Quite a piece, that kangaroo (implying muscularity – colloquial)
Usage notes
editSometimes used jocularly for a (large) penis in (sense 4) (or perhaps (sense 2)).
Declension
editDeclension of pjäs
Derived terms
editReferences
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- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms derived from Late Latin
- Swedish terms derived from Gaulish
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples