piè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pie"

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: piè

Noun

piè m (invariable)

1. (poetic) Clipping of piede (“foot”).
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto,
     là dove terminava quella valle
     che m’avea di paura il cor compunto, […]

     But after I had reached a mountain's foot,
     ⁠At that point where the valley terminated,
     ⁠Which had with consternation pierced my heart,

2. footer (in a printed document)

   Antonym: intestazione

   piè di pagina ― page footer

Derived terms

• appiè di
• nota a piè di pagina
• piè di lista

See also

• intestazione (“header in a printed document”)

Anagrams

• epi-, pei

Mandarin

Romanization

piè (pie⁴, Zhuyin ㄆㄧㄝˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嫳