Pierrot

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

French Pierrot, diminutive of Pierre (“Peter”) via diminutive suffix -ot.

Proper noun

Pierrot (plural Pierrots)

1. A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume.
   • 1934, P. G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves:

     And he was attending that fancy-dress ball, mark you--not, like every other well-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot, but as Mephistopheles...

     "He said that the costume of Pierrot, while pleasing to the eye, lacked the authority of the Mephistopheles costume."

Translations

buffoon

• Esperanto: Peĉjo (eo)
• French: Pierrot (fr)

• Japanese: ピエロ (ja) (Piero)
• Russian: Пьеро́ (ru) (P'jeró) m

Anagrams

• pretoir

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French

Etymology

Diminutive of Pierre (“Peter”) via diminutive suffix +‎ -ot.

Proper noun

Pierrot m

1. Diminutive of Pierre (“Peter”).
2. A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit.

Anagrams

• portier

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Norman

Proper noun

Pierrot m

1. A male given name, equivalent of French Pierrot.

Related terms

• Piérotin