pique
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
Middle French pique (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).[1] Etymological twin to pike (“long pointed weapon”).
[edit] Noun
pique (plural piques)
- A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity.
- A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 7:
- This defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 7:
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feeling of irritation or resentment
[edit] Verb
pique (third-person singular simple present piques, present participle piquing, simple past and past participle piqued)
- (transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
- (reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
- (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion).
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[edit] Etymology 2
From French pic.
[edit] Noun
pique (plural piques)
- In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
[edit] Etymology 3
From Spanish pique, from Central Quechua piki.
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pique (plural piques)
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[edit] French
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[edit] Noun
pique f. (plural piques)
- lance
- (card games) spade (as a card suit)
- quatre de pique = four of spades
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pique
- First- and third-person singular indicative present of piquer
- First- and third-person singular subjunctive present of piquer
- Ordinary second-person singular imperative present of piquer
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French pique (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).
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pique m. (plural piques)
- any spear
- or specifically a pike
- hide-and-seek (game)
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- (spear) lança, hasta
- (pike) chuço
- (hide-and-seek) pique-esconde
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pique
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb picar. (sting)
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb picar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb picar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb picar.
[edit] Spanish
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pique (infinitive picar)
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- French feminine nouns
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- Portuguese terms derived from Middle French
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- Portuguese nouns
- pt:Weapons
- pt:Games
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verb subjunctive forms
- Portuguese verb first-person forms
- Portuguese verb singular forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
- Portuguese verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb imperative forms
- Portuguese verb affirmative forms
- Portuguese verb negative forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
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- Spanish verb second-person forms
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