piè

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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], 2nd 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 paginapage footer

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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piè (pie4, Zhuyin ㄆㄧㄝˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of