pièce

See also: piece

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, from Transalpine Gaulish *pettia, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Irish cuid (“part”), Welsh peth (“thing”)). Compare Occitan pèça, Catalan peça, Spanish pieza, Portuguese peça, Italian pezza, pezzo.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pjɛs/

Noun

pièce f (plural pièces)

1. room (in a house, etc)
2. piece
3. (money) coin
4. play (in a theatre)
5. (heraldry) ordinary
6. (law) document, paper
7. patch

Derived terms

• pièce d'estomac

Anagrams

• épice, épicé

Further reading

• “pièce” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).