piedra
See also: Piedra
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish piedra (“stone”). Doublet of petra.
Noun
piedra (uncountable)
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Aragonese
Etymology
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Noun
piedra f (plural piedras)
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “piedra”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin petra (“stone”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Noun
piedra f (plural piedres)
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Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin petra (“stone”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Noun
piedra f (plural piedras)
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin petram, accusative of petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Pronunciation
Noun
piedra f (plural piedras)
- A piece of stone; a rock or pebble.
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v.
- Et por ende a tal ṕpriedat eſta piedra q́ el q́ la trae obedecé le los leones […]
- And such is the property of this stone that lions will obey he who bears it […]
- Et por ende a tal ṕpriedat eſta piedra q́ el q́ la trae obedecé le los leones […]
- Idem, 11v.
- […] alli do el ryo naſce ay unas muy grandes & otras pequénas como de otras piedras non pueden traer estos aguaduchos ſi non las menores.
- […] there at the source of the river are both very large and small stones, like others, but these currents cannot carry but the smaller ones.
- […] alli do el ryo naſce ay unas muy grandes & otras pequénas como de otras piedras non pueden traer estos aguaduchos ſi non las menores.
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v.
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- Spanish: piedra
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish piedra and Portuguese pedra and Kabuverdianu pédra.
Noun
piedra
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish piedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Pronunciation
Noun
piedra f (plural piedras)
- stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks)
- flint (small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.)
- hailstone (single ball of hail, or solid precipitation)
- crack (potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine)
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Further reading
- “piedra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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