pier

See also: Pier and píer

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira ‎(“breakwater”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪə̯(ɹ)/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /piɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophone: peer

Noun

pier ‎(plural piers)

1. A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
2. A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
3. (US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
4. A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
5. (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.

Derived terms

Derived terms

abutment pier end-of-the-pier pier glass

pierlike pier table

Translations

raised platform built from the shore out over water

• Arabic: رَصِيف m ‎(raṣīf)
• Armenian: պիրս ‎(pirs), կառանացից (hy) ‎(kaṙanacʿicʿ)
• Azeri: iskele, pirs
• Belarusian: пры́стань f ‎(prýstanʹ), пірс m ‎(pirs)
• Bengali: জেটি ‎(jeţi)
• Bulgarian: при́стан (bg) m ‎(prístan), кей (bg) m ‎(kej)
• Burmese: ဆိပ် (my) ‎(hcip)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碼頭 (zh), 码头 (zh) ‎(mǎtóu)

• Czech: molo (cs) n
• Danish: mole (da) c
• Dutch: pier (nl) m
• Esperanto: piero
• Estonian: kai
• Finnish: laituri (fi)
• French: jetée (fr) f
• Georgian: პირსი ‎(ṗirsi)
• German: Pier (de) m, Anlegestelle (de) f, Kai (de) m
• Greek: μώλος (el) m ‎(mólos), αποβάθρα (el) f ‎(apováthra)
• Hebrew: מֵזַח (he) m ‎(mézakh)
• Hindi: घाट (hi) m ‎(ghāṭ)
• Hungarian: móló (hu)
• Icelandic: bryggja f
• Irish: cé f
• Italian: pontile (it) m, imbarcadero (it) m, molo (it) m
• Japanese: 桟橋 ‎(さんばし, sanbashi), 波止場 ‎(はとば, hatoba), 埠頭 ‎(ふとう, futō)
• Kazakh: пирс ‎(pïrs)
• Khmer: តីរវិថី (km) ‎(təyraʔviʔtʰəy)

• Korean: 교각 (ko) ‎(gyogak), 부두 (ko) ‎(budu)
• Kyrgyz: пирс ‎(pirs)
• Lao: ທ່າ ‎(thā)
• Latin: moles f
• Latvian: piestātne f, mols m
• Lithuanian: pirsas (lt) m
• Macedonian: при́стан m ‎(prístan), мост m ‎(most)
• Norman: cauchie f (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brygge m, f

  Nynorsk: brygge f, bryggje f

• Persian: اسکله (fa) ‎(eskele)
• Polish: pomost (pl) m, molo (pl) n, przystań (pl) f
• Portuguese: píer m, cais (pt) m
• Russian: при́стань (ru) f ‎(prístanʹ), пирс (ru) m ‎(pirs), прича́л (ru) m ‎(pričál), мол (ru) m ‎(mol)
• Scottish Gaelic: laimrig f
• Slovak: mólo n
• Spanish: muelle (es) m, embarcadero m, malecón (es) m
• Swedish: brygga (sv) c
• Tagalog: piyer
• Tajik: бандар ‎(bandar)
• Thai: ท่า (th) ‎(tâa)
• Turkish: iskele (tr)
• Ukrainian: при́стань f ‎(prýstanʹ), пірс (uk) m ‎(pirs)
• Urdu: گھاٹ m ‎(ghāṭ)
• Uzbek: pirs (uz)
• Welsh: pier m
• Yiddish: דאָק m ‎(dok), מאָל m ‎(mol)

similar structure used to provide entertainment

• Dutch: pier (nl) m
• Finnish: laituri (fi)
• French: jetée (fr) f

• Japanese: 桟橋 ‎(さんばし, sanbashi)
• Polish: molo (pl) n
• Welsh: pier m

structure used to accomodate ships

• Finnish: laituri (fi)
• Polish: pirs (pl) m

• Scottish Gaelic: laimrig f

structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge

• Czech: pilíř (cs) m
• Dutch: pijler (nl) m
• Esperanto: piero
• Finnish: pilari (fi)
• French: pile (fr) f
• German: Brückenpfeiler (de) m
• Italian: pilastro (it) m, pontile (it) m

• Japanese: 橋脚 ‎(きょうきゃく, kyōkyaku)
• Norwegian: brupilar
• Polish: filar (pl) m
• Portuguese: pilar (pt) m
• Russian: сва́я (ru) f ‎(svája), бык (ru) m ‎(byk)
• Spanish: pilar (de puente) m
• Swedish: bropelare c

rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof

• Bulgarian: коло́на (bg) f ‎(kolóna), стълб (bg) m ‎(stǎlb)
• Finnish: pilari (fi)
• French: pilier (fr) m
• German: Pfeiler (de) m
• Irish: piara m

• Italian: pilastro (it) m
• Japanese: 柱 (ja) ‎(はしら, hashira)
• Polish: filar (pl) m
• Portuguese: pilastra f
• Russian: столб (ru) m ‎(stolb), просте́нок (ru) m ‎(prosténok)
• Spanish: pilar (es) m

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ბურჯი ‎(burǯi)

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 교각 (ko) ‎(gyogak)

See also

• jetty
• mole
• wharf

Anagrams

• peri
• ripe

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːr

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Etymology 1

Noun

pier m ‎(plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

1. (zoology) A worm, earthworm (in Flanders)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English pier.

Noun

pier m ‎(plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

1. (architecture) A pier, jetty

Derived terms

• wandelpier

See also

• aanlegsteiger
• golfbreker
• hoofd
• steiger

Etymology 3

Unknown; Flanders only

Alternative forms

• piere (obsolete)

Noun

pier m ‎(plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

1. (archaic) A physical trap
2. (archaic) A figurative trap, ambush
3. (archaic) A place one is trapped in:
   1. a prison
   2. a rabbit den

Derived terms

• pieren
• (trap types) steenpier(e), vliegepier(e)
• pierkoorde

Verb

pier

1. first-person singular present indicative of pieren
2. imperative of pieren

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• prei
• riep

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Latin

Verb

pier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of piō

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Romanian

Verb

pier

1. first-person singular present tense form of pieri.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of pieri.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) biera

Noun

pier f (plural piers)

1. (Sutsilvan) beer, ale

Synonyms

• gervosa