pierre
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Finnish[edit]
Verb[edit]
pierre
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French pierre, Old French pierre, from Latin petra, a borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pierre f (plural pierres)
- (uncountable) stone (substance)
- stone (rock, a pebble)
Derived terms[edit]
- à un jet de pierre
- apporter sa pierre à l’édifice
- avoir un cœur de pierre
- dormir comme une pierre
- faire d’une pierre deux coups
- geler à pierre fendre
- marquer d’une pierre blanche
- ne pas laisser pierre sur pierre
- ne pas rester pierre sur pierre
- perron
- pierrade
- pierre à aiguiser
- pierre angulaire
- pierre de lune
- pierre de taille
- pierre de touche
- pierre d’achoppement
- pierre d’angle
- pierre philosophale
- pierre précieuse
- pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse
- pierre tombale
- pierreux
- première pierre
Descendants[edit]
- Haitian Creole: pyè
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pierre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the pronunciation of PR.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pierre m or f by sense (invariable)
- person who works in public relations
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French pierre.
Noun[edit]
pierre f (plural pierres)
Descendants[edit]
- French: pierre
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Noun[edit]
pierre f (oblique plural pierres, nominative singular pierre, nominative plural pierres)
- stone (substance)
Descendants[edit]
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