piez

Old French

Alternative forms

• piés

Noun

piez m

1. inflection of pié:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pēdem, accusative of pēs, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. The original sense of "foot" was attested in 17th century texts, but it later came to be used in a mostly figurative sense as it underwent semantic evolution. The development of this figurative sense (from which other expressions that are still in use today derive) may have originated from the idea of walking out with the right or wrong foot: în piez, in addition to meaning crosswise or across something, was used to mean unsure or uncertain; în piezi buni (literally "in/on good feet") means with the right foot, getting off to a good start, auspicious or conducive of success, while în piezi răi (literally "in/on bad feet") means inauspicious, ill-omened, with poor luck (compare the English expression "getting/starting off on the wrong foot").

Noun

piez m (plural piezi)

1. (obsolete) foot

   Synonym: picior

2. (archaic, as part of the expression "în piez") crosswise, aslant, across or over something

   Synonyms: pieziș, curmeziș, peste

Declension

Declension of piez

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) piez	piezul	(niște) piezi	piezii
genitive/dative	(unui) piez	piezului	(unor) piezi	piezilor
vocative	piezule		piezilor

Derived terms

• piază
• pieziș

Related terms

• pedestru
• picior

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pièze, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πιέζω (piézō).

Noun

piez m (plural piezi)

1. a unit of measurement for pressure