pique

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See also: Pique and piqué

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle French pique (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).[1] Doublet of pike (“long pointed weapon”). Compare Spanish picar (“to sting”).

Noun

pique (countable and uncountable, plural piques)

  1. A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
    • (Can we date this quote by Dr. H. More and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Men take up piques and displeasures.
    • (Can we date this quote by De Quincey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Wars had arisen […] upon a personal pique.
  2. A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
    • 2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)‎[1]:
      Klopp’s team had the better balance between attack and defence and, crucially, they got lucky with the disallowed goal that brought Guardiola to the point of spontaneous combustion at half-time. Guardiola’s fit of pique led to his banishment from the dugout and City will wonder what might have happened if they had taken a 2-0 lead into the second half.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 7:
      This defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle.
    • 1957, Sweet Smell of Success, screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, starring Burt Lancaster as J.J. Hunsecker who says:
      You think this is a personal thing with me? Are you telling me I think of this in terms of a personal pique?
  3. (obsolete) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
    • 1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
      Though it have the pique, and long, / 'Tis still for something in the wrong.
Translations

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To wound the pride of; to excite to anger.
    Synonyms: sting, nettle, irritate, fret
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 11
      She treated him indulgently, as if he were a child. He thought he did not mind. But deep below the surface it piqued him.
    • Byron
      Pique her and soothe in turn.
  2. (reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
    • John Locke
      Men […] pique themselves upon their skill.
  3. (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling, emotion); to offend by slighting.
    Synonyms: excite, stimulate
    I believe this will pique your interest.
    • 2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “After some alarms, Sleeper awakens”, in Rail, page 47:
      "I have been hugely involved in the operational side until this point, but now I can speak to operators and other businesses such as American and European companies, because we seem to have piqued interest."
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Translations

Etymology 2

From French pic.

Noun

pique (plural piques)

  1. (card games) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.

Verb

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  1. (card games, transitive) To score a pique against.

Etymology 3

From Spanish pique, from Central Quechua piki.

Noun

pique (plural piques)

  1. A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.

Etymology 4

From French piqué, past participle of piquer (“to prick, quilt”)

Pronunciation

Noun

pique (countable and uncountable, plural piques)

  1. A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Deverbal of piquer.

Pronunciation

Noun

pique f (plural piques)

  1. pike, lance
  2. (card games) spade (as a card suit)
    quatre de pique ― four of spades

Verb

pique

  1. inflection of piquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

See also

Suits in French · couleurs (layout · text)
cœur carreau pique trèfle

Further reading

Middle French

Noun

pique f (plural piques)

  1. Alternative form of picque

Portuguese

Etymology

From Middle French picque (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ki/
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Noun

pique m (plural piques)

  1. any spear
    Synonyms: hasta, lança
  2. or specifically a pike
    Synonym: chuço
  3. hide-and-seek (game)
    Synonyms: esconde-esconde, pique-esconde

Derived terms

Verb

pique

  1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

pique m (plural piques)

  1. (card games) spade
  2. downward movement
    irse a pique ― sink [for a ship]
    1. jump, leap
  3. hit, fix (of drugs)
  4. rivalry, loggerheads
  5. grudge match

Derived terms

Verb

pique

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of picar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of picar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of picar.
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