pire

See also: piré and pirë

Chinook Jargon

Noun

pire

1. fire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pire, from Old French pire, from Latin peior, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Related to pis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piʁ/

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Adjective

pire (plural pires)

1. comparative degree of mauvais: worse

   Antonym: meilleur

Derived terms

• de la pire espèce
• de pire en pire
• il n'est pire aveugle que celui qui ne veut pas voir
• il n'est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre
• le remède est pire que le mal
• pas pire
• pour le meilleur comme pour le pire

Noun

pire m (uncountable)

1. (le pire) the worst

Derived terms

• au pire
• pour le meilleur et pour le pire

Further reading

• “pire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• péri, prie, prié, ripe, ripé

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: pì‧re

Noun

pire

1. plural of pira

Latin

Noun

pire

1. vocative singular of pirus

Mapudungun

Noun

pire (Raguileo spelling)

1. snow
2. hail

Synonyms

• piren

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Noun

pire

1. alternative form of pirie

Old French

Adjective

pire

1. nominative singular of peior
2. alternative form of peior

Paraguayan Guarani

Noun

pire

1. skin
2. leather

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾɨ/

Verb

pire

1. inflection of pirar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

pire n (plural pireuri)

1. alternative form of piure

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pire	pireul		pireuri	pireurile
genitive-dative	pire	pireului		pireuri	pireurilor
vocative	pireule			pireurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

pìrē m inan (Cyrillic spelling пѝре̄)

1. mash

Declension

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾe/ [ˈpi.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɾe
• Syllabification: pi‧re

Verb

pire

1. inflection of pirar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

pire

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پیره (pire), from Proto-Turkic *bürge (“flea”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani birə, Bashkir бөрсә (börsə), Kazakh бүрге (bürge), Kyrgyz [script needed] (bürgö), Turkmen büre, Uyghur بۈرگە (bürge) and Uzbek burga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾe/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pi‧re

Noun

pire (definite accusative pireyi, plural pireler)

1. flea, any small, parasitic insect in the order Siphonaptera

Declension

Declension of pire

singular plural nominative pire pireler definite accusative pireyi pireleri dative pireye pirelere locative pirede pirelerde ablative pireden pirelerden genitive pirenin pirelerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular pirem pirelerim 2nd singular piren pirelerin 3rd singular piresi pireleri 1st plural piremiz pirelerimiz 2nd plural pireniz pireleriniz 3rd plural pireleri pireleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular piremi pirelerimi 2nd singular pireni pirelerini 3rd singular piresini pirelerini 1st plural piremizi pirelerimizi 2nd plural pirenizi pirelerinizi 3rd plural pirelerini pirelerini dative singular plural 1st singular pireme pirelerime 2nd singular pirene pirelerine 3rd singular piresine pirelerine 1st plural piremize pirelerimize 2nd plural pirenize pirelerinize 3rd plural pirelerine pirelerine locative singular plural 1st singular piremde pirelerimde 2nd singular pirende pirelerinde 3rd singular piresinde pirelerinde 1st plural piremizde pirelerimizde 2nd plural pirenizde pirelerinizde 3rd plural pirelerinde pirelerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular piremden pirelerimden 2nd singular pirenden pirelerinden 3rd singular piresinden pirelerinden 1st plural piremizden pirelerimizden 2nd plural pirenizden pirelerinizden 3rd plural pirelerinden pirelerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular piremin pirelerimin 2nd singular pirenin pirelerinin 3rd singular piresinin pirelerinin 1st plural piremizin pirelerimizin 2nd plural pirenizin pirelerinizin 3rd plural pirelerinin pirelerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular pireyim pirelerim 2nd singular piresin pirelersin 3rd singular pire piredir pireler pirelerdir 1st plural pireyiz pireleriz 2nd plural piresiniz pirelersiniz 3rd plural pireler pirelerdir

Derived terms

• pire gibi
• pire otu
• pire tozu
• pirecik
• pirekapan
• pirekıran
• pirelemek
• pirelenmek
• pireler
• pireli
• pirelik
• su piresi

idiomatic uses of "pire"

• pire için yorgan yakmak
• pireye kızıp yorgan yakmak
• pireyi deve yapmak
• pireyi gözünden vurmak

Further reading

• “pire”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “pire”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “pire”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3858
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “pire”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French pierre, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːʀ/

Noun

pire f

1. stone