pire

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See also: piré and pirë

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French pire, from Old French pire, originally the nominative singular of peior, from Latin pēior, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Related to pis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Adjective[edit]

pire (plural pires)

  1. comparative degree of mauvais: worse

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pire m (uncountable)

  1. (le pire) the worst

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

pire

  1. leather

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

pire

  1. vocative singular of pirus

Mapudungun[edit]

Noun[edit]

pire (Raguileo spelling)

  1. snow
  2. hail

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

pire

  1. Alternative form of pirie

Old French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pire

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

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

pire

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of pirar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of pirar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of pirar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of pirar

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

pìrē m (Cyrillic spelling пѝре̄)

  1. mash

Declension[edit]

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Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

pire

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

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pire (definite accusative pireyi, plural pireler)

  1. flea

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Walloon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pire f

  1. stone
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