pisé

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English

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Etymology

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From French pisé, from piser (to stamp, pound).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pisé (plural pisés)

  1. (architecture) A kind of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between moulds which are carried up as the wall rises.
    • 1854, C. Bruce Allen, Cottage Building:
      The above method of forming Pisé walling is different from the mode of building common in Devonshire and the West of England

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French

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Etymology

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From Franco-Provençal (Lyonnais) pisé, past participle of piser.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pi.ze/
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Noun

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pisé m (plural pisés)

  1. adobe

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈse/ [piˈse]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: pi‧sé

Verb

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pisé

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of pisar