pivo

See also: pivô

English

Laško beer in a mug

Etymology

From Russian пи́во (pívo), Czech and Slovak pivo.

Noun

pivo (uncountable)

1. A type of Central and Eastern European pilsner.
   • 1946, The North American Union News: Official Organ North American Union Life Assurance Society, volumes 50–54, page 19 and unknown page:

     Remember boys—I’m telling you these games are getting livelier and more exciting as time goes on and also remember the more members that stay at home the more pivo and sandwiches we attending members have—not only that but all the fun we are having at the same time, is that something to miss—NO NO NO NO —but if you boys want to stay at home, remember the woe is all yours. […] We can honestly say this meeting was worth while attending, pulenty^[sic] of pivo and eats of all kinds.

   • 1991 December 21, Paul M. Cole, “Palm Trees in Moscow”, in POW/MIA Accounting, volume I (Searching for America’s Missing Servicemen in the Soviet Union), Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, published 2018, →ISBN, chapter 6 (To Moscow via Stockholm and Helsinki), page 268:

     The guys had a case of American Beer from the Pittsburgh brewing company and some Russian pivo (beer – tasted like Pilsner Urquell).

   • 2001, Bob Hicok, “Three Poems”, in Poetry Northwest, volumes 42–43, Seattle, Wash.: Patrician Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:

     But I’m out of coffee, down to three pieces of bread and one pair of shoes that were pillows on the train from Brussels to Belgrade when I didn’t speak the language of the veteran without an arm, we smoked slavic cigarettes and drank pivo and he showed me how to take clothes apart and turn them into a bed.

   • 2001, John F. Sieckhaus, “The Journey Begins”, in Inching Toward Heaven’s Door: A Would-Be Alchemist’s Journey of Faith, Remembrance and Healing, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, book I (An Adventure in Healing), pages 31–32:

     We had a very emotional experience of Czech culture, viewing some of the best that the country had to offer in terms of its art and architecture at Prague, Karlstein and Krivoclat Castles, listening to the music of Smetana as performed by the Czechoslovak String Quartet in Liblice’s grand salon, and drinking pivo (pilsner beer) and slivovitz (plum brandy) in local restaurants where at one point we shared an unforgettable moment with a group of students in a highly risky (to them) rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In”.

   • 2004, Eric Obenauf, Can You Hear Me Screaming?, [Columbus, Oh.]: Two Dollar Radio Publishing, →ISBN, pages 124, 129, 134, and 136:

     For a while I sat in a chair behind him drinking some local pivo, pretending not to read what he had written. […] I looked over at Max, the romantic retard, who just rolled his eyes, finished off his pivo, and left to get us another. […] Everyone from the town was down at the restaurant/everything else, sitting outside at tables and smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee or wine or pivo or slivovice, while the children ran around the docks jumping from boat to boat to boat playing tag. […] I tasted the wine coming out, the margherita pizza with the egg in the middle, the pivo from the ferry ride over.

   • 2006, Angus Bell, “The Village That Beat Poland”, in Slogging the Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus, Newcastle upon Tyne: Fat Controller Media, →ISBN, page 102:

     I was overlooking the former Hotel Relax, my car papers safely at my side, a tall glass of pivo in hand.

   • 2009, Bernd Herzogenrath, “Introduction: The Return of Edgar G. Ulmer”, in Bernd Herzogenrath, editor, Edgar G. Ulmer: Essays on the King of the B’s, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 6:

     You only have to walk Olomouc streets (or better—the byroads and back-alleys of the old city center), and you are within a German Expressionist set! The more pivo or slivovice you’ve had, the more forced your perspectives grow. Go to the Tourist Office and see the Hanacka Giant, Olomouc’s closest to the Golem!

   • 2013 December 17, Dolly Niemiec Konwinski with Douglas Williams, “Acknowledgments”, in Summertime Dreams: Yes! Girls Can Play Baseball! Memories and Stories of a Professional Baseball Player, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 13:

     While he would often tell folks his favorite was chocolate ice cream, with his second place prize going to a cold glass of pivo, everyone knew Mom and his two daughters were always his true priorities.

   • 2014, John Wilton, “Janácek and a different type of tune – the music of youth”, in The Hope, London: PublishNation, →ISBN, page 165:

     Even sadder than the fact that by the time he left the bar where the captivating dirty blonde haired dancer had exhibited her talents so well the only people left in the place at around one a.m. were him and a well-built dodgy looking guy sat in one of the corners with his eyes fixed solidly on his half empty glass of pivo.

   • 2024, Donald (Donny) N. Roberson, Jr., The School of Travel: Twenty Years in Central Europe (Croatia and Czech Republic), New York, N.Y.: Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN, sections “Michal” and “Football/hooligans”:

     I taught him how to play backgammon, and we had many fun evenings drinking pivo and playing a competition of backgammon, as well as listening to some music and solving all the problems of the world. […] Walking down one street, you would see hundreds of the fans with their same color shirts sitting in cafés and pubs drinking glass after glass of pivo, and then on the other side of the street is the other team’s fans, doing the same.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pivo, from Proto-Slavic *pivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪvo]
• Rhymes: -ɪvo

Noun

pivo n

1. beer

Declension

Declension of pivo (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	pivo	piva
genitive	piva	piv
dative	pivu	pivům
accusative	pivo	piva
vocative	pivo	piva
locative	pivu, pivě	pivech
instrumental	pivem	pivy

Derived terms

adjectives

• pivní
• pivový

nouns

• pivař
• pivařka
• pivečko
• pivíčko
• pivko
• pivnice
• pivovar
• pivovod

Descendants

• → Slovene: pívo (“beer”) (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• “pivo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pivo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pivo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Finnish

Alternative forms

• pio, pijo (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pivo (compare Estonian peo, Livonian pi’v, Veps pijo), from Proto-Uralic *piŋз.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʋo/, [ˈpiʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -iʋo
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧vo
• Hyphenation^(key): pi‧vo

Noun

pivo

1. (archaic) hand, palm

   Synonyms: kämmen, käsi, koura

2. fistful; bundle of fibres, e.g. flax or hemp

   Synonyms: kouraus, kourallinen

Declension

Inflection of pivo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		pivo	pivot
genitive		pivon	pivojen
partitive		pivoa	pivoja
illative		pivoon	pivoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pivo	pivot
accusative	nom.	pivo	pivot
	gen.	pivon
genitive		pivon	pivojen
partitive		pivoa	pivoja
inessive		pivossa	pivoissa
elative		pivosta	pivoista
illative		pivoon	pivoihin
adessive		pivolla	pivoilla
ablative		pivolta	pivoilta
allative		pivolle	pivoille
essive		pivona	pivoina
translative		pivoksi	pivoiksi
abessive		pivotta	pivoitta
instructive		—	pivoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pivo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pivoni pivoni accusative nom. pivoni pivoni gen. pivoni genitive pivoni pivojeni partitive pivoani pivojani inessive pivossani pivoissani elative pivostani pivoistani illative pivooni pivoihini adessive pivollani pivoillani ablative pivoltani pivoiltani allative pivolleni pivoilleni essive pivonani pivoinani translative pivokseni pivoikseni abessive pivottani pivoittani instructive — — comitative — pivoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pivosi pivosi accusative nom. pivosi pivosi gen. pivosi genitive pivosi pivojesi partitive pivoasi pivojasi inessive pivossasi pivoissasi elative pivostasi pivoistasi illative pivoosi pivoihisi adessive pivollasi pivoillasi ablative pivoltasi pivoiltasi allative pivollesi pivoillesi essive pivonasi pivoinasi translative pivoksesi pivoiksesi abessive pivottasi pivoittasi instructive — — comitative — pivoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pivomme pivomme accusative nom. pivomme pivomme gen. pivomme genitive pivomme pivojemme partitive pivoamme pivojamme inessive pivossamme pivoissamme elative pivostamme pivoistamme illative pivoomme pivoihimme adessive pivollamme pivoillamme ablative pivoltamme pivoiltamme allative pivollemme pivoillemme essive pivonamme pivoinamme translative pivoksemme pivoiksemme abessive pivottamme pivoittamme instructive — — comitative — pivoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pivonne pivonne accusative nom. pivonne pivonne gen. pivonne genitive pivonne pivojenne partitive pivoanne pivojanne inessive pivossanne pivoissanne elative pivostanne pivoistanne illative pivoonne pivoihinne adessive pivollanne pivoillanne ablative pivoltanne pivoiltanne allative pivollenne pivoillenne essive pivonanne pivoinanne translative pivoksenne pivoiksenne abessive pivottanne pivoittanne instructive — — comitative — pivoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pivonsa pivonsa accusative nom. pivonsa pivonsa gen. pivonsa genitive pivonsa pivojensa partitive pivoaan pivoansa pivojaan pivojansa inessive pivossaan pivossansa pivoissaan pivoissansa elative pivostaan pivostansa pivoistaan pivoistansa illative pivoonsa pivoihinsa adessive pivollaan pivollansa pivoillaan pivoillansa ablative pivoltaan pivoltansa pivoiltaan pivoiltansa allative pivolleen pivollensa pivoilleen pivoillensa essive pivonaan pivonansa pivoinaan pivoinansa translative pivokseen pivoksensa pivoikseen pivoiksensa abessive pivottaan pivottansa pivoittaan pivoittansa instructive — — comitative — pivoineen pivoinensa

Derived terms

• parempi pyy pivossa kuin kymmenen oksalla
• pivosirppi

Further reading

• “pivo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• povi

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpiʋo/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpivo/

Noun

pivo n

1. drink; beverage
2. beer

Declension

Declension of pivo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pivo	pivě	piva
genitive	piva	pivú	piv
dative	pivu	pivoma	pivóm
accusative	pivo	pivě	piva
vocative	pivo	pivě	piva
locative	pivě, pivu	pivú	piviech
instrumental	pivem	pivoma	pivy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: pivo

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “pivo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

pivo

Alternative forms

• píva (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîːʋo/
• Hyphenation: pi‧vo

Noun

pȋvo n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑во)

1. beer

Declension

Declension of pivo

	singular	plural
nominative	pivo	piva
genitive	piva	piva
dative	pivu	pivima
accusative	pivo	piva
vocative	pivo	piva
locative	pivu	pivima
instrumental	pivom	pivima

Further reading

• “pivo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pivo, from Proto-Slavic *piti, itself from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pivɔ/, [ˈpiʋɔ]
• Rhymes: -ivɔ
• Hyphenation: pi‧vo

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

pivo n

1. beer

Declension

Declension of pivo
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	pivo	pivá
genitive	piva	pív
dative	pivu	pivám
accusative	pivo	pivá
locative	pive	pivách
instrumental	pivom	pivami

Further reading

• “pivo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech pivo, from Proto-Slavic *pȋvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pìːʋɔ/

Noun

pívo n

1. beer

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	pívo
gen. sing.	píva
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pívo	pívi	píva
genitive (rodȋlnik)	píva	pív	pív
dative (dajȃlnik)	pívu	pívoma	pívom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pívo	pívi	píva
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pívu	pívih	pívih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pívom	pívoma	pívi

Further reading

• “pivo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic (Yangi Imlo)
Cyrillic	пиво‍
Latin	pivo‍
Afghan Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пи́во (pívo, “beer”), from Old East Slavic пиво (pivo, “drink, beverage; beer”), from Proto-Slavic *pȋvo (“drink, beverage; beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃iwom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pí.ʋɐ] (as if spelled piva)
• Hyphenation: pi‧vo

Noun

pivo (plural pivolar)

1. beer

Declension

Declension of pivo

	singular	plural
nominative	pivo	pivolar
genitive	pivoning	pivolarning
dative	pivoga	pivolarga
definite accusative	pivoni	pivolarni
locative	pivoda	pivolarda
ablative	pivodan	pivolardan
similative	pivodek	pivolardek

Possessive forms of pivo

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	pivoim	pivolarim
genitive	pivoimning	pivolarimning
dative	pivoimga	pivolarimga
definite accusative	pivoimni	pivolarimni
locative	pivoimda	pivolarimda
ablative	pivoimdan	pivolarimdan
similative	pivoimdek	pivolarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	pivoing	pivolaring
genitive	pivoingning	pivolaringning
dative	pivoingga	pivolaringga
definite accusative	pivoingni	pivolaringni
locative	pivoingda	pivolaringda
ablative	pivoingdan	pivolaringdan
similative	pivoingdek	pivolaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	pivoi	pivolari
genitive	pivoining	pivolarining
dative	pivoiga	pivolariga
definite accusative	pivoini	pivolarini
locative	pivoida	pivolarida
ablative	pivoidan	pivolaridan
similative	pivoidek	pivolaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	pivoimiz	pivolarimiz
genitive	pivoimizning	pivolarimizning
dative	pivoimizga	pivolarimizga
definite accusative	pivoimizni	pivolarimizni
locative	pivoimizda	pivolarimizda
ablative	pivoimizdan	pivolarimizdan
similative	pivoimizdek	pivolarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	pivoingiz	pivolaringiz
genitive	pivoingizning	pivolaringizning
dative	pivoingizga	pivolaringizga
definite accusative	pivoingizni	pivolaringizni
locative	pivoingizda	pivolaringizda
ablative	pivoingizdan	pivolaringizdan
similative	pivoingizdek	pivolaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	pivoi	pivolari
genitive	pivoining	pivolarining
dative	pivoiga	pivolariga
definite accusative	pivoini	pivolarini
locative	pivoida	pivolarida
ablative	pivoidan	pivolaridan
similative	pivoidek	pivolaridek