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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Adjective

pire (plural pires)

  1. comparative degree of mauvais: worse
    Antonym: meilleur

Derived terms

Noun

pire m (uncountable)

  1. (le pire) the worst

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Guaraní

Noun

pire

  1. skin
  2. leather

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

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

pìrē m (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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

pire (definite accusative pireyi, plural pireler)

  1. flea
  • pire otu

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
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