pirie

See also: Pirie

Middle English

Alternative forms

pery, perye, pire, pirry, piry, pirye, purye, pyrie, pyry

Etymology

Inherited from Old English piriġe, apparently from a Vulgar Latin *pirea (not known in the Romance languages); compare pere (“pear”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpiriː(ə)/, /ˈpɛriː(ə)/

Noun

pirie (plural piries or pirie)

pear tree
Synonym: peretre

References

“piri(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-20.

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