pisé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pise"

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːˈzeɪ/

Noun

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.ze/
  • (file)

Noun

pisé m (plural pisés)

  1. adobe

Further reading

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pisé

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of pisar
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