spies

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spaɪz/
  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

spies

  1. plural of spy

Verb

spies

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spy

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spiesse, borrowed from Middle High German spiez, from Old High German spioz, from Proto-West Germanic *speut (“spear”). Cognate to spit and spiet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spis/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: spies
  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

spies f (plural spiesen, diminutive spiesje n)

  1. spike, long spear, pike
  2. skewer
    Synonym: spit

Derived terms
  • barbecuespies
  • braadspies
  • kebabspies
  • spiesgezel
  • steekspies
  • vleesspies
  • werpspies
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