pier

See also: Pier and píer

English

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pier

Wikipedia

Etymology

Night Scene of Pier 9, Central Piers, Hong Kong

A small pier at a campsite in Canada

From Middle English pere (“bridge pillar”), from Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pire (“breakwater”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: pîr, IPA^(key): /pɪɹ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophone: peer

Noun

pier (plural piers)

1. A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.

   Your boat is docked at the pier.

2. A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.

   There is a gaming arcade on the pier.

   • 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24:

     Ryde Pier's claim to fame is being the world's oldest seaside pleasure pier, with construction starting in 1813.

3. A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
   • 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:

     The force of the explosion demolished one pair of piers and two spans of the bridge crashed down into the river on top of the barges.

5. (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.

   Coordinate term: pile

Derived terms

• abutment pier
• Brighton pier
• chain pier
• end-of-pier
• end-of-the-pier
• finger pier
• pier glass
• pierless
• pierlike
• pier table
• rocking pier
• take a long walk off a short pier
• take a long walk on a short pier
• you don't fish off the company pier

 

Translations

raised platform built from the shore out over water

Arabic: رَصِيف m (raṣīf) Armenian: պիրս (pirs), կառանացից (hy) (kaṙanacʻicʻ) Azerbaijani: iskele, pirs Belarusian: пры́стань f (prýstanʹ), пірс m (pirs) Bengali: জেটি (bn) (jeṭi) Bulgarian: при́стан (bg) m (prístan), кей (bg) m (kej) Burmese: ဆိပ် (my) (hcip) Catalan: moll (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 碼頭／码头 (zh) (mǎtóu) Czech: molo (cs) n Danish: mole (da) c Dutch: pier (nl) m Esperanto: piero Estonian: kai (et) Finnish: laituri (fi) French: jetée (fr) f Galician: peirao (gl) m, peirau m Georgian: პირსი (ṗirsi), ნავმისადგომი (ka) (navmisadgomi) German: Seebrücke (de) f, Anlegestelle (de) f, Kai (de) m Greek: μώλος (el) m (mólos), αποβάθρα (el) f (apováthra) Hebrew: מֵזַח (he) m (mézakh) Hindi: घाट (hi) m (ghāṭ) Hungarian: móló (hu) Icelandic: bryggja f Irish: cé f Italian: pontile (it) m, imbarcadero (it) m, molo (it) m Japanese: 桟橋 (ja) (さんばし, sanbashi), 波止場 (ja) (はとば, hatoba), 埠頭 (ja) (ふとう, futō) Kalmyk: пирстн (pirstn) Kazakh: пирс (pirs) Khmer: តីរវិថី (km) (təyraʔviʔtʰəy) Korean: 교각 (ko) (gyogak), 부두 (ko) (budu) Kyrgyz: пирс (pirs) Lao: ທ່າ (thā) Latin: mōlēs f Latvian: piestātne f, mols m Ligurian: meu m Lithuanian: molas m, pirsas (lt) m Macedonian: при́стан m (prístan), мост (mk) m (most) Norman: cauchie f (Guernsey) Norwegian: Bokmål: brygge (no) m or f Nynorsk: brygge f, bryggje f Persian: اسکله (fa) (eskele) Polish: pomost (pl) m, molo (pl) n Portuguese: píer (pt) m, cais (pt) m Russian: при́стань (ru) f (prístanʹ), пирс (ru) m (pirs), прича́л (ru) m (pričál), мол (ru) m (mol) Scottish Gaelic: laimrig f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пристаниште n Roman: pristanište (sh) n Slovak: mólo n Spanish: muelle (es) m, embarcadero (es) m, malecón (es) m Swedish: brygga (sv) c, pir (sv) Tagalog: piyer Tajik: бандар (bandar), искала (iskala) Thai: ท่า (th) (tâa) Turkish: iskele (tr) Ukrainian: при́стань f (prýstanʹ), пірс (uk) m (pirs) Urdu: گھاٹ m (ghāṭ) Uzbek: pirs (uz), pristan (uz), iskala Vietnamese: bến tàu (vi) Walloon: djetêye (wa) f Welsh: pier (cy) m Yiddish: דאָק m (dok), מאָל m (mol)

similar structure used to provide entertainment

Dutch: pier (nl) m Finnish: laituri (fi) French: jetée (fr) f Japanese: 桟橋 (ja) (さんばし, sanbashi) Polish: molo (pl) n Swedish: brygga (sv) Welsh: pier (cy) m

structure used to accommodate ships

Bulgarian: пристан (bg) m (pristan) Finnish: laituri (fi) French: ponton (fr) m Polish: pirs (pl) m Scottish Gaelic: laimrig f Swedish: pir (sv), brygga (sv)

structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge

Bulgarian: опора (bg) f (opora) Czech: pilíř (cs) m Dutch: pijler (nl) m Esperanto: piero Finnish: pilari (fi) French: pile (fr) f German: Brückenpfeiler (de) m Italian: pilastro (it) m, pontile (it) m Japanese: 橋脚 (ja) (きょうきゃく, kyōkyaku) Korean: 교각 (ko) (gyogak) Norwegian: brupilar Polish: filar (pl) m Portuguese: pilar (pt) m Russian: сва́я (ru) f (svája), бык (ru) m (byk) Spanish: pilar (de puente) m Swedish: bropelare c Ukrainian: бик (uk) m (byk) Walloon: pilasse (wa) f, pilé (wa) m

rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof

Bulgarian: коло́на (bg) f (kolóna), стълб (bg) m (stǎlb) Finnish: pilari (fi) French: pilier (fr) m German: Pfeiler (de) m Irish: piara m Italian: pilastro (it) m Japanese: 柱 (ja) (はしら, hashira) Korean: 교각 (ko) (gyogak) Polish: filar (pl) m Portuguese: pilastra (pt) f Russian: столб (ru) m (stolb), просте́нок (ru) m (prosténok) Spanish: pilar (es) m Swedish: pelare (sv) Walloon: pilé (wa) m, pilasse (wa) f

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Georgian: (please verify) ბურჯი (burǯi) Korean: (please verify) 교각 (ko) (gyogak)

See also

• jetty
• mole
• wharf

Anagrams

• Peri, peri, peri-, prie, ripe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ir

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre.

Noun

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

1. (zoology) a worm, earthworm (in Flanders)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pier.

Noun

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

1. (architecture) a pier, jetty

Derived terms

• wandelpier

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: pir

See also

• aanlegsteiger
• golfbreker
• hoofd
• steiger

Etymology 3

Unknown; Flanders only

Alternative forms

• piere (obsolete)

Noun

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

1. (archaic) a physical trap
2. (archaic) a figurative trap, ambush
3. (archaic) a place one is trapped in:
   1. a prison
   2. a rabbit den

Derived terms

• pieren
• (trap types) steenpier(e), vliegepier(e)
• pierkoorde

Verb

pier

1. inflection of pieren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• prei
• riep

Latin

Verb

pier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of piō

Middle English

Noun

pier

1. Alternative form of pere (“peer”)

Adjective

pier

1. Alternative form of pere (“equal”)

Romanian

Verb

pier

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pieri

Romansch

Alternative forms

• biera (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Noun

pier f (plural piers)

1. (Sutsilvan) beer, ale

Synonyms

• gervosa

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pi̯er]

Noun

pier

1. genitive plural of pero
2. genitive plural of pera