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/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iʁ

Adjective

pire (plural pires)

1. comparative degree of mauvais: worse

   Antonym: meilleur

Derived terms

• de la pire espèce
• de pire en pire
• il n’est pire aveugle que celui qui ne veut pas voir
• il n’est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre
• le remède est pire que le mal
• pas pire
• pour le meilleur comme pour le pire

Noun

pire m (uncountable)

1. (le pire) the worst

Derived terms

• au pire
• pour le meilleur et pour le pire

Further reading

• “pire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• péri, prie, prié, ripe, ripé

Guaraní

Pronunciation

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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

• piren

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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾɨ/

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

Declension of pire

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pire	pireul		pireuri	pireurile
genitive-dative	pire	pireului		pireuri	pireurilor
vocative	pireule			pireurilor

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pire (definite accusative pireyi, plural pireler)

1. flea

Related terms

• 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