pjäs

See also: pjas

Swedish

Etymology

From French pièce, from Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɛːs/

• Audio:

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Noun

pjäs c

1. a play, a piece (to be performed at a theater)

   Synonym: teaterpjäs

   Shakespeares pjäser

   Shakespeare's plays

   uppföra en pjäs

   perform a play

3. an (artillery) piece (large weapon, for example a canon or howitzer)

   artilleripjäs

   artillery piece

4. a piece, a man (in a board game)

   Synonym: spelpjäs (“game piece”)

   Jag flyttade min pjäs fem steg

   I moved my piece five steps

   schackpjäser

   chess pieces

6. a (larger, often heavier) object (often a decorative one), a piece, a piece of work

   Den där bronsstatyn är en tung pjäs

   That bronze statue is heavy piece

   Wow, vilken pjäs!

   Wow, what a piece (implying imposing characteristics or the like)!

   Rejäl pjäs, den där kängurun

   Quite a piece, that kangaroo (implying muscularity – colloquial)

Usage notes

Sometimes used jocularly for a (large) penis in (sense 4) (or perhaps (sense 2)).

Declension

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pjäs	pjäs
	definite	pjäsen	pjäsens
plural	indefinite	pjäser	pjäsers
	definite	pjäserna	pjäsernas

Declension of pjäs

Derived terms

• artilleripjäs
• fyrverkeripjäs
• spelpjäs
• teaterpjäs

References

• pjäs in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pjäs in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pjäs in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)