peis
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) pais
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pais, borrowed from Old French pais, from Latin pax, from Proto-Italic *pāks, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s (“peace”). Cognate to English peace and French paix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛi̯s/
Audio (file)
Noun
peis f (uncountable)
- (archaic) peace
- Synonym: vrede
Derived terms
- peis en vree
Anagrams
- pies, spie
Ladin
Alternative forms
- pëis
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.
Noun
peis m (plural peisc)
- weight
Norman
Alternative forms
- pais (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French peis, pois, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).
Noun
peis m (plural peis)
- (Guernsey) pea
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
peis m (definite singular peisen, indefinite plural peiser, definite plural peisene)
- a fireplace (equipped with a chimney to funnel smoke away)
Hypernyms
- ildsted
Derived terms
- peiskos
References
- “peis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Occitan
Alternative forms
- peish (Gascony)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin piscem.
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Noun
peis m (plural peisses)
- fish (a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water)
Derived terms
- a un peis nadar non s’ensenha pas
- coma un peis dins l’aiga
- far de peis
- gai coma un peis dins l’aiga
- ont l’aiga dòrm, aquí lo peis
- qui vòl de peis, cal que se banhe
- se regalar coma un peis sus la grasilha
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 507.
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 728.
Old French
Etymology 1
See pais.
Noun
peis f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)
- Alternative form of pais
Etymology 2
See pois.
Noun
peis f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)
- Alternative form of pois (“weight”)
Etymology 3
See pois.
Noun
peis f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)
- Alternative form of pois (“peas”)
Romansch
Noun
peis m pl
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) plural of pe
- (Puter, Vallader) plural of pè
- (Sursilvan) plural of pei
Welsh
Etymology
From pei + -s.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /peis/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /peiz/
Noun
peis
- plural of pei
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
peis | beis | mheis | pheis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |