piet
See also: Piet and Pięt
English
Alternative forms
- piot, pyet, pyot
Etymology
From pie + -ot, with later forms remodelled after -et.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpʌɪət/
Noun
piet (plural piets)
- (now Ireland, Britain regional) The magpie.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- We teach Blacke-birds, Starlins, Ravens, Piots, and Parots to chat […].
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Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin pes, pedem.
Noun
piet m (plural pietz)
- (anatomy) foot
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
piet m (plural pieten, diminutive pietje n)
- An important person with a high position.
- Synonym of Zwarte Piet.
- A canary.
- (Netherlands, chiefly diminutive and plural diminutive) A louse.
- (Belgium, childish, slang or slightly vulgar) A penis.
Synonyms
- (important person): pief
- (canary): kanariepiet
Derived terms
- pietje-precies (see list at pietje)
- piet snot
Finnish
Noun
piet
- Nominative plural form of piki.
Anagrams
- peti
Latin
Verb
piet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of piō
Middle French
Noun
piet m (plural piets)
- Alternative form of pied