pire

See also: piré and pirë

French

Etymology

From Middle French pire, from Old French pire, originally the nominative singular of peior, from Latin pēior, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (to the ground, downward).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Adjective

pire (plural pires)

  1. worse

Antonyms

Noun

pire m (uncountable)

  1. (le pire) the worst

Further reading

Anagrams


Guaraní

Noun

pire

  1. leather

Latin

Noun

pire

  1. vocative singular of pirus

Mapudungun

Noun

pire (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. snow
  2. hail

Synonyms

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

Verb

pire

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of pirar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of pirar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of pirar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of pirar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pire

  1. mash

Spanish

Verb

pire

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of pirar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pirar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pirar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of pirar.

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic bürge (“flea”), from Proto-Turkic.

Noun

pire

  1. flea

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French pierre, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, stone, rock).

Noun

pire f

  1. stone
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