pierre

English Online Dictionary. What means pierre‎? What does pierre mean?

Finnish

Verb

pierre

1. present active potential connegative of pierrä

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pierre, Old French pierre, from Latin petra, a borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɛʁ/
  • (northern France, Belgium) IPA^(key): [pjɛːʁ]
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [pjaɛ̯ʁ], [pjɛːʁ]
• (southern France) IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ʁə/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

pierre f (plural pierres)

1. (uncountable) stone (substance)
2. stone (rock, a pebble)
3. (figuratively) real estate

   Synonym: immobilier

   investir dans la pierre ― to invest in real estate

Derived terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pyè

See also

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prière

Italian

Etymology

From the pronunciation of PR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɛr.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛrre
• Hyphenation: pi‧èr‧re

Noun

pierre m or f by sense (invariable)

1. person who works in public relations

Anagrams

• perire, reperì

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pierre.

Noun

pierre f (plural pierres)

1. stone

Descendants

• French: pierre (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Alternative forms

• pere
• perre
• piere

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Noun

pierre oblique singular, f (oblique plural pierres, nominative singular pierre, nominative plural pierres)

1. stone (substance)

Descendants

• Middle French: pierre
  • French: pierre (see there for further descendants)
• Walloon: pire