pierre

See also: Pierre, pièrre, and Pièrre

Finnish

Verb

pierre

1. present active potential connegative of pierrä

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pierre, from Old French pierre, from Latin petra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɛʁ/
  • (northern France, Belgium) IPA^(key): [pçi̯ɛːʁ]

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  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [pjaɛ̯ʁ], [pjɛːʁ], [pç-]
• (southern France) IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ʁə/

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• 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

• à un jet de pierre
• apporter sa pierre à l'édifice
• avoir un cœur de pierre
• dormir comme une pierre
• faire d'une pierre deux coups
• geler à pierre fendre
• marquer d'une pierre blanche
• ne pas laisser pierre sur pierre
• ne pas rester pierre sur pierre
• perron
• pierrade
• pierre à aiguiser
• pierre angulaire
• pierre d'achoppement
• pierre d'angle
• pierre de lune
• pierre de taille
• pierre de touche
• pierre philosophale
• pierre précieuse
• pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse
• pierre tombale
• pierreux
• première pierre

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pyè

See also

• caillou

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