pièce

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French piece, from Old French piece, from Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettya, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pjɛs/
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Noun

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pièce f (plural pièces)

  1. room in a house, etc.
  2. patch
  3. piece
    Near-synonyms: morceau, part
    une pièce de rechange(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    une pièce détachée(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    une pièce de monnaie(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. Ellipsis of pièce de monnaie (coin).
    rendre la monnaie de sa pièce(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. play
    une pièce de musiquea composition
    une pièce de théâtrea theatrical play
  6. (law) document, paper
    une pièce comptable(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    une pièce justificative(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    une pièce à conviction(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    une pièce d’identité(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. (heraldry) ordinary

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: pjece
  • Northern Kurdish: piyes
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: piece
  • Ottoman Turkish: پیه‌س (piyes)
    • Turkish: piyes (play - in a theatre)
  • Romanian: piesă
  • Russian: пье́са (pʹjésa)
  • Swedish: pjäs
  • Yiddish: פּיעסע (pyese)

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