pièce
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See also: piece
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French piece, from Old French piece, from Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettya, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pièce f (plural pièces)
- room in a house, etc.
- patch
- 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)
- Ellipsis of pièce de monnaie (“coin”).
- rendre la monnaie de sa pièce ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- play
- une pièce de musique ― a composition
- une pièce de théâtre ― a theatrical play
- (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)
- (heraldry) ordinary
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → 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)
Further reading
[edit]- “pièce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “pièce” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “pièce” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
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