pierre
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Finnish
[edit]Verb
[edit]pierre
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French pierre, Old French pierre, from Latin petra, a borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pierre f (plural pierres)
- (uncountable) stone (substance)
- stone (rock, a pebble)
- (figuratively) real estate
- Synonym: immobilier
- investir dans la pierre ― to invest in real estate
Derived terms
[edit]- 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 de lune
- pierre de taille
- pierre de touche
- pierre d’achoppement
- pierre d’angle
- pierre philosophale
- pierre précieuse
- pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse
- pierre tombale
- pierreux
- première pierre
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: pyè
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pierre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the pronunciation of PR.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pierre m or f by sense (invariable)
- person who works in public relations
Anagrams
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French pierre.
Noun
[edit]pierre f (plural pierres)
Descendants
[edit]- French: pierre (see there for further descendants)
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Noun
[edit]pierre oblique singular, f (oblique plural pierres, nominative singular pierre, nominative plural pierres)
- stone (substance)
Descendants
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