pieu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pieu, from Old French pex, pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pal, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjø/

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Noun

pieu m (plural pieux)

1. post; stake
2. (slang) bed; sack

   Synonym: plumard

Derived terms

• pieuter

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pex, pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”).

Noun

pieu m (plural pieulx)

1. post; stake

Descendants

• French: pieu

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese piolho and Spanish piojo and Kabuverdianu piodju.

Noun

pieu

1. louse