piou

Franco-Provençal

Noun

piou (Valdôtain)

1. Alternative form of pioly (“louse”)

References

• piou in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pju/

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Noun

piou m (plural pious)

1. cluck; the sound a chicken makes
2. smack; the sound of a kiss
3. (Lyon) chick; small bird
4. (slang) soldier

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

piou

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of piar

Portuguese

Verb

piou

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of piar

Walloon

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pju/

Noun

piou m (plural pious)

1. louse