See also: pique and Pique

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French piqué ((noun) ribbed fabric; (ballet) step on to the point of the leading foot without bending the knee; (adjective) backstitched; (cooking) larded), Middle French piqué (quilted), a noun use of the past participle of piquer (to prick, sting; to decorate with stitches; to quilt; to stitch (fabric) together; to lard (meat)).[1]

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Noun edit

piqué (countable and uncountable, plural piqués)

  1. (sewing) A kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
    • 1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 269:
      I found three piqué shirts, each a shade lighter than the one before it, and each so fine and closely woven it shone like satin.

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References edit

  1. ^ piqué, n.5 and adj.”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “piqué3, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Participle edit

piqué (feminine piquée, masculine plural piqués, feminine plural piquées)

  1. past participle of piquer

Noun edit

piqué m (plural piqués)

  1. dive (of an airplane)
  2. (textiles, couture) two fabrics stitched together to make a pattern, or a single fabric imitating this effect

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piqué m (invariable)

  1. piqué

Louisiana Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French piquer (to sting).

Verb edit

piqué

  1. to sting

References edit

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

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Verb edit

piqué

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of picar