piqué
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːkeɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /piˈkeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ (GA pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: pi‧qué
Noun
editpiqué (countable and uncountable, plural piqués)
- (sewing) A kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
- Synonym: marcella
- 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.
Alternative forms
editTranslations
editkind of corded or ribbed fabric
References
edit- ^ “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.
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editpiqué (feminine piquée, masculine plural piqués, feminine plural piquées)
- past participle of piquer
Noun
editpiqué m (plural piqués)
- dive (of an airplane)
- (textiles, couture) two fabrics stitched together to make a pattern, or a single fabric imitating this effect
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “piqué”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editNoun
editpiqué m (invariable)
Louisiana Creole
editEtymology
editFrom French piquer (“to sting”).
Verb
editpiqué
- to sting
References
edit- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Spanish
editVerb
editpiqué
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