pirot
English
editEtymology
editIntroduced by British philosopher Paul Grice, who took the word from Rudolf Carnap's example sentence "Pirots karulize elatically".
Noun
editpirot (plural pirots)
- (philosophy) A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the philosophy of language.
- 1988, Richard E. Grandy, Richard Warner, Philosophical Grounds of Rationality, page 31:
- Suppose we are genitors — demigods — designing living creatures, creatures Grice calls pirots. To design a type of pirot is to specify a diagram and table for that type (plus evaluative procedures, if any).
- 2005, S. Chapman, Paul Grice: Philosopher and Linguist, page 123:
- Pirots are much like ourselves, and inhabit a world of obbles very much like our own world.
See also
editBikol Central
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editpírot (plural pirirot, intensified piroton, plural intensified piriroton, Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍᜓᜆ᜔)
Derived terms
editCebuano
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpirót (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆ᜔)
- a small girl or a petite woman
- the golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:pirot.
Norman
editNoun
editpirot m (plural pirots)
- Alternative form of pithot
Tagalog
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pi(n)zit (“squeeze between thumb and finger”). Doublet of pindot.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpiɾot/ [ˈpiː.ɾot̪̚]
- Rhymes: -iɾot
- Syllabification: pi‧rot
Noun
editpirot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆ᜔)
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “pirot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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