pirot

English

Etymology

Introduced by British philosopher Paul Grice, who took the word from Rudolf Carnap's example sentence "Pirots karulize elatically".

Noun

pirot (plural pirots)

1. (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

• wug

 

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾot/, [ˈpi.ɾot]
• Hyphenation: pi‧rot

Adjective

pírot (plural pirirot, intensified piroton, plural intensified piriroton, Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍᜓᜆ᜔)

1. (Partido, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) sleepy; drowsy

   Synonym: tungka

Derived terms

• kapirotan
• magpirot
• makapirot
• mapirot

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧rot
• IPA^(key): /piˈɾot/, [pɪˈɾ̪ot̪]

Noun

pirót (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆ᜔)

1. a small girl or a petite woman
2. the golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pirot.

Norman

Noun

pirot m (plural pirots)

1. Alternative form of pithot

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pi(n)zit (“squeeze between thumb and finger”). Doublet of pindot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾot/, [ˈpi.ɾot]
• Hyphenation: pi‧rot

Noun

pirot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆ᜔)

1. act of pinching and twisting with fingers (e.g. a moustache)

   Synonyms: kirot, pingal, piral, pirat

Derived terms

• pagpirot
• pirutin

 

See also

• lapirot

 

Further reading

• “pirot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018