pisé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pise"

English

Etymology

French pisé, from piser (“to stamp, pound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːˈzeɪ/

Noun

pisé (plural pisés)

1. (architecture) A kind of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between moulds which are carried up as the wall rises.
   • 1854, C. Bruce Allen, Cottage Building:

     The above method of forming Pisé walling is different from the mode of building common in Devonshire and the West of England

Anagrams

• EPIs, Epis, PIEs, Peis, Seip, Sipe, epis, ipes, pies, sipe, spie

French

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal (Lyonnais) pisé, past participle of piser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ze/

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Noun

pisé m (plural pisés)

1. adobe

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ipés, pies

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈse/ [piˈse]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: pi‧sé

Verb

pisé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of pisar