piere

== Dutch == === Verb === piere (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pieren === Anagrams === riepe == Finnish == === Verb === piere inflection of pierrä: present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative == Friulian == === Etymology === From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpje.re/ === Noun === piere f (plural pieris) stone == Latin == === Verb === piēre second-person singular present passive subjunctive of piō == Latvian == === Etymology === From an earlier *priere ( > piere by dissimilation), from *prie (“in front of, ahead of”). The meaning change, “in front of” > “forehead,” is similar to the evolution of the English term (English fore (distant cognate via Proto-Indo-European *per-) > forehead). Compare typologically the meaning development in the opposite direction Latin frōns > frontālis (whence English front). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pìɛɾɛ] === Noun === piere f (5th declension) (anatomy) forehead (part of the human face between the hair and the eyebrows) augsta, zema piere ― high, low forehead plata, šaura piere ― wide, narrow forehead pieres kauls ― brow (lit. forehead) bone noslaucīt sviedrus no pieres ― to wipe the sweat off one's forehead (sa)raukt, (sa)raut, (sa)vilkt pieri ― to frown (lit. to pull, tighten one's forehead) (botany) a shrunk stem or trunk, on the surface of which leaves can grow ļoti laba jēru barība rudenī ir cukurbiešu lapas kopā ar biešu pierēm ― very good food for lambs in the autumn is sugar beet leaves together with beet foreheads a flat surface on an elongated object sijas piere ― a beam's forehead the flat part of a tool āmura piere ― face of the hammerhead (lit. hammer's forehead) (of mountains, hills, ravines) apex, top part kalna piere ― mountain's top (lit. forehead) smooth, flat surface (on a stone) tēvs iesit akmenim pāra reizes pierē ― father hit the stone a couple of times on its flat surface (lit. forehead) ==== Declension ==== === References === == Middle English == === Noun === piere alternative form of per (“peer”) == Old French == === Noun === piere oblique singular, f (oblique plural pieres, nominative singular piere, nominative plural pieres) alternative form of pierre