piper

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe +‎ -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ.pə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ.pɚ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpʌɪ.pɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪpə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== piper (plural pipers) A musician who plays a pipe. A bagpiper. A baby pigeon. A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts. A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand. (slang, obsolete) A broken-winded hack horse. (slang) A person who smokes crack cocaine. 2025, Rev. Yolanda E. Johnson, ‎Dr. Viola J. Malone, Journey: Pain and Purpose On one occasion after returning from vacation one of the 'pipers' (crack addicts) as they were called, was in my kitchen cooking. That was the last straw. ===== Synonyms ===== (bagpiper): bagpiper (baby pigeon): squab, baby pigeon, pigeon chick ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== bagpiper hornpiper ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== piper Archaic form of pepper. === Anagrams === PIREP == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === piperu, chiper === Etymology === From Greek πιπέρι (pipéri), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi). === Noun === piper m pepper (plant) pepper (spice) ==== Derived terms ==== mpipiredz ==== See also ==== pipercã sari == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === piper to pipe (a bagpipe) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ne pas piper mot sans piper mot === References === “piper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), via Middle Persian from an Indo-Aryan source, ultimately from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”), itself of unknown origin (perhaps a Dravidian or other substrate language of the Indian subcontinent). The declension was changed to a rhotic-stem. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɪ.pɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpiː.per] === Noun === piper n (genitive piperis); third declension pepper ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== piperātārius piperātōrium piperātum piperātus piperita piperō (“bell pepper”) ==== Related terms ==== piperītis ==== Descendants ==== === References === “piper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “piper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “piper”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “piper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “piper”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English pīpere; equivalent to pipe +‎ -ere (suffix forming agent nouns); compare Old Norse pípari and Old High German pfīfari. ==== Alternative forms ==== pipare, pipere, pyper, pypere, pypare ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈpiːpər(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== piper (plural pipers) A piper; one who plays a pipe. ===== Descendants ===== English: piper Scots: piper Yola: peepeare, pipere ===== References ===== “peper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 January 2022. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== piper alternative form of peper == Norman == === Verb === piper (Jersey, onomatopoeia) to peep == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === piper m or f indefinite plural of pipe == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === pipur, pipor (old spelling or dialectal) pipo (dialectal) === Noun === piper f indefinite plural of pipe == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpi.per/ === Noun === piper m alternative form of pipor == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Bulgarian пипе́р (pipér), from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali). === Pronunciation === === Noun === piper m (plural piperi) pepper (plant) pepper (spice) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== sare == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpiːpɛr/ === Verb === piper present indicative of pipa == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪpɪd/ === Verb === piper (literary) inflection of pipo (“to peep”): impersonal subjunctive impersonal imperative === Mutation === == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian piper, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar. === Noun === piper c (plural pipers, diminutive piperke) pepper (spice) ==== Further reading ==== “piper”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011