pierre

pierre

1. present active potential connegative of pierrä

Inherited from Middle French pierre, Old French pierre, from Latin petra, a borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

• IPA^(key): /pjɛʁ/
  • (northern France, Belgium) IPA^(key): [pjɛːʁ]

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  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [pjaɛ̯ʁ], [pjɛːʁ]
• (southern France) IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ʁə/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

pierre f (plural pierres)

1. (uncountable) stone (substance)
2. stone (rock, a pebble)
3. (figuratively) real estate

   Synonym: immobilier

   investir dans la pierre ― to invest in real estate

• Haitian Creole: pyè

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

• prière

From the pronunciation of PR.

• IPA^(key): /piˈɛr.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛrre
• Hyphenation: pi‧èr‧re

pierre m or f by sense (invariable)

1. person who works in public relations

• perire, reperì

From Old French pierre.

pierre f (plural pierres)

1. stone

• French: pierre (see there for further descendants)

• pere
• perre
• piere

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

pierre oblique singular, f (oblique plural pierres, nominative singular pierre, nominative plural pierres)

1. stone (substance)

• Middle French: pierre
  • French: pierre (see there for further descendants)
• Walloon: pire