pieu

pieu (Old Lyonnais)

1. alternative form of pioly (“louse”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pēdŭcŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 148

Inherited from Middle French pieu, a backformation from Old French peus, pex, nominative singular and oblique plural of pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pal, which is of either dialectal or learned origin.

• IPA^(key): /pjø/

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• Homophone: pieux

pieu m (plural pieux)

1. post, stake
2. (slang) bed, sack

   Synonym: plumard

   • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Veronica:

     Je peux venir dans votre pieu ?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• pieuter

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

From Old French pex, pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”).

pieu m (plural pieulx)

1. post; stake

• French: pieu

From Portuguese piolho and Spanish piojo and Kabuverdianu piodju.

pieu

1. louse