spies

• IPA^(key): /spaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz

spies

1. plural of spy

spies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spy

• Seips, Sipes, pisés, sipes

From Middle Dutch spiesse, borrowed from Middle High German spiez, from Old High German spioz, from Proto-West Germanic *speut (“spear”). Cognate to spit and spiet.

• IPA^(key): /spis/

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• Hyphenation: spies
• Rhymes: -is

spies f (plural spiesen, diminutive spiesje n)

1. spike, long spear, pike
2. skewer

   Synonym: spit