pièce

See also: piece

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, from Transalpine Gaulish *pettia, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Irish cuid (“part”), Welsh peth (“thing”)). Compare Occitan pèça, Catalan peça, Spanish pieza, Portuguese peça, Italian pezza, pezzo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pjɛs/
audio (file)

Noun

pièce f (plural pièces)

room (in a house, etc)
piece
(money) coin
play (in a theatre)
(heraldry) ordinary
(law) document, paper
patch

Derived terms

pièce d'estomac

Further reading

“pièce” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

épice, épicé

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