pier

See also: Pier and píer

English

Etymology

Night Scene of Pier 9, Central Piers, Hong Kong

From Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira (“breakwater”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɪə̯(ɹ)/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /piɹ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
  • Homophone: peer

Noun

pier (plural piers)

  1. A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
  2. A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
  3. (US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
  4. A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
  5. (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.

Derived terms

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

See also

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːr
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre.

Noun

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

  1. (zoology) A worm, earthworm (in Flanders)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pier.

Noun

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

  1. (architecture) A pier, jetty
Derived terms
  • wandelpier
See also

Etymology 3

Unknown; Flanders only

Alternative forms

Noun

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

  1. (archaic) A physical trap
  2. (archaic) A figurative trap, ambush
  3. (archaic) A place one is trapped in:
    1. a prison
    2. a rabbit den
Derived terms
  • pieren
  • (trap types) steenpier(e), vliegepier(e)
  • pierkoorde

Verb

pier

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pieren
  2. imperative of pieren

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

pier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of piō

Romanian

Verb

pier

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pieri.
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of pieri.

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) biera

Noun

pier f (plural piers)

  1. (Sutsilvan) beer, ale

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.