pieu

Etymology

From Middle French pieu, from Old French pex, pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pal, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjø/

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Noun

pieu m (plural pieux)

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

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Noun

pieu m (plural pieulx)

1. post; stake

Etymology

From Portuguese piolho and Spanish piojo and Kabuverdianu piodju.

Noun

pieu

1. louse