pierre

Syllable Decomposition

pierre

from the Latin petra ('rock, cliff'), itself taken from the ancient Greek πέτρα, pétra, which supplanted lapis in popular Latin.

Definitions

Plural

pierres

Translations

  • germangerman:Stein
  • englishenglish:stone
  • chinesechinese:
  • danishdanish:sten
  • spanishspanish:piedra
  • finnishfinnish:kivi
  • greekgreek:πέτρα
  • italianitalian:pierra
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:steen
  • polishpolish:kamień
  • portugueseportuguese:pedra
  • russianrussian:камень
  • swedishswedish:sten
  • turkishturkish:taş

See also

perrière (cn.) pierriste (cn.) monolithisme (cn.) Pierre (pn.) lapidateur (cn.) pierre (v.) pierres (v.) Pierres (pn.) désempierrer (v.) dépierrer (v.) pétré (adj.) empierrement (cn.) empierrer (v.) empierrage (cn.) pierrière (cn.) lapidaire (adj.) lapidation (cn.) lapider (v.) monolithe (adj.) monolithe (cn.)