Potentially borrowed from Middle Englishpye, a borrowing from Old Frenchpie. Cognate with Welshpiod
Noun
piesm (singulativepiesen)
(collective) magpies
Dutch
Etymology
Variant of pis.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpis/
Hyphenation: pies
Rhymes: -is
Noun
piesm (uncountable)
(slang or childish)Alternative form of pis; pee, piss.
Derived terms
piesen
Anagrams
peis
French
Pronunciation
Noun
piesf
plural of pie
Anagrams
ipés, Pise, pisé
Galician
Verb
pies
(reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present subjunctive of piar
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*pьsъ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpjɛs/
Syllabification: pies
Noun
piesm animal (diminutivepiesk)
dog (Canis familiaris)
Synonym:tósz
puppy (young dog)
Further reading
Stefan Ramułt (1893) “pjes”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego[2] (in Kashubian), page 137
Bernard Sychta (1967-1973) “ṕes”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich, volume 4, page 259
Jan Trepczyk (1994) “pies”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pies”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[3]
“pies”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Latin
Verb
piēs
second-person singular present active subjunctive of piō
References
pies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*pь̀sъ. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE)/pjɛs/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/pjɛs/
Noun
piesm animacy unattested (diminutivepsek, related adjectivepsi)
dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
(derogatory) dog (someone contemptible)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Masurian: psies
Polish: pies
Silesian: pies
References
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pies”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Mańczak, Witold (2017) “pies”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pies”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “pies”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Old Spanish
Noun
piesm pl
plural of pie
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polishpies.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pjɛs/
Rhymes: -ɛs
Syllabification: pies
Noun
piesm animal (diminutivepiesek, augmentativepsisko, related adjectivepsi)
dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
dog (any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid)
(hunting) male fox or badger
(obsolete, music) place where strings of a violin are connected
(obsolete) wooden peg with a blade with one end sharply cut, used to collect pulp
(Middle Polish) harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Synonym:foka pospolita
Declension
Noun
piesm animal or m pers
(derogatory, law enforcement, slang) cop, policeman
Synonyms:glina, gliniarz
(colloquial, derogatory) dog (someone contemptible)
(obsolete, derogatory) someone greedy
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), pies is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 2 times in news, 0 times in essays, 35 times in fiction, and 15 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 62 times, making it the 1057th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
Further reading
pies in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
pies in Polish dictionaries at PWN
pies in PWN's encyclopedia
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pies”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“PIES”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.09.2023
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pies”, in Słownik języka polskiego[4]
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pies”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[5]
A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pies”, in Słownik języka polskiego[6] (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 167
Portuguese
Verb
pies
second-person singular present subjunctive of piar
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polishpies.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpjɛs/
Rhymes: -ɛs
Syllabification: pies
Noun
piesm animal
dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
Declension
Further reading
pies in dykcjonorz.eu
pies in silling.org
Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “pies”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 111
Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “pjes”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski[7], page 482
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpjes/[ˈpjes]
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: pies
Noun
piesm pl
plural of pie
Verb
pies
second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of piar