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5-letter words (2 found)

EQUIP,PIQUE,

4-letter words (2 found)

QUEP,QUIP,

3-letter words (2 found)

PIE,PIU,

2-letter words (4 found)

PE,PI,QI,UP,

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Definitions and meaning of pique

pique

Etymology 1

The verb is borrowed from French piquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry; to provoke, stimulate; (reflexive) to boast about”), from Middle French piquer, picquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry”), from Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”), from proto-Romance or Vulgar Latin *pīccare (“to sting; to strike”) or *pikkāre, and then either:

  • Onomatopoeic; or
  • from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to knock; to peck; to pick; to prick”). If so, pique is a doublet of pick, pitch, and peck.

The noun is borrowed from Middle French pique (“a quarrel; resentment”) (modern French pique), from piquer, picquer (verb); see above.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pēk, IPA(key): /piːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pik/
  • Homophones: peak, peek, peke
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Verb

pique (third-person singular simple present piques, present participle piquing, simple past and past participle piqued)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
      Synonyms: fret, nettle, sting; see also Thesaurus:annoy
    2. To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).
      Synonyms: excite, stimulate
    3. (reflexive) To pride (oneself) on something.
    4. (reflexive, obsolete) To excite or stimulate (oneself).
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To take pride in.
    2. To excite to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest.
    3. (obsolete, rare) To express jealousy, resentment, etc. at someone; to become angry or annoyed.
Translations

Noun

pique (countable and uncountable, plural piques)

  1. (uncountable) Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.
  2. (uncountable) Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride.
  3. (countable, obsolete) In pique of honour: a matter, a point.
Translations

Etymology 2

The noun is borrowed from French pic, Middle French pic (“pique in the game of piquet; pike (tool)”), picq (“game of piquet”), from Vulgar Latin *pīccus (“sharp point, peak; pike, spike”), possibly from Frankish *pikk, *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pikjaz, *pīkaz (“sharp point, peak; pickaxe; pike”); further etymology unknown. Doublet of pike.

The verb is either derived from the noun (though the latter is attested in print later), or borrowed from French pic.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pēk, IPA(key): /piːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pik/
  • Homophones: peak, peek, peke
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

pique (plural piques)

  1. (card games) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
Related terms
  • piquet
  • repique
Translations

Verb

pique (third-person singular simple present piques, present participle piquing, simple past and past participle piqued)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, card games, archaic or obsolete) To score a pique against (someone).
Related terms
  • piquet
  • repique

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish pique, from Central Quechua piki.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːkeɪ/, /piːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpikeɪ/, /pik/
  • (one-syllable pronunciation)
  • Homophones: peak, peek, peke (one-syllable pronunciation), piqué (two-syllable RP pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -iːk (one-syllable pronunciation)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧que (one-syllable pronunciation)

Noun

pique (plural piques)

  1. (obsolete) A chigger, chigoe, or jigger (Tunga penetrans), a species of tropical flea.
Translations

Etymology 4

A variant of piqué, borrowed from French piqué (“(noun) ribbed fabric; (ballet) step on to the point of the leading foot without bending the knee; (adjective) backstitched; (cooking) larded”), Middle French piqué (“quilted”), a noun use of the past participle of piquer (“to prick, sting; to decorate with stitches; to quilt; to stitch (fabric) together; to lard (meat)”); see further at etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːkeɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /piˈkeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ (GA pronunciation)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧que

Noun

pique (countable and uncountable, plural piques)

  1. (sewing) Alternative form of piqué (“a kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk”)

Etymology 5

A variant of pica, or from its etymon Late Latin pica (“disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances”), from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”) (from the idea that magpies will eat almost anything), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“magpie; woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /paɪk/
  • Homophone: pike
  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

pique (plural piques)

  1. (pathology, obsolete, rare) Synonym of pica (“a disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances”)

References

Further reading

  • pique (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Tunga penetrans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    • Tunga penetrans on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
    • Tunga penetrans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

See also

  • pique-devant

Anagrams

  • Equip., equip, pequi

French

Etymology

Deverbal from piquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pik/

Noun

pique f (plural piques)

  1. pike, lance

Noun

pique m (plural piques)

  1. (card games) spade (as a card suit)
    quatre de pique ― four of spades

Descendants

  • → German: Pik n
    → Macedonian: пик m (pik)
    → Serbo-Croatian: m
    Cyrillic script: пи̏к
    Latin script: pȉk
    → Slovene: pík
  • → Polish: pik m
  • → Russian: пи́ка f (píka)
    → Bulgarian: пи́ка f (píka)

Verb

pique

  1. inflection of piquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

See also

Further reading

  • “pique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

pique

  1. inflection of picar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Middle French

Noun

pique f (plural piques)

  1. Alternative form of picque

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French picque (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).

Noun

pique m (plural piques)

  1. any spear
    Synonyms: hasta, lança
  2. or specifically a pike
    Synonym: chuço
  3. hide-and-seek (game)
    Synonyms: esconde-esconde, pique-esconde, pega-pega, apanhada
  4. tantrum
    Synonyms: birra, teima
  5. tart or acid flavor
    Synonym: pico
Derived terms
  • a pique, ir a pique

Etymology 2

Verb

pique

  1. inflection of picar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpike/ [ˈpi.ke]
  • Rhymes: -ike
  • Syllabification: pi‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from picar.

Noun

pique m (plural piques)

  1. (card games) spade
  2. downward movement
    irse a pique ― sink (of a ship)
    1. jump, leap
  3. hit, fix (of drugs)
  4. rivalry, loggerheads
  5. friction, confrontation
  6. grudge match
  7. sprint
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

pique

  1. inflection of picar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “pique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org