piedra

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • stone hard earthen substance that can form large rocks
  • flint small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.
  • hailstone single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
  • crack potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish piedra (stone) inherited from Latin petra (stone, rock) derived from Ancient Greek πέτρα (rock, stone).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πέτρα

Gloss

rock, stone

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

岩, 巌

Emoji
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