pierre
French
noun
Definitions
- stone (substance)
- stone (a rock, a pebble)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French pierre inherited from Old French pierre (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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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- osteopetrosis English
- petra English
- petrifact English
- petro- English
- *petricus Latin
- lampreda Latin
- petra Latin
- petram Latin
- petro Latin
- petroleum Latin
- petrosus Latin
- petrōsus Latin
- πέτρα Latin
- Perron German
- Türkis German
- pietra Italian
- petro- Dutch, Flemish
- lance-pierre French
- lancer French
- perron French
- pierrade French
- pierraille French
- pierreux French
- pétroglyphe French
- перрон Russian
- piedra Spanish, Castilian
- πέτρα Ancient Greek
- πέτρινος Ancient Greek
- pedreiro Portuguese
- peron Polish
- perron Old French
- pierre Old French
- pedra Catalan, Valencian
- piatră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- peron Turkish
- perron Middle French
- pierre Middle French
- pedra Old Portuguese
- cheatrã Aromanian
- chiatrã Aromanian
- pèira Occitan
- peron Slovene
- piedra Asturian
- piere Friulian
- piedra Old Spanish
- petra Sicilian
- pitra Dalmatian
- pire Walloon
- pedra Sardinian
- preda Sardinian
- preta Neapolitan
- pera Istriot
- lapierre Louisiana Creole French
- piedra Mirandese