Complete Definition of "pie"

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Image:Lemon Meringue Pie 1.jpg|thumb|Unsliced Lemon Meringue Pie - Noun, definition 1
English

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Etymology
From ME., unknown origin.

Pronunciation
AHD|pī, IPA|/paɪ/, SAMPA|/paI/
audio|en-us-pie.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones: pi, �
rhymes|aɪ

Noun
en-noun|s|-

  1. A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.

#: The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.

  1. Extended to other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.

#: Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.

  1. context|Northeastern US pizza|Pizza.
  2. context|printing A disorderly mess of spilt type.
  3. context|cricket An especially badly bowled ball.
  4. obsolete (British India) a unit of currency, equivalent to 1/192 of a Rupee or 1/3 of a paisa.

Derived terms
rel-top3|Derived terms
apple pie
chicken pie
cottage pie
cutie pie
cream pie
meat pie
mince pie
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mud pie
pie chart
pie-eater
pie-eyed
pie-faced
pie floater
pie in the sky
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pieing
party pie
piet
pork pie
pot pie
shepherd's pie
who ate all the pies?
pi
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Translations
trans-top|type of pastry
Arabic: Arab|�ط�رة IPAchar|(fa�īra) f
Chinese: �饼 (xiànb�ng)
Czech: t-|cs|kolá�|m
Danish: tærte n
Dutch: t+|nl|taart|f, t|nl|pastei|f
Finnish: t-|fi|torttu, t-|fi|piirakka, t-|fi|piiras
French: t+|fr|tarte|f
German: t+|de|Torte|f
Hebrew: he-translation|פ��|pái m, he-translation|ת����|tamlí m (the academy-sanctioned word, but not often used),
Hungarian: t+|hu|tészta
trans-mid
Indonesian: t+|id|kue pai|xs=Indonesian
Irish: t|ga|pióg|f|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|torta|f, t+|it|crostata|f
Japanese: �� (pai)
Korean: �� (pai)
Latin: crustum
Portuguese: t+|pt|torta|f
Russian: t+|ru|пи�ог|m|trpiróg|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|pita|f
Spanish: t+|es|pastel|m
Swedish: t+|sv|paj|c
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trans-top|other, nonpastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling
Dutch: t+|nl|taart|f, t|nl|pastei|f
Finnish: t-|fi|torttu, t-|fi|piirakka, t-|fi|piiras
Irish: t|ga|pióg|f|xs=Irish
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|pasticcio|m
Swedish: t+|sv|paj|c
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trans-top|pizza
Danish: t-|da|pizza
Dutch: t-|nl|pizza|m
Hebrew: he-translation|פ�צ�|pítsa f
Italian: t-|it|pizza|f
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|����|trpizapai|scJpan
Spanish: t-|es|pizza|f
Swedish: t+|sv|pizza|c
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trans-top|printing: disorderly mess of spilt type
Italian: t-|it|pasticcio|m, t+|it|confusione|f
trans-mid
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trans-top|cricket: especially badly bowled ball
trans-mid
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checktrans-top
ttbc|Afrikaans: tert
ttbc|Chinese: 派 (pài)
ttbc|Esperanto: t-|eo|torto|xs=Esperanto
ttbc|Frisian: taart
trans-mid
ttbc|Portuguese: t+|pt|torta|f
ttbc|Romanian: pl�cint� f
ttbc|Spanish: t+|es|pastel|m, t|es|emanada|f
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Verb
en-verb|pie|d

  1. transitive To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).

#: I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.

  1. transitive To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.

trans-top|to hit in the face with a pie
Finnish: kakuttaa
French: entarter
trans-mid
Swedish: tårta

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trans-top|to go around (a corner) in a guarded manner
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Category:Foods
Category:Pies
Category:Unknown etymology


Esperanto

Adverb
infl|eo|adverb

  1. piously|Piously.

French

Pronunciation
IPA|langfr|/pi/, SAMPA|langfr|/pi/

Etymology
From L. term|pica|lang=la.

Noun
fr-noun|f

  1. magpie|Magpie.

Category:fr:Birds


Italian

Adjective
pie f

  1. Feminine plural form of pio

Category:Italian adjective forms


Latvian

Preposition
pie

  1. at|At.

Category:Latvian prepositions


Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
pie

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, pi�, pi�, or piè.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin


Spanish

Etymology
From L.|es term|pes, term|pedis. Compare Catalan term|peu, Esperanto term|piedo, French term|pied, Ido term|pedo, Interlingua term|pede, Italian term|piede, Latin term|pes, Latvian term|p�da, Lithuanian term|p�d�s, Portuguese term|pé, Sardinian term|pei

Pronunciation
IPA|lang=es|/pje/

Noun
es-noun-m

  1. foot.

Synonyms
pata

Derived terms
rel-top|Derived terms
a sus pies
a pie
al pie del cañón
al pie de la letra
a pies juntillas
buscarle tres pies al gato
con buen pie/con el pie derecho
con mal pie/con el pie izquierdo
con los pies por delante
de los pies a la cabeza
dar pie
en pie de guerra
en pie de igualdad
hacer pie
nacer de pie
rel-mid
no dar pie con bola
parar los pies
pie de página
pie de foto
pie cavo
pie de atleta
pie de imprenta
pie plano
pie quebrado
poner los pies en un lugar
poner los pies en polvorosa
por pies
saber de qué pie cojea alguien
sacar los pies del plato
sin pies ni cabeza
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Category:es:Units of measure
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Revision and Credits for"pie"
  • 2007-12-29 13:45 - Stephen G. Brown - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/202.156.14.10|202.156.14.10]] ([[User_talk:202.156.14.10|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Tbot|Tbot]]

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