pires
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
pires
- plural of pire
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾes/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾɨʃ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -iɾis, (Portugal) -iɾɨʃ
- Homophone: Pires
- Hyphenation: pi‧res
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Malay piring (“saucer”), from Classical Persian پرنگ (piring, “copper”), perhaps originally a plural form.[1][2] Compare Indonesian piring, Afrikaans piering.
Noun
pires m (invariable)
- saucer (small dish)
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pires
- second-person singular present subjunctive of pirar
References
- ^ “pires”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- ^ “pires”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
Further reading
- “pires”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Verb
pires
- second-person singular present subjunctive of pirar