skewer

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
2. Food served on a skewer.
3. A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece.

Verb

1. To impale on a skewer.
2. To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
3. (figuratively) To severely mock or discredit.

Adj

comparative form of skew: more skew

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Concepts

broche

brochette

embrocher

enfilade

piquer

brocheter

cracher

blocage

Synonymes

spit

impale

stab

brochette

pierce

pin

prick

stick

attach

pierce through

poker

prickle

put

quill

rivet

skiver

spear

spike

sprig

stylus

sword

tack

thread

🧵

thrust

toothpick

treenail

peg out

roasting jack

trenail

pointed stick

souvlaki

fasten with nails

cook

🧑‍🍳

gore

jab

kebab

🥙

lance

nail

peg

pen

🖊️

penetrate

Traductions

Spieß

espeto

σούβλα

Bratspieß

şiş

spiedo

brocheta

σουβλίζω

şişlemek

broqueta

spies

ast

σουβλάκι

empalar

infilzare

🪢

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskjuː.ə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: skeuier

Appartenant à moyen anglais: *skever

Appartenant à anglais: skiver

Appartenant à islandais: skífa

Appartenant à norvégien: skive

Appartenant à suédois: skiva

Appartenant à suédois: skifer

In summary

From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).