piper

Signification (Anglais)

1. A musician who plays a pipe.
2. A bagpiper.
3. A baby pigeon.
4. A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
5. A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
6. (obsolete, slang) A broken-winded hack horse.

Concepts

cornemuseur

cornemuseux

joueur

joueur de pipeau

joueuse de pipeau

flûtiste

joueur de cornemuse

piper

Synonymes

bagpiper

fifer

flute-player

flutist

flautist

plumber

roarer

sandpiper

sea-urchin

smoker

squab

tooter

fluteplayer

broken-winded horse

lyre gurnard

drummer

flute player

garfish

gurnard

Traductions

Dudelsackspieler

Dudelsackspielerin

flautista

Sackpfeiferin

gaitero

Sackpfeifer

pifferaio

flautista

gaiteiro

suonatore di cornamusa

Pfeifer

αυλητής

zampognaro

kavalcı

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpaɪ.pə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: piper

In summary

From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.