pie

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
3. (Northeastern, US, countable, uncountable) A pizza.
4. (countable, uncountable) A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
6. (countable, uncountable) An especially badly bowled ball.
7. (countable, uncountable) A pie chart.
8. (countable, informal, uncountable) Something very easy; a piece of cake.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) The vulva.
10. (countable, slang, uncountable) A kilogram of drugs, especially cocaine.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
2. (transitive) To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
3. (UK, often, slang, transitive) To ignore (someone).

Verb

Alternative form of pi (“to spill or mix printing type”).

Synonyms

tart

cake

🍰

magpie

pastry

cookie

🍪

patty

pudding

flan

jay

biscuit

pasty

pâté

pirozhki

Proto-Indo-European

quiche

ruffle

saute

scone

scramble

strudel

turnover

turn over

piroshki

pirogi

disk winding

pancake winding

sandwich winding

slab winding

bake

charlie brown

blend

dessert

dumpling

🥟

gateau

hash

#️⃣

jackdaw

loaf

mix

paste

pate

Translations

tarte

🥧

πίτα

Torte

pastei

taart

🥧

pasticcio

🥧

pastel

tarta

🥧

crostata

gâteau

empanada

torta

🥧

pâté

Pastete

torta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pye

Inherited from Old English: *pīe

Cognate with Old English: pīe

Cognate with Irish: pióg

In summary

From Middle English pye, pie, pey, perhaps from Old English *pīe (“pastry”) (compare Old English pīe, pēo (“insect, bug”)), attested in early Middle English piehus (“bakery”, literally “pie-house”) c. 1199. Relation to Medieval Latin pica, pia (“pie, pastry”) is unclear, as there are no similar terms found in any Romance languages; therefore, like Irish pióg (“pie”), the Latin term may have been simply borrowed from the English.
Some sources state the word comes from Latin pīca (“magpie, jay”) (from the idea of the many ingredients put into pies likened to the tendency of magpies to bring a variety of objects back to their nests), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”), though this has its controversies. However, if so, then it is a doublet of pica.

Sentences

Apple pie is an iconic dish .