piar

Meaning

to chirp, peep, cheep

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpjaɾ/
Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from pío (“cheep”, noun), the sound made by a bird, or possibly from Latin pipilāre or pipiāre (“to chirp; to twitter”), of similar imitative origin. Not related to Latin piāre (“to appease; to purify”), which is cognate with the coincidental homonym pío (“pious”, adjective).

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