Masculine
pieu
- (masculine) post, stake
- (masculine, slang) bed, sack
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pjø/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French pieu, a backformation from Old French peus, pex, nominative singular and oblique plural of pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pal, which is of either dialectal or learned origin.
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