piètre

Meaning

  1. poor; lousy (of low quality)
  2. pitiful

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pjɛtʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French piestre, peestre, paëstre, inherited from Latin pedestrem. Doublet of pédestre.

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