Feminine

spies

Meaning

  1. (feminine) spike, long spear, pike
  2. (feminine) skewer

Frequency

23k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spis/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch spiesse, borrowed from Middle High German spiez, from Old High German spioz, from Proto-West Germanic *speut (“spear”). Cognate to spit and spiet.

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