Feminine
spies
- (feminine) spike, long spear, pike
- (feminine) skewer
Frequency
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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