piper

Значение (Английский)

1. A musician who plays a pipe.
2. A bagpiper.
3. A baby pigeon.
4. A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
5. A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
6. (obsolete, slang) A broken-winded hack horse.

Синонимы

bagpiper

fifer

flute-player

flutist

flautist

plumber

roarer

sandpiper

sea-urchin

smoker

squab

tooter

fluteplayer

broken-winded horse

lyre gurnard

drummer

flute player

garfish

gurnard

Переводы

cornemuseur

Dudelsackspieler

flautista

Dudelsackspielerin

Sackpfeiferin

Sackpfeifer

gaitero

cornemuseux

pifferaio

flautista

suonatore di cornamusa

zampognaro

gaiteiro

Pfeifer

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈpaɪ.pə/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: piper

In summary

From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.