"spier" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-spier.wav Forms: spiere [plural]
Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|spiere|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} spier (plural spiere), {{af-noun|spiere}} spier (plural spiere)
  1. muscle
    Sense id: en-spier-af-noun-24dbJbBv Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Anatomy

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /spir/, [spiːr] Audio: Nl-spier.ogg Forms: spieren [plural], spiertje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ir Etymology: From Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), from Old Dutch *spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīraz, *spīrǭ. In Middle Dutch, the word took the meaning "muscle", likely due to the similarities in shape between its earlier meanings and muscle fibers. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|spier||pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle}} Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), {{inh|nl|odt|*spīr}} Old Dutch *spīr, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*spīraz}} Proto-Germanic *spīraz Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} spier f (plural spieren, diminutive spiertje n)
  1. muscle (contractile tissue) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-spier-nl-noun-BoM~pdWT Categories (other): Body parts, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 5 2 28 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 24 8 3 29 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 31 4 2 29 4
  2. (archaic) blade (of a plant) Tags: archaic, feminine Synonyms: spriet, halm
    Sense id: en-spier-nl-noun-pRhDHrai Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 5 2 28 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 24 8 3 29 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 31 4 2 29 4
  3. (archaic) blade of grass Tags: archaic, feminine Synonyms: grasspriet, grashalm
    Sense id: en-spier-nl-noun-iNVYX4ze
  4. spar (pole) Tags: feminine Synonyms: rondhout
    Sense id: en-spier-nl-noun-FjbML~68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: armspier, beenspier, bilspier, buikspier, gespierd, hartspier, kringspier, oogspier, sluitspier, spierversterken, spierwit

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /spir/, [spiːr] Audio: Nl-spier.ogg
Rhymes: -ir Etymology: From Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), from Old Dutch *spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīraz, *spīrǭ. In Middle Dutch, the word took the meaning "muscle", likely due to the similarities in shape between its earlier meanings and muscle fibers. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|spier||pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle}} Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), {{inh|nl|odt|*spīr}} Old Dutch *spīr, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*spīraz}} Proto-Germanic *spīraz Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|-}} spier n (uncountable, no diminutive)
  1. (dated) the collective of muscles Tags: dated, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spier-nl-noun-qtbAsbWi Categories (other): Body parts, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 5 2 28 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 24 8 3 29 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 31 4 2 29 4
  2. (obsolete) poultry, white meat, the whitish meat of fowl Tags: neuter, no-diminutive, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spier-nl-noun-N5caW8x7

Noun [English]

Forms: spiers [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English spier, spyer, spiar, equivalent to spy + -er. Compare Dutch verspieder and bespieder (“spier”), German Späher (“spier”). Compare also Danish spejde (“spy”), Swedish speja (“spy”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|spier|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English spier, {{inh+|en|enm|spier}} Inherited from Middle English spier, {{af|en|spy|-er|id2=agent noun}} spy + -er, {{cog|nl|verspieder}} Dutch verspieder, {{cog|de|Späher|t=spier}} German Späher (“spier”), {{cog|da|spejde|t=spy}} Danish spejde (“spy”), {{cog|sv|speja|t=spy}} Swedish speja (“spy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spier (plural spiers)
  1. (rare) One who spies; a spy. Tags: rare

Noun [West Frisian]

IPA: /ˈspiər/ Forms: spieren [plural], spierren [plural], spierke [diminutive]
Etymology: Compare Dutch spier. Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|spier}} Dutch spier Head templates: {{head|fy|nouns|||plural|spieren|or|spierren||{{{pl3}}}|||diminutive|spierke||{{{dim2}}}||{{{dim3}}}|f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f6accel-form=diminutive|g=c|g2=|g3=|head=}} spier c (plural spieren or spierren, diminutive spierke), {{fy-noun|c|spieren|spierke|pl2=spierren}} spier c (plural spieren or spierren, diminutive spierke)
  1. muscle Tags: common-gender Derived forms: spiersterk
    Sense id: en-spier-fy-noun-24dbJbBv Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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