"peerie" meaning in All languages combined

See peerie on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: peerier [comparative], peeriest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹi Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)
  1. (chiefly Shetland and Orkney) Small, tiny. Tags: Orkney, Shetland
    Sense id: en-peerie-en-adj-hz5UjL3D Categories (other): Orkney English, Shetland English

Noun [English]

Forms: peeries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹi Head templates: {{en-noun}} peerie (plural peeries)
  1. A Shetland sheepdog. Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-peerie-en-noun-GLMFYkpy Disambiguation of Dogs: 14 67 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 57 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 75 14
  2. Alternative form of peery (“spinning top”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: peery (extra: spinning top)
    Sense id: en-peerie-en-noun-59FrQURm

Adjective [Scots]

IPA: /ˈpiːri/ Forms: peerier [comparative], peeriest [superlative]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|sco}} Unknown Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|peerier||peeriest|||superlative|peeriest||peeriest||}} peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest), {{sco-adj|peerier|peeriest}} peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)
  1. (Orkney, Shetland) small, little, tiny Tags: Orkney, Shetland Synonyms: peedie [Orkney, modern] Derived forms: Peerie Sea (alt: a placename) (english: little sea) [literally], peerie folk (english: little folk; fairies) [literally]
    Sense id: en-peerie-sco-adj-NCaP~fZG Categories (other): Orkney Scots, Shetland Scots
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Scots]

Forms: peeries [plural]
Etymology: From peer (“pear”) + -ie, due to the resemblance of some spinning tops to pears. Etymology templates: {{af|sco|peer|-ie|t1=pear}} peer (“pear”) + -ie Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|peeries|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} peerie (plural peeries), {{sco-noun}} peerie (plural peeries)
  1. A spinning top.
    Sense id: en-peerie-sco-noun-R1hUWv~n Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Scots terms suffixed with -ie: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for peerie meaning in All languages combined (4.7kB)

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