See pièce de résistance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for pièce de résistance meaning in English (3.7kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "pièce de résistance"
},
"expansion": "French pièce de résistance",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French pièce de résistance; first use of this word in English appears in 1789 in Richard Cumberland's novel Arundel.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pièces de résistance",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pièces de résistance",
"nolinkhead": "1"
},
"expansion": "pièce de résistance (plural pièces de résistance)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime."
],
"id": "en-pièce_de_résistance-en-noun-8EhJn84g",
"links": [
[
"masterpiece",
"masterpiece"
],
[
"memorable",
"memorable"
],
[
"accomplishment",
"accomplishment"
],
[
"career",
"career"
],
[
"lifetime",
"lifetime"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "magnum opus"
},
{
"word": "masterpiece"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pièce de résistance"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "magnum opus"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "meesterwerk"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "levenswerk"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièce de résistance"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pièce de résistance"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capolavoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "magnum opus"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwóźdź programu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obra prima"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obra maestra"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "30 70",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The chief dish at a dinner."
],
"id": "en-pièce_de_résistance-en-noun-~lBQdsyv",
"links": [
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"dish",
"dish"
],
[
"dinner",
"dinner"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/piˈɛs də ɹəˈzɪs.tɑ̃s/"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/En-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg/En-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/En-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-pièce-de-résistance.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/En-us-pi%C3%A8ce-de-r%C3%A9sistance.ogg/En-us-pi%C3%A8ce-de-r%C3%A9sistance.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/En-us-pi%C3%A8ce-de-r%C3%A9sistance.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "Piecederesistance.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/Piecederesistance.ogg/Piecederesistance.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Piecederesistance.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"common"
],
"word": "piece de resistance"
}
],
"word": "pièce de résistance"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms spelled with È",
"English terms spelled with É",
"English terms spelled with ◌̀",
"English terms spelled with ◌́",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "pièce de résistance"
},
"expansion": "French pièce de résistance",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French pièce de résistance; first use of this word in English appears in 1789 in Richard Cumberland's novel Arundel.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pièces de résistance",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pièces de résistance",
"nolinkhead": "1"
},
"expansion": "pièce de résistance (plural pièces de résistance)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime."
],
"links": [
[
"masterpiece",
"masterpiece"
],
[
"memorable",
"memorable"
],
[
"accomplishment",
"accomplishment"
],
[
"career",
"career"
],
[
"lifetime",
"lifetime"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "magnum opus"
},
{
"word": "masterpiece"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The chief dish at a dinner."
],
"links": [
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"dish",
"dish"
],
[
"dinner",
"dinner"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/piˈɛs də ɹəˈzɪs.tɑ̃s/"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/En-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg/En-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/En-uk-piece-de-resistance.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-pièce-de-résistance.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/En-us-pi%C3%A8ce-de-r%C3%A9sistance.ogg/En-us-pi%C3%A8ce-de-r%C3%A9sistance.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/En-us-pi%C3%A8ce-de-r%C3%A9sistance.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "Piecederesistance.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/Piecederesistance.ogg/Piecederesistance.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Piecederesistance.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"common"
],
"word": "piece de resistance"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pièce de résistance"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "magnum opus"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "meesterwerk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "levenswerk"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièce de résistance"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pièce de résistance"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capolavoro"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "magnum opus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwóźdź programu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obra prima"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "masterpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obra maestra"
}
],
"word": "pièce de résistance"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.