"pieuvre" meaning in French

See pieuvre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pjœvʁ/ Audio: Fr-pieuvre.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav [France] (note: Agen), LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-pieuvre.wav [France] (note: Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav [France] Forms: pieuvres [plural]
Rhymes: -œvʁ Etymology: From Guernsey Norman pieuvre (introduced or popularised by Victor Hugo ca. 1866; cf. also Old Northern French puerve). Ultimately from Latin polypūs (via *pueleve, *puelve, *pueuve, *pieuve, with the same /w/ > /j/ dissimilation as in yeux), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”). Doublet of poulpe. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|nrf|pieuvre}} Norman pieuvre, {{cog|fro-nor|puerve}} Old Northern French puerve, {{der|fr|la|polypūs}} Latin polypūs, {{der|fr|grc|πολύπους||several feet}} Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”), {{doublet|fr|poulpe}} Doublet of poulpe Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pieuvre f (plural pieuvres)
  1. octopus Wikipedia link: Victor Hugo Tags: feminine Synonyms: poulpe
    Sense id: en-pieuvre-fr-noun-VjPJuK9t Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Mollusks

Inflected forms

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    {
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "pyèv"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "piovra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "nrf",
        "3": "pieuvre"
      },
      "expansion": "Norman pieuvre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro-nor",
        "2": "puerve"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French puerve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "polypūs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin polypūs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "πολύπους",
        "4": "",
        "5": "several feet"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "poulpe"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of poulpe",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Guernsey Norman pieuvre (introduced or popularised by Victor Hugo ca. 1866; cf. also Old Northern French puerve). Ultimately from Latin polypūs (via *pueleve, *puelve, *pueuve, *pieuve, with the same /w/ > /j/ dissimilation as in yeux), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”). Doublet of poulpe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pieuvres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "pieuvre f (plural pieuvres)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Mollusks",
          "orig": "fr:Mollusks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "octopus"
      ],
      "id": "en-pieuvre-fr-noun-VjPJuK9t",
      "links": [
        [
          "octopus",
          "octopus"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "poulpe"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Victor Hugo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pjœvʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-pieuvre.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Fr-pieuvre.ogg/Fr-pieuvre.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Fr-pieuvre.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Agen",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œvʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pieuvres"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pieuvre"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "pyèv"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "piovra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "nrf",
        "3": "pieuvre"
      },
      "expansion": "Norman pieuvre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro-nor",
        "2": "puerve"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French puerve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "polypūs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin polypūs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "πολύπους",
        "4": "",
        "5": "several feet"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "poulpe"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of poulpe",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Guernsey Norman pieuvre (introduced or popularised by Victor Hugo ca. 1866; cf. also Old Northern French puerve). Ultimately from Latin polypūs (via *pueleve, *puelve, *pueuve, *pieuve, with the same /w/ > /j/ dissimilation as in yeux), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”). Doublet of poulpe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pieuvres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "pieuvre f (plural pieuvres)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French doublets",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine nouns",
        "French lemmas",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Norman",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:French/œvʁ",
        "fr:Mollusks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "octopus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "octopus",
          "octopus"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "poulpe"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Victor Hugo"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pjœvʁ/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Fr-pieuvre.ogg/Fr-pieuvre.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Fr-pieuvre.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Agen",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Beno%C3%AEt_Prieur-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost",
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      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-pieuvre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œvʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pieuvres"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pieuvre"
}

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