"piètre" meaning in Français

See piètre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \pjɛtʁ\, \pjɛtʁ\, \pjɛtʁ\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-piètre.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LuneMarine (DSwissK)-piètre.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-piètre.wav Forms: piètres [plural, masculine, feminine]
Rhymes: \ɛtʁ\
  1. Qui est mesquin, chétif ou insignifiant.
    Sense id: fr-piètre-fr-adj-8hIDx5SE Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pitre Translations: schlecht (Allemand), übel (Allemand), mies (Allemand), scheußlich (Allemand), paltry (Anglais), rotten (Anglais), lousy (Anglais), no good (Anglais), wretched (Anglais), beggarly (Anglais), pobre (Catalan), mediocre (Catalan), pésimo (Espagnol), pobre (Espagnol), lamentable (Espagnol), mediocre (Espagnol), aĉa (Espéranto), huono (Finnois), meskina (Ido), misero (Italien), magro (Italien), pessimo (Italien), schamel (Néerlandais), miezerig (Néerlandais), lelijk (Néerlandais), shit- (Néerlandais), kut- (Néerlandais), rot- (Néerlandais), kloten- (Néerlandais), pokken- (Néerlandais), vil (Occitan), ruim (Portugais), sem valor (Portugais), vil (Portugais), meschin (Roumain), nesemnificatif (Roumain), mizerabil (Roumain), klen (Suédois), usel (Suédois), futtig (Suédois)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "épitre"
    },
    {
      "word": "épître"
    },
    {
      "word": "étripe"
    },
    {
      "word": "étripé"
    },
    {
      "word": "pétrie"
    },
    {
      "word": "piéter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Preeti"
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      "word": "tripée"
    }
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      "name": "Rimes en français en \\ɛtʁ\\",
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en roumain",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "orig": "français",
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    }
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    {
      "word": "pitre"
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    "Du latin pedester (« qui va à pied ») d’où l’évolution péjorative de sens par la suite, ceux allant à pied étant de condition inférieure. En Picardie, peestre est devenu en moyen français piestre, qui s'est répandue en français."
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        "masculine",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "notes": [
    "Cet adjectif précède quasi systématiquement le terme qu’il qualifie en français contemporain ; ainsi, on ne rencontrera que fort rarement, voire jamais, une réalisation piètre, mais plutôt une piètre réalisation."
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              46,
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          "text": "Je n'ai été ivre mort qu'une dizaine de fois, piètre score pour un prétendu soûlographe."
        },
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              4,
              10
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              27,
              33
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          "text": "Une piètre récompense. Une piètre consolation."
        },
        {
          "text": "Avoir une piètre santé, une piètre mine."
        },
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              9,
              15
            ],
            [
              26,
              32
            ],
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              46,
              52
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        },
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            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon, J. Hetzel et Cⁱᵉ, Paris, 1863",
          "text": "C’est un piètre voyage que le nôtre, après tout."
        }
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        "Qui est mesquin, chétif ou insignifiant."
      ],
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "schlecht"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "übel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "mies"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "scheußlich"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "paltry"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "rotten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "lousy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "no good"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "wretched"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "beggarly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "pobre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "mediocre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "pésimo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "pobre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "lamentable"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mediocre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "aĉa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "huono"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "word": "meskina"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "misero"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "magro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "pessimo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "schamel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "miezerig"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "lelijk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "shit-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "kut-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "rot-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "kloten-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "pokken-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ruim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sem valor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "meschin"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "nesemnificatif"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mizerabil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "klen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "usel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "futtig"
    }
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  "word": "piètre"
}
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    {
      "word": "épitre"
    },
    {
      "word": "épître"
    },
    {
      "word": "étripe"
    },
    {
      "word": "étripé"
    },
    {
      "word": "pétrie"
    },
    {
      "word": "piéter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Preeti"
    },
    {
      "word": "tripée"
    }
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    "Lemmes en français",
    "Mots en français issus d’un mot en latin",
    "Rimes en français en \\ɛtʁ\\",
    "Traductions en allemand",
    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en catalan",
    "Traductions en espagnol",
    "Traductions en espéranto",
    "Traductions en finnois",
    "Traductions en ido",
    "Traductions en italien",
    "Traductions en néerlandais",
    "Traductions en occitan",
    "Traductions en portugais",
    "Traductions en roumain",
    "Traductions en suédois",
    "français"
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    {
      "word": "pitre"
    }
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    "Du latin pedester (« qui va à pied ») d’où l’évolution péjorative de sens par la suite, ceux allant à pied étant de condition inférieure. En Picardie, peestre est devenu en moyen français piestre, qui s'est répandue en français."
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        "masculine",
        "feminine"
      ]
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    "Cet adjectif précède quasi systématiquement le terme qu’il qualifie en français contemporain ; ainsi, on ne rencontrera que fort rarement, voire jamais, une réalisation piètre, mais plutôt une piètre réalisation."
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              46,
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          "ref": "Gérard Oberlé, Itinéraire spiritueux, chap.8, Grasset, 2006",
          "text": "Je n'ai été ivre mort qu'une dizaine de fois, piètre score pour un prétendu soûlographe."
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              4,
              10
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              27,
              33
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          "text": "Une piètre récompense. Une piètre consolation."
        },
        {
          "text": "Avoir une piètre santé, une piètre mine."
        },
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            [
              9,
              15
            ],
            [
              26,
              32
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              46,
              52
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon, J. Hetzel et Cⁱᵉ, Paris, 1863",
          "text": "C’est un piètre voyage que le nôtre, après tout."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qui est mesquin, chétif ou insignifiant."
      ]
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "schlecht"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "übel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "mies"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "scheußlich"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "paltry"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "rotten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "lousy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "no good"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "wretched"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "beggarly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "pobre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "mediocre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "pésimo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "pobre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "lamentable"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mediocre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "aĉa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "huono"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "word": "meskina"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "misero"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "magro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "pessimo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "schamel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "miezerig"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "lelijk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "shit-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "kut-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "rot-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "kloten-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "pokken-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ruim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sem valor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "meschin"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "nesemnificatif"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mizerabil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "klen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "usel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "futtig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piètre"
}

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