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pieu.

post, stake

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pjø/
  1. post, stake

    masculine
  2. bed, sack

    masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French pieu, a backformation from Old French peus, pex, nominative singular and oblique plural of pel, from Latin pālus (“post, stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pal, which is of either dialectal or learned origin.

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