piquer.
to prick; to sting
Meaning & usage
to prick; to sting
to sting
Ça pique !
to put down, euthanise (an animal)
faire piquer son chien
to nick, pinch, steal
piquer quelque chose à quelqu'un
to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do
to stitch together
to dive, descend rapidly (of birds or planes)
to dash (towards something)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”) (cf. also pikier), from proto-Romance or Vulgar Latin *pīccare (“to sting, strike”) or *pikkāre (compare Occitan, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish picar), itself either from an onomatopoeic root *pikk- (cf. also Latin picus, whence French pic), or alternatively or more likely, from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikōną, *pukaną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bū- (“to make a dull sound”). Cognate with Old English pȳcan, pician (“to pick, pluck”); Old Norse pikka (“to prick, peck”); Middle Dutch and Middle Low German picken (“to pick, peck, pierce”); Middle High German puchen (“to knock, defy, plunder”). More at pick.
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