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pies.

dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpjɛs//ˈpjɛs/Middle, Polish[ˈpjɛs][ˈpjɛs]
  1. dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

    animal-not-person · masculine
  2. dog (any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid)

    animal-not-person · masculine
  3. male fox or badger

    animal-not-person · masculine
  4. child who chases another in various games

    animal-not-person · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ Old Polish pies Polish pies Inherited from Old Polish pies.

noun/ˈpjɛs//ˈpjɛs/Middle, Polish[ˈpjɛs][ˈpjɛs]
  1. chaff stick (narrower stick in the chaff counter)

    inanimate · masculine
  2. support (small plank attached to the front of the bed of a butcher's box which one's leg rests on to add strength)

    inanimate · masculine
  3. horse mount (iron cart for mounting the front horses)

    inanimate · masculine
  4. synonym of strunnik

    inanimate · masculine
  5. peg stuck in the lower end of a rafter

    inanimate · masculine
  6. sewn-in strips on the shoulders of shirts

    in-plural · inanimate · masculine
  7. piece of crap (anything bad, unpleasant, or meaningless)

    derogatory · dialectal · inanimate · masculine · obsolete
  8. support (toothed wheel at the rear beam of a weaving workshop and a rod supporting the wheel to keep the thread firmly in place)

    inanimate · masculine · Łowicz
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ Old Polish pies Polish pies Inherited from Old Polish pies.

noun/ˈpjɛs//ˈpjɛs/Middle, Polish[ˈpjɛs][ˈpjɛs]
  1. cop, policeman

    derogatory · slang
  2. dog (someone contemptible)

    colloquial · derogatory · dialectal · Łowicz
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ Old Polish pies Polish pies Inherited from Old Polish pies.

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