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pires.

saucer (small dish)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpi.ɾis/Brazil/ˈpi.ɾiʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpi.ɾɨʃ/Portugal
  1. saucer (small dish)

    invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Malay piring (“saucer”), from Classical Persian پرنگ (piring, “copper”), perhaps originally a plural form. Compare Indonesian piring, Afrikaans piering.

verb/ˈpi.ɾis/Brazil/ˈpi.ɾiʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpi.ɾɨʃ/Portugal
  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of pirar

    form-of · present · second-person · singular · subjunctive
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