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pied¹

  • /paɪd/

Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica.

Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.

adjective more pied · most pied

  1. Having two or more colors, especially black and white.

    Similar: bicolor, nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald

  2. Decorated or colored in blotches. pied coats

pied²

  • /paɪd/

Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of pi

pied³

  • /paɪd/

Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of pie

PIED⁴

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pornography-induced erectile dysfunction

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: particolored, multicolored, particoloured, multicolor, varicoloured, colored, coloured, multicoloured, colorful, varicolored, painted, piebald, motley, in color, variegated, splotchy

Translations

Every language

adj black and white colored

Españolalbinegro
Italianobianconero

adj decorated or colored in blotches

Italianovariegato, variopinto, screziato, macchiettato
Ελληνικάπαρδαλός pardalós
Русскийпёстрый pjóstryj, разноцве́тный raznocvétnyj

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@misc{pied_2026,
  title = {pied},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pied},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}