piqué
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piqué
- /ˈpiːkeɪ/ UK
- /piˈkeɪ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ (GA pronunciation)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French piqué (“(noun) ribbed fabric; (ballet) step on to the point of the leading foot without bending the knee; (adjective) backstitched; (cooking) larded”), Middle French piqué (“quilted”), a noun use of the past participle of piquer (“to prick, sting; to decorate with stitches; to quilt; to stitch (fabric) together; to lard (meat)”).
noun piqués · pique
- A kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk. I found three piqué shirts, each a shade lighter than the one before it, and each so fine and closely woven it shone like satin.
- A movement in which the raised, pointed foot of the working leg is lowered so that it pricks the floor and then either rebounds upward or becomes a supporting foot.
