Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piet

/ˈpʌɪət/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: piet
IPA: /ˈpʌɪət/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage

name

An esoteric programming language whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art.

name

Example Sentences

"We teach Blacke-birds, Starlins, Ravens, Piots, and Parots to chat[…]."
"Some of the domestick Ducks are all white, others all black, others like Piets, partly white, partly black; and others subcineritious, as all wilde ones are."
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:Piet."

Etymology

From pie + -ot, with later forms remodelled after -et.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pie

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈpʌɪət/

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

piets (plural) piot (alternative) pyet (alternative) pyot (alternative)

Phrases

piet-my-vrou

Frequently Paired Words

piet-my-vrou

Questions

How do you pronounce piet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʌɪət/.
What does piet mean?: The magpie.
Where does piet come from?: From pie + -ot, with later forms remodelled after -et.

How to pronounce piet

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