pie
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a fillingA type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
» Does anyone want some more pie?
Möchte jemand noch etwas Torte?
Will jemand noch Kuchen?
Кто-нибудь хочет ещё пирога?
Хто-небудь хоче ще пирога?
Meaning
13 senses(countable, uncountable)A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.
but see Kuchen, Torte, Pastete
пиро́гpiróg, пирожо́кpirožók, беля́шbeljáš
пирі́гpyríh
(countable, uncountable)Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.
(Northeastern, US, countable, uncountable)A pizza.
(countable, uncountable)A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
(countable, uncountable)An especially badly bowled ball.
(countable, uncountable)A pie chart.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Something very easy; a piece of cake.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The vulva.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A kilogram of drugs, especially cocaine.
(historical)A former low-denomination coin of northern India.
(historical)A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 27.9 cm.
- dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
Examples
467 sentencesDoes anyone want some more pie?
Хто-небудь хоче ще пирога?
ruКто-нибудь хочет ещё пирога?
deMöchte jemand noch etwas Torte?
What's your favorite kind of pie?
Який твій улюблений пиріг?
ruКакой у тебя любимый пирог?
Who threw a pie at Tom?
Хто кинув у Тома тортом?
ruКто бросил в Тома пирог?
Tom had a piece of pie.
Том з'їв шматок пирога.
ruТом съел кусок пирога.
Divide the pie into three pieces.
Поділи пиріг на три частини.
ruРаздели пирог на три части.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlierFrom Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlier (c. 1199) in the surname Piehus (“pie-house?”). Further origin uncertain.
From Middle English pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, feminine of pīcus (“woodpecker”). Doublet of pica and speight.
From Hindi पाई (pāī, “low-denomination coin”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā, “foot, shoe”), from पाद (pāda, “foot, base, quarter”) + -इक (-ika, “-ic: forming adjectives”).
From Spanish pie (“foot, Spanish foot”). Doublet of foot, pes, and pous.
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Forms
plural: pies / pieSynonyms
4 synonyms- a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages:Proto-Indo EuropeanProto-Indo European language
Word family
159 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- piece of pie
- apple pie
- an apple pie
- slice of pie
- pie for dessert
- pumpkin pie
- apple pie for
- some apple pie
- likes apple pie
- baked a pie
- easy as pie
- pie was delicious