Compare (late)Old Norsepíka,Swedishpiga. Possibly borrowed fromFinnishpiika(“maid, girl”) (or the other way around).
pige c (singular definitepigen,plural indefinitepiger)
- girl(a female child or adolescent)
- Synonyms:mø(archaic),tøs(hypocoristic or derogatory)
- (embellishing or patronizing)girl,woman(a female adult, underplaying the age)
- Synonym:kvinde
- girl,girlfriend(a woman as a potential or actual sexual partner)
- Synonyms:dame,kæreste
- girl,daughter(a female person one is the parent of)
- Synonym:datter
- girl,maid(a woman serving in a private household)
- Synonym:stuepige
- → Icelandic:pía
- Norwegian Bokmål:pike
pige
- inflection ofpiger:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
pige f (pluralpiges)
- measure
- (colloquial)year(of age)
- du haut de ses trentepiges ―in his/herthirties
2024 July 15, Romain Cantenot, “Ma nouvelle vie d'artiste : la joie des reconvertis du Festival”, inLa Provence, page 5:C’est un zébulon empaqueté dans la carcasse d’un bonhomme de 53piges dont une bonne moitié passée sous les yeux du public.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial)year (period of time in general)
pigē
- second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative ofpigeō
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