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pierce

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See also:Pierce

English

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Pronunciation

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(General American)IPA^(key): /pɪɹs/
- Audio(US): (file)
(Received Pronunciation, General Australian)IPA^(key): /pɪəs/
(Scotland)IPA^(key): /piɹs/
(New Zealand)IPA^(key): /piəs/
(East Anglia, cheer–chair merger)IPA^(key): /pɛːs/
(obsolete)IPA^(key): /pɜː(ɹ)s/
Rhymes:-ɪə(ɹ)s

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishperce, from conjugated forms ofOld Frenchpercier such as(jeo) pierce(“I pierce”), probably fromVulgar Latin*pertūsiō, fromLatinpertūsus, past participle ofpertundō(“thrust or bore through”), fromper-(“through”) +tundō(“beat, pound”). Displaced nativeOld Englishþȳrlian(literally“to hole”).

Verb

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pierce (third-person singular simple presentpierces,present participlepiercing,simple past and past participlepierced)

(transitive) Topuncture; tobreak through.
Synonym:transfix
The diverpierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
topierce the enemy's line; a shotpierced the ship
- 1700,[John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, fromBoccace”, inFables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
  I pierce her open back, or tender side
- 1926,A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, inThe Internal Constitution of the Stars,page 1:
  What appliance canpierce through the outer layers of a star and test the conditions within?
(transitive) To create ahole in theskin for the purpose of insertingjewelry.
Can you believe hepierced his tongue?
(transitive) tobreak orinterrupt abruptly
A dreadful screampierced the silence.
(transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
topierce a mystery
(transitive, figurative) Topenetrate; to affect deeply.
A stab of fearpierced my heart.
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- 1715–1720,Homer, translated byAlexander Pope, “Book XI”, inThe Iliad of Homer, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, forBernard Lintott […],→OCLC:
  pierced with grief
- c.1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
  Can no prayerspierce thee?
- 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, inRAIL, number971, page75:
  The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins topierce the Edinburgh suburbs.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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→ Dutch:piercing
→ Japanese:ピアス

Translations

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to puncture—see alsopuncture

Akkadian:dakāšum
Albanian:shpoj,biroj,zhbiroj
Arabic:ثَقَبَ(ṯaqaba)
Aromanian:strãpungu,spitrundu,azvundzescu,ampihiur,cãrtiljedz
Bangi:tuba
Bulgarian:пробивам (bg)(probivam)
Catalan:foradar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:刺穿 (zh)(cìchuān),穿 (zh)(chuān)
Fataluku:apasono
Finnish:lävistää (fi),puhkaista (fi)
French:percer (fr)
German:durchstechen (de),lochen (de)
Greek:τρυπώ (el)(trypó),διαπερνώ (el)(diapernó),διεισδύω (el)(dieisdýo),τορέω(toréo)
Ancient Greek:τορέω(toréō),πείρω(peírō)
Hungarian:szúr (hu),átszúr (hu),átdöf (hu),átfúr (hu),megszúr (hu),kifúr (hu),átfúródik (hu),kiszúr (hu)
Icelandic:nísta
Irish:toll,poll m
Italian:pungere (it),forare (it),perforare (it),bucare (it)
Japanese:刺す (ja)(さす, sasu)
Kabuverdianu:fura,fróde,fradu
Kituba:tobula
Korean:뚫다 (ko)(ttulta)
Latin:transigō
Lingala:tuba
Malayalam:തുളയ്ക്കുക (ml)(tuḷaykkuka)
Māori:tioka,oka,poka,wero
Norwegian:punktere,trenge gjennom,perforere
Old English:þȳrlian
Oromo:waraanuu
Polish:przebić (pl) pf,przebijać (pl) impf
Portuguese:furar (pt),perfurar (pt)
Romanian:străpunge (ro)
Russian:протыка́ть (ru) impf(protykátʹ),проткну́ть (ru) pf(protknútʹ),прока́лывать (ru) impf(prokályvatʹ),проколо́ть (ru) pf(prokolótʹ),пронза́ть (ru) impf(pronzátʹ),пронзи́ть (ru) pf(pronzítʹ)
Santali:ᱥᱳ (sat)(so)
Serbo-Croatian:probušiti (sh)
Sicilian:pirciari (scn),sfunnari,spirtusiari
Spanish:perforar (es),ponchar (es),puncionar (es),punzar (es),pinchar (es),punchar (es),horadar (es),horacar(dated),compungir (es)(dated),espichar (es),puncetear (es)(Chile),pungir (es)
Swahili:-dunga (sw)
Swedish:punktera (sv),bryta genom,göra hål på
Tamil:குத்து (ta)(kuttu)
Tetum:sona
Unami:tànkama

create a hole for jewelry—see alsopunch

Albanian:shpoj,biroj,zhbiroj
Arabic:ثَقَبَ(ṯaqaba)
Bulgarian:пробождам (bg)(proboždam)
French:percer (fr)
Georgian:please add this translation if you can
German:piercen (de)
Greek:τρυπώ (el)(trypó)
Hebrew:רָצַע (he)(ratzá')
Hungarian:átszúr (hu),kilyukaszt (hu)
Italian:perforare (it)
Japanese:刺す (ja)(さす, sasu)
Korean:뚫다 (ko)(ttulta)
Malayalam:തുളയിടുക(tuḷayiṭuka)
Norwegian:ta hull
Old English:þȳrlian
Polish:przekłuć (pl) pf,przekłuwać (pl) impf,przebić (pl) pf,przebijać (pl) impf
Russian:прока́лывать (ru) impf(prokályvatʹ),проколо́ть (ru) pf(prokolótʹ),протыка́ть (ru) impf(protykátʹ),проткну́ть (ru) pf(protknútʹ)
Spanish:perforar (es),agujerear (es),punzonar,horadar (es),horacar(dated)
Swedish: tahål (sv),pierca (sv)
Turkish:deldirmek (tr)

interrupt

Finnish:lävistää (fi)
French:percer (fr)
Greek:διαπερνώ (el)(diapernó)
Italian:squarciare (it)
Russian:прерыва́ть (ru)(preryvátʹ)

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