pied
/paɪd/
pied adjective: having two or more colors, especially black and white. Also the simple past and past participle of pi.
Adjective
pied (comparative more pied, superlative most pied)
- Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
- Synonyms:
- bicolor, nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald
- Decorated or colored in blotches.
- pied coats1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
- Meadows trim with Daiſies pide,a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 33
Noun capitalized: PIED
PIED (uncountable)
- Initialism of pornography-induced erectile dysfunction.
Also used as
pied is also the simple past and past participle of pi.
pied is also the simple past and past participle of pie.
pied meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Odia and Nepali
pied in Hindi
- पाईड
pied in Bengali
- পাইড
pied in Odia
- ପାଇଡ୍, ପାଇଡ଼
pied in Nepali
- पाइड, पाइड गर्न
Synonyms of pied
Forms of pied
| comparative | more pied |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pied |
Origin of pied
From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica. Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from pied
- Atlas pied flycatcher
- Australian pied imperial pigeon
- European pied flycatcher
- Malabar pied hornbill
- pied antelope
- pied avocet
- pied barbet
- pied bat
- pied-bill
- pied-billed grebe
- pied bushchat
- pied crested cuckoo
- pied crow
- pied cuckoo
- pied currawong
- pied finch
- pied flycatcher
- pied kingfisher
- pied lapwing
- pied monarch
- piedness
- pied piper
- pied-piping
- pied plover
- pied starling
- pied wagtail
- pied wheatear
- unpied
Phrases with pied
Words that rhyme with pied
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- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about pied
- What does pied mean?
- Pied means having two or more colors, especially black and white.
- What is pied in Hindi?
- Pied in Hindi is पाईड. See Pied meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pied?
- Pied can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pied?
- Pied is pronounced /paɪd/.
Words near pied in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pied (page history and authors); PIED (page history and authors); pied (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pied (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pied (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pied (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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