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pisky

/ˈpɪski/

pisky is the alternative form of pixie.

Meaning of pixie

Noun

pixie (plural pixies)

  1. (fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
    • The writer in the Quarterly Review, vol xxii., gives a long list of words which he regards as connected with Puck: the editor of Warton adds German Spuk and Danish Spoge and Spogelse: we will contribute the Scottish Pauky, and the Devonshire Pixies, or Fairies.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 119
    Synonyms:
    brownie, fair, gnome, imp, sprite
  2. (slang) A cute, petite woman with short hair.
    • Then a pixie appears in the visitor window, round face, big brown eyes framed in thick liner, a tiny turned-up nose, red lips, inch-long blue-black hair so popular with the avant-garde.2006, Darnell Arnoult, Sufficient Grace, page 186
  3. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
  4. A butterfly of the genus Melanis.

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Pisky

IPA/ˈpiːskɪ/

Pisky

  1. A former silrada of Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, amalgamated into Bobrovytsia urban hromada in May 2017; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Pisky.
  2. A starostynskyi okruh of Bobrovytsia urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, established ante December 2019; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Pisky.
  3. A village in Dvorichna settlement hromada, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1720.
    1. A former silrada of Dvorichna Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in February 1943, merged into Dvorichna settlement hromada in June 2020. Administrative centre: Topoli.
  4. A former silrada of Ivankiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established a. 1969, merged into Ivankiv settlement hromada in June 2020.
    Synonyms:
    Kinna-Vydumka, Voroshylove
  5. A starostynskyi okruh of Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2021.
    Synonyms:
    Kinna-Vydumka, Voroshylove
  6. A former silrada of Pustomyty Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1940, amalgamated into Shchyrets settlement hromada in July 2017; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Pisky.
  7. A starostynskyi okruh of Shchyrets settlement hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Pisky.
  8. A former silrada of Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, amalgamated into Bashtanka urban hromada in September 2016.
  9. A starostynskyi okruh of Bashtanka urban hromada, Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in December 2020.
  10. A village in Huriivka starostynskyi okruh, Kostiantynivka rural hromada, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1775.
  11. A former volost of Kremenchuk povit, Poltava governorate, Russian Empire, established somewhen 1881–1895, abolished a. 1923.
  12. A former silrada of Kozelshchyna Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Nova Haleshchyna settlement hromada in June 2020.
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  1. A starostynskyi okruh of Nova Haleshchyna settlement hromada, Kremenchuk Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
  2. A village in Voinykha starostynskyi okruh, Lubny urban hromada, Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded a. 1781.
    1. A former silrada of Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established a. 1946, annexed to Solonytsia silrada a. 1969; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Pisky.
  3. A former silrada of Lokhvytsia Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Zavodske urban hromada in June 2020.
    Synonyms:
    Pisochen
  4. A starostynskyi okruh of Zavodske urban hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, established a. 2022.
    Synonyms:
    Pisochen
  5. A village in Diakivka starostynskyi okruh, Buryn urban hromada, Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, founded a. 1862.
    • Meronym: (older, formerly separate village [from 1968]) Hlushets
    Synonyms:
    Baidurivske
    1. A former silrada of Buryn Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Buryn urban hromada in June 2020.
  6. A former silrada of Horokhiv Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Berestechko urban hromada in June 2020.
  7. A starostynskyi okruh of Berestechko urban hromada, Lutsk Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.
  8. A former silrada of Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923, amalgamated into Stanyshivka rural hromada in December 2016.
  9. A starostynskyi okruh of Stanyshivka rural hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pisky

IPA/ˈpiːskɪ/

Pisky

  1. A former silrada of Novopskov Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1943, merged into Novopskov settlement hromada in June 2020.
  2. A starostynskyi okruh of Aidar settlement hromada, Starobilsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, established circa December 2020; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Pisky.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Pisky

IPA/ˈpiːskɪ/

Pisky

  1. A village in Anysiv starostynskyi okruh, Ivanivka rural hromada, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1634.
    1. A former silrada of Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1969, merged into Ivanivka rural hromada in June 2020.
  2. A village in Oleksandrivka starostynskyi okruh, Koriukivka urban hromada, Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1550.
  3. A former silrada of Bakhmach Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Bakhmach urban hromada in June 2020.
  4. A starostynskyi okruh of Bakhmach urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, established a. 2021.
  5. A historical neighbourhood in Kamianske, Kamianske urban hromada, Kamianske Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, first settled in the mid-eighteenth century.
  6. An abandoned rural-type settlement in Ocheretyne settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, largely destroyed during the Battle of Pisky in July–August 2022.
    1. A former silrada of Yasynuvata Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, merged into Ocheretyne settlement hromada in June 2020.
  7. A village in Cheremushna starostynskyi okruh, Valky urban hromada, Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1724.
    • Meronym: (formerly separate khutir [from a. 1969]) Ivanivka
    Synonyms:
    Chernetske
  8. A former village in Vasylkiv miskrada, Vasylkiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, first mentioned in the mid-eighteenth century, annexed to the miskrada’s administrative centre, Vasylkiv, somewhen 1937–1946.
  9. A village in Velykyi Liubin settlement hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1450.
  10. A village in Leshniv starostynskyi okruh, Brody urban hromada, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded a. 1855.
  11. A village in Stara Ivanivka starostynskyi okruh, Okhtyrka urban hromada, Okhtyrka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
  12. A village in Korzhi starostynskyi okruh, Romny urban hromada, Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
  13. A village in Horshchyk rural hromada, Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded a. 1906.
  14. A village in Savertsi starostynskyi okruh, Popilnia settlement hromada, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, founded as a khutir in 1922.

Synonyms of pisky

  • Kinna-Vydumka
  • Voroshylove
  • Pisochen
  • Baidurivske
  • Chernetske

Forms of pisky

pluralpiskies

Origin of pisky

From Ukrainian Піски (Pisky), variously stressed on the ult or the penult. Compare Peski, Piaski, and Pieski.

Questions about pisky

What does pisky mean?
Pisky means a former silrada of Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, amalgamated into Bobrovytsia urban hromada in May 2017; administrative centre and sole constituent settlement: Pisky.
What is pisky the alternative form of?
Pisky is the alternative form of pixie.
What part of speech is pisky?
Pisky is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pisky?
Pisky is pronounced /ˈpɪski/.

Words near pisky in the dictionary

  1. Piskivske
  2. Pisklova
  3. Piskoshyne
  4. piskun
  5. piskuns
  6. pisky
  7. Pisky-Radkivski
  8. Pisky-Richytski
  9. Pisky-Udaiski
  10. PISL
  11. Pislam

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