Standard Lemma guide

pied

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /paɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: P AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having two or more colors, especially black and white.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bicolor, nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Decorated or colored in blotches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of pornography-induced erectile dysfunction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of pi

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

simple past and past participle of pie

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a jester dressed in motley
  • the painted desert
  • a particolored dress
  • a piebald horse
  • pied daisies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, varicolored, varicoloured

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica. Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: mustavalkoinen — black and white colored
  • Italian: bianconero — black and white colored
  • Spanish: albinegro — black and white colored
  • Catalan: virolat — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Czech: strakatý — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Galician: veiro — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Galician: pinto — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Galician: pégaro — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Greek: παρδαλός (pardalós) — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Ancient Greek: ποικίλος (poikílos) — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Irish: alabhreac — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Italian: variegato — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Italian: variopinto — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Italian: screziato — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Italian: macchiettato — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Latvian: raibs — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Māori: ōpure — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Polish: pstry — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Russian: пёстрый (pjóstryj) — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Russian: разноцве́тный (raznocvétnyj) — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Swedish: brokig — decorated or colored in blotches
  • Ottoman Turkish: آلا (ala) — decorated or colored in blotches