Standard Lemma guide

piet

name · noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpʌɪət/
  • rhymes with -ʌɪət
  • CMU ARPABET: P AY1 IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P Y EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: P IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An esoteric programming language whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Piet.

Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The magpie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, regional

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

After Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter.

From pie + -ot, with later forms remodelled after -et.