pike

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /paɪk/
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The surname is of multiple origins, including Middle English pike.

From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spear, pointed toe of an item of footwear; sharp tool; mountain, peak”), from Old English pīc (“pointed object, pick axe”), and Middle French pique (“long thrusting weapon”), from Old French pic (“sharp point, spike”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, *pīkō (“sharp point, pike, peak”), related to pick with a narrower meaning. The word is cognate with Middle Dutch pecke, peke, picke (modern Dutch piek), German Pike, Norwegian pik, Danish pig, and possibly Old Irish pīk. It is a doublet of pique. The diving or gymnastics position is probably from tapered appearance of the body when the position is executed. The carnivorous freshwater fish is probably derived from the “sharp point, spike” senses, due to the fish’s pointed jaws. The verb sense “to quit or back out of a promise” may be from the sense of taking up pilgrim's staff or pike and leaving on a pilgrimage; and compare Middle English pī̆ken (“to go, remove oneself”) and Old Danish pikke af (“to go away”).

Clipping of turnpike (“a toll road, especially a toll expressway; a spiked barrier across a road, originally used to block access to the road until toll had been paid”). Noun sense 2 (“gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller”) and verb sense 2 (“to depart, travel, especially to flee, run away”) may refer to someone frequently using turnpikes, or may be derived from Middle English pī̆ken (“to go, remove oneself”).

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: piek — long spear
• Armenian: տեգ (teg) — long spear
• Bulgarian: копие (kopie) — long spear
• Bulgarian: пика (pika) — long spear
• Catalan: pica — long spear
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛 (máo) — long spear
• Chinese Mandarin: 枪 (qiang) — long spear
• Czech: píka — long spear
• Danish: pike — long spear
• Dutch: piek — long spear
• Finnish: piikki — long spear
• French: pique — long spear
• Georgian: შუბი (šubi) — long spear
• Georgian: ლახვარი (laxvari) — long spear
• German: Pike — long spear
• Greek: δόρυ (dóry) — long spear
• Ancient Greek: σάρισα (sárisa) — long spear
• Irish: píce — long spear
• Italian: picca — long spear
• Latin: dolō — long spear
• Latin: hasta — long spear
• Macedonian: пика (pika) — long spear
• Macedonian: копје (kopje) — long spear
• Māori: tūmū — long spear
• Norwegian: pik — long spear
• Occitan: pica — long spear
• Polish: dzida — long spear
• Polish: pika — long spear
• Polish: spisa — long spear
• Portuguese: pique — long spear
• Portuguese: chuço — long spear
• Russian: пи́ка (píka) — long spear
• Scottish Gaelic: pic — long spear
• Spanish: pica — long spear
• Swedish: pik — long spear
• Turkish: mızrak — long spear
• Turkish: kargı — long spear
• Welsh: rhôn — long spear
• Zazaki: suvur — long spear
• Bulgarian: шип (šip) — sharp point
• Polish: sztych — sharp point
• Polish: szpic — sharp point
• Abenaki: kwenoza — fish of the genus Esox
• Northern Altai: шортон (šorton) — fish of the genus Esox
• Southern Altai: чортон (čorton) — fish of the genus Esox
• Armenian: գայլաձուկ (gaylajuk) — fish of the genus Esox
• Bashkir: суртан (surtan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Bulgarian: щука (štuka) — fish of the genus Esox
• Buryat: сурхай (surxaj) — fish of the genus Esox
• Catalan: lluç de riu — fish of the genus Esox
• Catalan: luci — fish of the genus Esox
• Chinese Mandarin: 狗魚 /狗鱼 (gǒuyú) — fish of the genus Esox
• Chukchi: туйкэтуй (tujkėtuj) — fish of the genus Esox
• Chukchi: юуткуннээн (juutkunnėėn) — fish of the genus Esox
• Chuvash: ҫӑрттан (śărttan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Crimean Tatar: turna balığı — fish of the genus Esox
• Czech: štika — fish of the genus Esox
• Danish: gedde — fish of the genus Esox
• Dutch: snoek — fish of the genus Esox
• Esperanto: ezoko — fish of the genus Esox
• Estonian: haug — fish of the genus Esox
• Even: гөткэн (götkən) — fish of the genus Esox
• Evenki: гуткэ̄н (gutkə̄n) — fish of the genus Esox
• Evenki: гуткэчэн (gutkəçən) — fish of the genus Esox
• Faroese: gedda — fish of the genus Esox
• Finnish: hauki — fish of the genus Esox
• French: brochet — fish of the genus Esox
• Galician: picudo — fish of the genus Esox
• Galician: lucio — fish of the genus Esox
• Georgian: ქარიყლაპია (kariq̇laṗia) — fish of the genus Esox
• German: Hecht — fish of the genus Esox
• Greek: λούτσος (loútsos) — fish of the genus Esox
• Hungarian: csuka — fish of the genus Esox
• Icelandic: gedda — fish of the genus Esox
• Ido: ezoko — fish of the genus Esox
• Ingrian: hauki — fish of the genus Esox
• Irish: liús — fish of the genus Esox
• Irish: gailliasc — fish of the genus Esox
• Italian: luccio — fish of the genus Esox
• Japanese: カワカマス (kawakamasu) — fish of the genus Esox
• Japanese: パイク (paiku) — fish of the genus Esox
• Kalmyk: цурх (tsurx) — fish of the genus Esox
• Kazakh: шортан (şortan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Ket: ӄурь — fish of the genus Esox
• Khakas: сортан (sortan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Komi-Zyrian: сир (śir) — fish of the genus Esox
• Kumyk: чортан (çortan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Kyrgyz: чортон (corton) — fish of the genus Esox
• Latin: lucius — fish of the genus Esox
• Latvian: līdaka — fish of the genus Esox
• Lithuanian: lydeka — fish of the genus Esox
• Lithuanian: lydys — fish of the genus Esox
• Low German: Heekt — fish of the genus Esox
• Luxembourgish: Hiecht — fish of the genus Esox
• Macedonian: штука (štuka) — fish of the genus Esox
• Northern Mansi: сорт (sort) — fish of the genus Esox
• Eastern Mari: нуж (nuž) — fish of the genus Esox
• Eastern Mari: нужгол (nužgol) — fish of the genus Esox
• Western Mari: нужгол (nužgol) — fish of the genus Esox
• Mongolian: цурхай (curxaj) — fish of the genus Esox
• Nganasan: кинтä (kintä) — fish of the genus Esox
• Nogai: шортан (şortan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Norwegian: gjedde — fish of the genus Esox
• Old English: hacod — fish of the genus Esox
• Plautdietsch: Häakj — fish of the genus Esox
• Polish: szczupak — fish of the genus Esox
• Portuguese: lúcio — fish of the genus Esox
• Romanian: știucă — fish of the genus Esox
• Russian: щу́ка (ščúka) — fish of the genus Esox
• Inari-Sami: puško — fish of the genus Esox
• Kildin-Sami: ныгкешь (nygk’eš’) — fish of the genus Esox
• Northern Sami: hávga — fish of the genus Esox
• Skolt-Sami: nuʹǩǩeš — fish of the genus Esox
• Samogitian: līdeka — fish of the genus Esox
• Scottish Gaelic: geadas — fish of the genus Esox
• Serbo-Croatian: штука — fish of the genus Esox
• Serbo-Croatian: štuka — fish of the genus Esox
• Shor: шортан (šortan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Slovak: šťuka — fish of the genus Esox
• Slovene: ščuka — fish of the genus Esox
• Spanish: lucio — fish of the genus Esox
• Swedish: gädda — fish of the genus Esox
• Tatar: чуртан (çurtan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Tày: băng — fish of the genus Esox
• Turkish: turna balığı — fish of the genus Esox
• Ottoman Turkish: طورنه بالغی (turna balığı) — fish of the genus Esox
• Ottoman Turkish: یاین (yayın) — fish of the genus Esox
• Turkmen: çortan — fish of the genus Esox
• Tuvan: шортан (şortan) — fish of the genus Esox
• Udmurt: чипей (ćipej) — fish of the genus Esox
• Ukrainian: щука (ščuka) — fish of the genus Esox
• Unami: kwekonkale — fish of the genus Esox
• Uzbek: choʻrtan — fish of the genus Esox
• Volapük: paik — fish of the genus Esox
• Walloon: brotchet — fish of the genus Esox
• Welsh: blaidd y dŵr — fish of the genus Esox
• Welsh: penhwyad — fish of the genus Esox
• Yakut: сордоҥ (sordoŋ) — fish of the genus Esox
• Northern Yukaghir: умуйэ (umuje) — fish of the genus Esox
• French: fermeture — diving or gymnastics position
• Serbo-Croatian: prígib — diving or gymnastics position
• Swedish: pik — diving or gymnastics position
• Bulgarian: промушвам (promušvam) — to prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike
• Turkish: kargılamak — to prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike
• Bulgarian: отмятам се (otmjatam se) — to quit or back out of a promise
• Bulgarian: отметна се (otmetna se) — to quit or back out of a promise