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pie

/paɪ/

Translations

pienoun

pies

/paɪ/

tourtePour une préparation salée avec une pâte dessus et dessous.

He made a chicken pie for dinner.

Il a préparé une tourte au poulet pour le dîner.

partSens figuré.

Each department wants a bigger piece of the budget pie.

Chaque service veut une plus grande part du budget.

tarte

She baked a delicious apple pie for dessert.

Elle a préparé une délicieuse tarte aux pommes pour le dessert.

Additional translations

portionSens figuré, plus général.

brouillage de caractèresTypographie, terme daté.

Synonyms

pieverb

pied

Past Simple

pied

Past Participle

pieing

Gerund

/paɪ/

tarterFamilier, humoristique.

During the rally, an activist pied the politician as a stunt.

Pendant le rassemblement, un militant a tarté le politicien pour faire le spectacle.

Synonyms

hit (with a pie)

pieadjective

Used attributively before a noun (e.g., pie crust, pie dish).

à tarteDans des groupes nominaux comme pie dish, pie filling.

She prepared the pie filling and set it aside in a pie dish.

Elle a préparé la garniture à tarte et l'a mise de côté dans un plat à tarte.

Definitions

pienoun

A baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry.

She baked a delicious apple pie for dessert.

A whole that can be divided into parts, often used metaphorically to describe a share or portion of something.

Each department wants a bigger piece of the budget pie.

Printing, dated: an accidental or deliberate jumbled mixture of pieces of movable type.

When the galley slipped from his hands, the compositor was left with a heap of pie to sort through.

pieverb

To hit or cover (a person) in the face with a pie, especially for comic effect or as a form of protest.

During the rally, an activist pied the politician as a stunt.

pieadjective

Relating to or characteristic of a pie; used before another noun to denote association with pie.

She prepared the pie filling and set it aside in a pie dish.