pian

See also: pían, piān, pián, piǎn, and piàn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese piã, or Spanish pian, from the native name in South America.

Noun

pian (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) yaws

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Esperanto

Adjective

pian

  1. accusative singular of pia

Finnish

(index pi)

Etymology

Singular instructive form of pika-.

Adverb

pian (comparative pikemmin, superlative pikimmin)

  1. soon
    Tule pian!
    Come soon!

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin pēna, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʲiənˠ/

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péine, nominative plural pianta or pianacha or piana)

  1. pain
    1. pain of suspense
  2. punishment, penalty

Declension
Declension of pian

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pian pianta
Vocative a phian a phianta
Genitive péine pianta
Dative pian
péin (in certain phrases)		 pianta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phian na pianta
Genitive na péine na bpianta
Dative leis an bpian

don phian

 leis na pianta
Alternative declension 1
Declension of pian

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pian pianacha
Vocative a phian a phianacha
Genitive péine pianacha
Dative pian pianacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phian na pianacha
Genitive na péine na bpianacha
Dative leis an bpian

don phian

 leis na pianacha
Alternative declension 2
Declension of pian

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pian piana
Vocative a phian a phiana
Genitive péine pian
Dative pian piana

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phian na piana
Genitive na péine na bpian
Dative leis an bpian

don phian

 leis na piana

Derived terms
  • cuid péine (“penal ration of food; little or nothing”)
  • pianach (“painful; full of aches and pains”)
  • pianadóir m (“tormentor, punisher”)
  • pianaí (“painfulness”)
  • pianbhreith f (“sentence”)
  • pianchíos m (“penal rent”)
  • pianmhaolaí m (“anodyne”)
  • pianmhar, piantach, piantúil (“painful”)
  • pianmhúchach (“pain-killing, analgesic”)
  • pianmhúchán m (“pain-killer”)
  • pianpháis f (“anguish; agony of suspense”)
  • pianseirbhí m (“convict”)
  • pianseirbhís f (“penal servitude”)
  • pianúil (“punitive, penal; painful”)

Verb

pian (present analytic pianann, future analytic pianfaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle pianta)

  1. (transitive) pain; punish

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present pianaim pianann tú;
pianair†		 pianann sé, sí pianaimid pianann sibh pianann siad;
pianaid†		 a phianann; a phianas /
a bpianann*; a bpianas*		 piantar
past phian mé; phianas phian tú; phianais phian sé, sí phianamar; phian muid phian sibh; phianabhair phian siad; phianadar a phian /
ar phian*		 pianadh
past habitual phianainn phiantá phianadh sé, sí phianaimis; phianadh muid phianadh sibh phianaidís; phianadh siad a phianadh /
ar phianadh*		 phiantaí
future pianfaidh mé;
pianfad		 pianfaidh tú;
pianfair†		 pianfaidh sé, sí pianfaimid;
pianfaidh muid		 pianfaidh sibh pianfaidh siad;
pianfaid†		 a phianfaidh; a phianfas /
a bpianfaidh*; a bpianfas*		 pianfar
conditional phianfainn / bpianfainn‡‡ phianfá / bpianfᇇ phianfadh sé, sí / bpianfadh sé, s퇇 phianfaimis; phianfadh muid / bpianfaimis‡‡; bpianfadh muid‡‡ phianfadh sibh / bpianfadh sibh‡‡ phianfaidís; phianfadh siad / bpianfaidís‡‡; bpianfadh siad‡‡ a phianfadh /
ar phianfadh*		 phianfaí / bpianfa퇇
subjunctive present go bpiana mé;
go bpianad†		 go bpiana tú;
go bpianair†		 go bpiana sé, sí go bpianaimid;
go bpiana muid		 go bpiana sibh go bpiana siad;
go bpianaid†		 — go bpiantar
past dá bpianainn dá bpiantá dá bpianadh sé, sí dá bpianaimis;
dá bpianadh muid		 dá bpianadh sibh dá bpianaidís;
dá bpianadh siad		 — dá bpiantaí
imperative pianaim pian pianadh sé, sí pianaimis pianaigí;
pianaidh†		 pianaidís — piantar
verbal noun pianadh
past participle pianta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms
  • pianaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pian phian bpian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "pian" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “pían” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Italian

Adverb

pian

  1. Apocopic form of piano

Derived terms

Anagrams

Mandarin

Romanization

pian

  1. Nonstandard spelling of piān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of pián.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of piǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of piàn.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin pēna, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. pain

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
pianphianbian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “pían” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʲan/

Noun

pian f

  1. genitive plural of piana

Romanian

Noun

pian n (plural piane)

  1. piano

Declension
declension of pian
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pian pianul (niște) piane pianele
genitive/dative (unui) pian pianului (unor) piane pianelor
vocative pianule pianelor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pían, from Old Irish pén, from Medieval Latin pēna, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty”).

Noun

pian f (genitive singular péin, plural piantan or pianta or piantaidh)

  1. pain, pang, torture, torment, anguish, trouble, sorrow
  2. punishment

Verb

pian (past phian, future pianaidh, verbal noun pianadh, past participle piante)

  1. torment, torture, pain
  2. distress, annoy
  3. punish

Synonyms
  • piantaich

Derived terms
  • pianadair

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “pían” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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