pitié

See also: pitie

French

Etymology

From Old French pité, pitet, inherited from Latin pietās, pietātem. Doublet of piété.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pi.tje/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: pitiés
Hyphenation: pi‧tié

Noun

pitié f (plural pitiés)

pity, mercy

Derived terms

faire pitié

Further reading

“pitié” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

pitié f (oblique plural pitiez, nominative singular pitié, nominative plural pitiez)

Alternative form of pité

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