English

Noun

pian ‎(uncountable)

1. (medicine) yaws

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

• apin
• pain
• pani

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)

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

Declension

Alternative declension 1

Alternative declension 2

Derived terms

Verb

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

1. (transitive) pain; punish

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• pianaigh

Mutation

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

• pian piano

Anagrams

• pani
• pina

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

• piandagh

Mutation

References

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

Romanian

Noun

pian n ‎(plural piane)

1. piano

Declension

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 0 901771 92 9
• “pían” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.