pirie

See also: Pirie

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pery, perye, pire, pirry, piry, pirye, purye, pyrie, pyry

Etymology

Inherited from Old English piriġe, apparently from a Vulgar Latin *pirea (not known in the Romance languages); compare pere (“pear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiriː(ə)/, /ˈpɛriː(ə)/

Noun

pirie (plural piries or pirie)

1. pear tree

   Synonym: peretre

References

• “piri(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-20.