piece

Pronunciation: /piːs/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a separate part of a whole
  2. noun an item that is an instance of some type
  3. noun a portion of a natural object

Etymology

From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion, quota”). Compare Welsh peth, Breton pez (“thing”), Irish cuid. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Italian pezza, Italian pezzo.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
part
Narrower (hyponyms)
scrap, shard, snip, piece of leather, spindle, beam

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