pierrot

See also: Pierrot and Pièrrot

English

Noun

pierrot (plural pierrots)

1. Alternative form of Pierrot.
   • 2009 June 3, Claudia La Rocco, “With Each Youthful Step, Discoveries and Transformations”, in New York Times‎:

     Then came the very young, in the “Ballabile des Enfants” from “Harlequinade,” a colorful, confectionary swirl of polichinelles, pierrots and scaramouches, set to Riccardo Drigo.

2. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Tarucus and Castalia, notable for white contrasting with brown or black on the underwings.
3. (historical) An 18th-century women's low-cut basque with sleeves.

Anagrams

• preriot, pretoir

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pier‧rot

Noun

pierrot m (plural pierrots, diminutive pierrotje n)

1. a person dressed in a Pierrot costume

French

Etymology

From Pierrot, diminutive of Pierre (“Peter”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

pierrot m (plural pierrots, feminine pierrette)

1. house sparrow

   Synonyms: moineau, piaf

References

• “pierrot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

pierrot m (invariable)

1. a person dressed in a Pierrot costume

Anagrams

• piretro, pretori, riporte

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pierrot.

Noun

pierrot m (uncountable)

1. a person dressed in a Pierrot costume

Declension

Declension of pierrot

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pierrot	pierrotul
genitive-dative	pierrot	pierrotului
vocative	pierrotule