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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Pisa, Italy, a historical center of ceramics manufacture.

Pronunciation

Noun

pisa f (uncountable)

  1. earthenware
  2. crockery

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

pisa

  1. inflection of pisar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Spanish pieza.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧sa

Noun

pisa

  1. (dated) a piece
  2. (music) a musical composition
  3. (of electronics, electricity, mechanical) a part or a component
    1. (by extension) an integrated circuit; electronic component

Verb

pisa

  1. to break into pieces from whole

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *pi¢a (to see). Cognate with Choctaw pisa and Apalachee picha.

Pronunciation

Verb

pisa (active voice, transitive)

  1. (class II object) to see, to look at
  2. (participle ending in -t referring to the clothing worn as object) to try on (of clothing)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ikpiꞌso
  • pihí̱sa
  • pis-ayyoba kiꞌyo
  • pis-ikayyoꞌbo
  • pisa-chokma
  • pisa-ishtaaí̱la
  • pisa-kanihmi
  • pisa-katihmi
  • pisachi
  • pisittimilayyoka bíyyiꞌka
  • pisittimí̱la
  • pist
  • pí̱sa

Descendants

  • Mobilian: pisa

References

Galician

Verb

pisa

  1. inflection of pisar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Noun

pisa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pisum

References

  • pisa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "pisa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pisa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pisa”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia
  • pisa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pisa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • pisa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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Lithuanian

Verb

pisa

  1. third-person singular present of pisti
  2. third-person plural present of pisti

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Verb

pisa

  1. third-person singular present of pisaś

Synonyms

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiː.sɑ/, [ˈpiː.zɑ]

Adjective

pīsa

  1. inflection of pīs:
    1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
    2. weak nominative masculine singular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

pisa

  1. inflection of pisar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *pīsāre, from Latin pīnsāre; compare Aromanian chisedz, chisari. Akin to Spanish pisar and Portuguese pisar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a pisa (third-person singular present pisează, past participle pisat) 1st conjugation

  1. to pound, pummel
  2. to grind
  3. to bother

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpisa/ [ˈpi.sa]
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: pi‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pisar.

Noun

pisa f (plural pisas)

  1. tread; step
  2. stamp (act of stamping or ficking)
  3. (slang) brothel

Etymology 2

Verb

pisa

  1. inflection of pisar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish pisar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pisâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ)

  1. crushed; pressed; compressed; squeezed; flattened (by physical pressure or weight of something heavy)
    Synonyms: durog, ipit, pitpit, tapayak
  2. hatched (such as a chick from an egg)
  3. suppurated; pressed; popped; squeezed (blood or pus from a wound or boil)

Noun

pisâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ)

  1. crushing; squeezing; pressing
  2. suppuration; popping; squeezing to eject blood or pus from wounds or boils
  3. egg hatching
Derived terms
  • magpisa
  • mamisa
  • mapisa
  • pagpisa
  • pamimisa
  • pamisaan
  • pinisa
  • pisaan
  • pisain
  • pumisa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pizza.

Pronunciation

Noun

pisa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ) (colloquial, dated)

  1. alternative form of pitsa

Further reading

  • pisa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
  • pisa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
  • Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2115
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 812

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