pitié

See also: pitie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pité, pitet, inherited from Latin pietātem. Doublet of piété.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.tje/

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• Homophone: pitiés
• Hyphenation: pi‧tié

Noun

pitié f (plural pitiés)

1. pity, mercy

   Synonyms: merci, miséricorde

Derived terms

• avoir pitié
• faire pitié
• par pitié
• prendre en pitié
• prendre pitié

Further reading

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

Old French

Noun

pitié oblique singular, f (oblique plural pitiez, nominative singular pitié, nominative plural pitiez)

1. alternative form of pité