pede

See also: pédé

Estonian

Etymology

A reduction of pederast.

Noun

pede (genitive pede, partitive pedet)

  1. (derogatory) fag, a homosexual male

Usage notes

When used as a last word of a compound word, then it's intended to mean that the person referred to has a perverse or ridiculous interest in something, not that they're also homosexual. Some commonly used words are autopede (a guy with an over-the-top interest in cars) and reidipede (someone who spends too much time on the website rate.ee (the Estonian equivalent of Facebook, popular in the 2000s).

Declension

Derived terms

  • pedelik

Italian

Verb

pede

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pedere

Latin

Noun

pede

  1. ablative singular of pēs

Portuguese

Verb

pede

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

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pes, pedem. Compare Catalan peu, French pied (foot), Italian piede (foot), Latin pes (foot), Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėdės, Portuguese (foot), Spanish pie (foot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpede/, [ˈpɛː.ð̞ɛ]

Noun

pede m (plural pedes)

  1. (Nuorese) foot

References

  • Jones, Michael A. 1988. Sardinian. In Harris, Martin; Vincent, Nigel (eds.), The Romance languages, 318. London: Routledge.
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