piedra
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- stone hard earthen substance that can form large rocks
- flint small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.
- hailstone single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
- crack potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish piedra (stone) inherited from Latin petra (stone, rock) derived from Ancient Greek πέτρα (rock, stone).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πέτρα
Gloss
rock, stone
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岩, 巌
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- osteopetrosis English
- padrão English
- petra English
- petrifact English
- petro- English
- piedra English
- *petricus Latin
- lampreda Latin
- petra Latin
- petram Latin
- petro Latin
- petroleum Latin
- petrosus Latin
- petrōsus Latin
- πέτρα Latin
- piedra Italian
- pietra Italian
- petro- Dutch, Flemish
- pétroglyphe French
- apedrar Spanish, Castilian
- apedrear Spanish, Castilian
- chupapiedras Spanish, Castilian
- chupar Spanish, Castilian
- pedrera Spanish, Castilian
- tirapiedras Spanish, Castilian
- tirar Spanish, Castilian
- πέτρα Ancient Greek
- πέτρινος Ancient Greek
- empedernir Portuguese
- pedra Portuguese
- pedrada Portuguese
- pedraria Portuguese
- pedreira Portuguese
- pedreiro Portuguese
- pierre Old French
- pedra Catalan, Valencian
- piatră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pedra Old Portuguese
- cheatrã Aromanian
- chiatrã Aromanian
- pèira Occitan
- piedra Asturian
- piere Friulian
- pidrizuela Old Spanish
- piedra Old Spanish
- petra Sicilian
- pieda Papiamentu
- piedra Papiamentu
- pitra Dalmatian
- pédra Kabuverdianu
- pedra Sardinian
- preda Sardinian
- preta Neapolitan
- pera Istriot
- pedra Guinea-Bissau Creole
- piedra Mirandese