pive

From Middle Low German pipen, from Latin pipare. Doublet of pibe (“to pipe, play a pipe”).

pive

1. to make a whining, high-pitched sound
2. to whine, to complain in an annoying way

From Vulgar Latin *pipa (“whistle, flute”), from Latin pipāre.

• IPA^(key): /piv/

pive f (plural pives)

1. (Switzerland) conifer cone

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: pì‧ve

pive f pl

1. plural of piva