From en.wiktionary.org:
[Pike]
** English
[2018]
*** Pronunciation
{{multiple images |direction = vertical |image1 = Pikeniere
Wallenstein-Festspiele Memmingen.jpg |caption1 = A recreation in Memmingen,
Germany, of a mid-17th century company of pikemen holding pikes _(etymology 1,
sense 1)_ |image2 = Heuhaufen.jpg |caption2 = A large haycock is called a
_pike_. _(etymology 1, sense 3)_ |image3 = Esox lucius (no).JPG |caption3 = A
northern pike (_Esox lucius_; _etymology 1, sense 4_) caught in the
[Numedalslågen] in Norway |image4 = Salto ornamental - UnB.jpg |caption4 = Two
divers in a competition in Brazil in the pike position _(etymology 1, sense
5)_ }}
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*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], [enm], [enm], from [en],[1] and [en], from [en];[2] both
ultimately from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], related to [en] with a narrower
meaning.
The word is cognate with [dum], [dum], [dum] (modern [nl]), [de], [no], [da],
and possibly [sga]. It is a [en].
The diving or gymnastics position is probably from tapered appearance of the
body when the position is executed.<ref name="Etymonline"/>
The carnivorous freshwater fish is probably derived from the “sharp point,
spike” senses,[3] due to the fish’s pointed jaws.[4]
The verb sense “to quit or back out of a promise” may be from the sense of
taking up pilgrim's staff or pike and leaving on a pilgrimage;<ref
name="ODO"/> and compare [enm] and [gmq-oda].[5]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing ), both for attacks on enemy foot soldier s and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults .
2. * [en]
3. * [volume=I]
4. A sharp , point ed staff or implement .
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. A large [en] .
8. * [en]
9. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus [Esox] , _especially_ the northern pike , [Esox lucius] .
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
12. * [en]
13. [en] A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs , usually part of a jack-knife . [from 1920s]
14. * [en]
15. * [en]
16. [en] A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe .
17. * [book=I]
18. * [en]
1. [en] A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
19. [en] _Especially_ in place names : a hill or mountain , _particularly_ one with a sharp peak or summit .
20. * [folio=2]
21. * [edition=2nd]
22. [en] A pick , a pickaxe .
23. * [en]
24. [en] A hayfork .
25. * [year=1878]
26. [en] A penis .
27. * {{ RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-2 Q1 | act=II | scene=iv | passage= [ F ] or to ſerue brauely, is to come halting off, you know to come off the breach, with his PIKE bent brauely, and to ſurgerie brauely, to venture vpon the chargde chambers brauely. | translation= {{ small | [Falstaff] asserts that he is potent using military imagery, by suggesting that after a man has engaged in sexual intercourse and ejaculated ("served bravely"), his penis ("pike") will become flaccid ("come halting off", "bent bravely"). [6] }} }}
28. * [en]
29. * [en]
***** Synonyms
- [the fish] [en]
- [the fish species _Esox lucius_] _see_ northern pike
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |come down the pike |Amur pike |blackspotted pike |fire pike
|garpike |half-pike |halfpike |hornpike |mackerel pike |morris-pike |northern
pike |pike and shot |pike pole |pike-devant |pike-perch |pikehead |pikelike
|pikeman |pikeminnow |pikeperch |pikestaff |pikey |push of pike |Scafell Pike
|sea pike |walleyed pike |boarding pike|daggertooth pike conger|pike
characin}}
***** Translations
[long spear]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[sharp point]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[fish of the genus _Esox_]
- Abenaki: [abe]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Buryat: [bua]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Chukchi: [ckt] , [ckt]
- Chuvash: [cv]
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Even: [eve]
- Evenki: [evn] , [evn]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Ket: [ket]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Komi-Zyrian: [kpv]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Low German: [nds]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Mansi:
- Mari:
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Montagnais: [moe]
- Naskapi: [nsk]
- Nogai: [nog]
- Northern Yukaghir: [ykg]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sami:
- Samogitian: [sgs]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shor: [cjs]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Tày: [tyz]
- Udmurt: [udm]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Unami: [unm]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- Yakut: [sah]
[trans-bottom]
[diving or gymnastics position]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- French: [fr]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To prod , attack , or injure someone with a pike .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] To assume a pike position .
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
9. [en] To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money .
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
12. * [en]
13. [en] _Often followed by_ [EN] _or_ [EN] : to quit or back out of a promise .
14. * [en]
15. * [en]
16. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
[trans-bottom]
[to assume a pike position]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
[trans-bottom]
[to bet or gamble with only small amounts of money]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
[trans-bottom]
[to quit or back out of a promise]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
[en]
Noun sense 2 (“gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller”) and verb sense 2 (“to
depart, travel, _especially_ to flee, run away”) may refer to someone
frequently using turnpikes, or may be derived from [en].<ref name="MED
piken"/>
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] [en] .
2. * [en]
3. [en] A gypsy , itinerant tramp , or traveller from any ethnic background ; a pikey .
4. * [en]
***** Translations
[turnpike]
[gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller] [trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To equip with a turnpike .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike ), _especially_ to flee , to run away .
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]
[2]. [entry=pī̆k(e]
[3]. [entry=pī̆k(e]
[4]. [R:Lexico]
[5]. [entry=pī̆ken]
[6]. [author=William Shakespeare] .
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Albanian
*** Verb
[sq]
1. [sq]
** Cypriot Arabic
[x-p-y]
*** Etymology
From [acy].
*** Noun
[g=m]
1. [acy] : weeping
*** References
- [page=164]
** Farefare
*** Verb
[gur]
1. to catch a person in an act
2. to discover
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology
From [nb], from [nb].
*** Noun
[nb-noun-c]
1. a girl
**** Usage notes
_Jente_ is the standard appellation for girl in Norwegian; _pike_ may also be
used, though it is seen as somewhat conservative or even humorous.
**** Synonyms
- [nb]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|nb |barnepike |blomsterpike |brudepike |flink pike |stuepike }}
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
- [R:NAOB]
[nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Pronunciation
- [nn] [nn-pronu-note]
*** Noun
[pike]
1. [nn]
** Tok Pisin
*** Noun
[tpi]
1. chewing gum
2. * [tpi]
**** Hyponyms
- [tpi]
** Woiwurrung
*** Noun
[wyi]
1. [Bulbine lily] , [Bulbine bulbosa]
*** References
- [en]
- {{ cite-book | en | author=R. Brough Smyth | authorlink=Robert Brough Smyth
|title=Basa Sunda: The Aborigines of Victoria |location=Melbourne
|publisher=John Ferres |year=1878 |volume=2 |page=171
|pageurl=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AThe_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_(IA_b24885228_0002).pdf&page=185}}
- {{ cite-web | accessdate=2025-06-09 | year= [CURRENTYEAR]
|author=Serene O'Halloran, Andrew Kuhlmann, Veronica Barnett and Rowena Flynn
|work=Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre |title=The Plants of Milarri Garden
|url=https://museumsvictoria.com.au/bunjilaka/about-us/the-plants-of-milarri-garden/}}