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Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Origin of pipe
1before 1000; (noun) Middle English, Old English pīpe musical pipe, tube (cognate with Dutch pijp,Low German pīpe,German Pfeife,Old Norse pīpa) <Vulgar Latin *pīpa, derivative of Latin pīpāre to chirp, play a pipe; (v.) Middle English pipen; in part continuing Old English pīpian to play a pipe <Latin pīpāre; in part <Old French piper to make a shrill sound <Latin pīpāre (cf. peep2)
OTHER WORDS FROM pipe
pipeless, adjectivepipelike, adjectiveun·piped, adjectiveDefinition for pipe (2 of 2)
pipe2
[ pahyp ]
/ paɪp /
noun
a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
such a cask as a measure of liquid capacity, equal to 4 barrels, 2 hogsheads, or half a tun, and containing 126 wine gallons.
such a cask with its contents.
Origin of pipe
21350–1400; Middle English <Middle French, ultimately same as pipe1
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British Dictionary definitions for pipe (1 of 2)
pipe1
/ (paɪp) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of pipe
pipeless, adjectivepipy, adjectiveWord Origin for pipe
Old English pīpe (n), pīpian (vb), ultimately from Latin pīpāre to chirp
British Dictionary definitions for pipe (2 of 2)
pipe2
/ (paɪp) /
noun
a large cask for wine, oil, etc
a measure of capacity for wine equal to four barrels. 1 pipe is equal to 126 US gallons or 105 Brit gallons
a cask holding this quantity with its contents
Word Origin for pipe
C14: via Old French (in the sense: tube, tubular vessel), ultimately from Latin pīpāre to chirp; compare pipe 1
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Scientific definitions for pipe
pipe
[ pīp ]
A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.
See volcanic pipe.
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Idioms and Phrases with pipe
pipe
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