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pier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio
• /pɪɹ/ (General-American)
• /piɾ/ (Scotland)
• pîr (General-American)
• /pɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
• /pɪː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /pɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pere (“bridge pillar, breakwater”), from either Anglo-Norman pere (“stone”, from Latin petra) or Old French *piere (Old Northern French pire, from either Late Latin *petricus or pēra "satchel"); compare Medieval Latin pira.

Meanings

1. A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
   • Your boat is docked at the pier.
2. A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
   • There is a gaming arcade on the pier.
   • Ryde Pier's claim to fame is being the world's oldest seaside pleasure pier, with construction starting in 1813. 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24:
   • A fresh breeze comes off the water and down the pier. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 234:
3. A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
   • The force of the explosion demolished one pair of piers and two spans of the bridge crashed down into the river on top of the barges. 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:
4. A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
5. A long corridor-like building with multiple gates extending from an airport terminal.
   • The new £216m pier will be used by all airlines currently operating out of T2, with more and more flights gradually moving over to the new pier once it becomes fully operational. 2019 April 2, “Manchester Airport opens new pier at Terminal 2”, in Airport Technology:

Forms

Coordinates

pile

Deriveds

end-of-the-pier · pier glass · piered · pier table · pierage · Brighton pier · pier runner · take a long walk off a short pier · gatepier · pierless · finger pier · pierhead · pierwise · rocking pier · end-of-pier · chain pier · pierlike · pierside · piermaster · you don't fish off the company pier · take a long walk on a short pier · abutment pier

Relateds

jetty · wharf · mole

Translations (163)

it pontile (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · lij meu (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · uk при́стань (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · es malecón (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · gl peirau (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · el αποβάθρα (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · cy pier (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · nl pier (similar structure used to provide entertainment) · es pilar (de puente) (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · fr ponton (structure used to accommodate ships) · el προβλήτα (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · bo སྐྱོར་རྩིག (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · bo རླབས་རགས (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ko 교각 (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · ru столб (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · nl pijler (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · sk mólo (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · de Seebrücke (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · nn bryggje (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · fi laituri (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · hy կառանացից (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · sv brygga (structure used to accommodate ships) · lt molas (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · de Brückenpfeiler (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · bg при́стан (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · sv pir (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · km តីរវិថី (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ja 柱 (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · wa pilé (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · kk пирс (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · nl pier (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · es embarcadero (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · gl peirao (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · pl molo (similar structure used to provide entertainment) · bg пристан (structure used to accommodate ships) · it pilastro (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · pt pilastra (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · sh pristanište (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · nb brygge (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · hy պիրս (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · uk бик (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · lt pirsas (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ru при́стань (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ru сва́я (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · be пры́стань (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · uk пірс (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ko 교각 (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · pl molo (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · pt píer (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · gd laimrig (structure used to accommodate ships) · fr jetée (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ko 부두 (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · eo piero (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ca moll (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · pt pilar (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · nn brygge (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · uz pristan (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · he מֵזַח (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · bn জেটি (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · fa اسکله (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · lo ທ່າ (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · bo ཟམ་པའི་རྐང་པ (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · ka ნავმისადგომი (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · uz pirs (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · de Bootssteg (structure used to accommodate ships) · de Steg (structure used to accommodate ships) · wa pilé (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · pl filar (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · nl pilaar (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · it pontile (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · az pirs (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · no brupilar (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · ga cé (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · wa pilasse (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · es pilar (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · fr pile (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · pl pomost (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · lv piestātne (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · fi laituri (similar structure used to provide entertainment) · pl pirs (structure used to accommodate ships) · hi घाट (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · tl piyer (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ru прича́л (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · mk при́стан (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · sv pelare (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · la mōlēs (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ja 橋脚 (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · bo ཟམ་པའི་ལྗིད་ལེན (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · nl pyloon (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · ast cai (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ota اسكله (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · az iskele (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · wa pilasse (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · de Anlegestelle (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ja 波止場 (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · tr iskele (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · fr jetée (similar structure used to provide entertainment) · yi מאָל (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · sv brygga (similar structure used to provide entertainment) · ru пирс (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · kk бағана (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · ka პირსი (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · cs molo (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ru бык (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · pt cais (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · fi pilari (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · pt trapiche (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · de Pfeiler (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · it imbarcadero (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ga piara (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · it molo (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · th ท่า (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ast muelle (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · my ဆိပ် (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · bg кей (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · nl zuil (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · fr pilier (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · ru просте́нок (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · eo piero (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · bo ཟམ་པའོ་ཀ་བ (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · wa djetêye (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · bg коло́на (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · sv brygga (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · is bryggja (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · cy pier (similar structure used to provide entertainment) · bg опора (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · et kai (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ky пирс (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · bg стълб (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · be пірс (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · mk мост (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · sv pir (structure used to accommodate ships) · de Kai (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · sh пристаниште (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ja 桟橋 (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · el μώλος (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · cs pilíř (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · nl pijler (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · fi laituri (structure used to accommodate ships) · ota ریختم (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · xal пирстн (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · da mole (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · nrf cauchie (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · lv mols (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ja 桟橋 (similar structure used to provide entertainment) · cmn 碼頭 /码头 (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ur گھاٹ (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · vi bến tàu (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · tg бандар (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · es muelle (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ru мол (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · tg искала (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ar رَصِيف (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ko 교각 (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · yi דאָק (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · gd laimrig (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · sv bropelare (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · hu móló (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · it pilastro (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) · uz iskala (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · ja 埠頭 (raised platform built from the shore out over water) · pl filar (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) · fi pilari (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge)