pie

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /pɑɪ/ UK /paɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #2427

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1

noun
A baked dish made of pastry with a filling of fruit, meat, or vegetables inside.

We had apple pie and ice cream for dessert.
2

noun
A round chart divided into slices to show how a whole is split into parts.

The pie clearly showed how the company spent its budget.
3

noun
The whole amount of money or resources that is to be shared out.

Each department wants a bigger slice of the company's pie.

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Forms pies

Derived forms apple-piecap-a-piechristmaspiecowpiecustard-piecutie-piefrankenpiehalf-piehoneypiemaggoty-piepakepie-baking

Related forms pastiepasty

Etymology

From Hindi पाई (pāī, “low-denomination coin”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā, “foot, shoe”), from पाद (pāda, “foot, base, quarter”) + -इक (-ika, “-ic: forming adjectives”).

पाई hi पादिका Sanskrit

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# pie

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɑɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /paɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 2427

## Meanings
1. A baked dish made of pastry with a filling of fruit, meat, or vegetables inside.
2. A round chart divided into slices to show how a whole is split into parts.
3. The whole amount of money or resources that is to be shared out.

## Examples
- We had apple pie and ice cream for dessert.
- The pie clearly showed how the company spent its budget.
- Each department wants a bigger slice of the company's pie.

## Derived Forms
- apple-pie
- cap-a-pie
- christmaspie
- cowpie
- custard-pie
- cutie-pie
- frankenpie
- half-pie
- honeypie
- maggoty-pie
- pake
- pie-baking

## Related Forms
- pastie
- pasty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: पाई
- Root: पादिका

## Etymology
From Hindi पाई (pāī, “low-denomination coin”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā, “foot, shoe”), from पाद (pāda, “foot, base, quarter”) + -इक (-ika, “-ic: forming adjectives”).

## AI Etymology
Pie comes from Hindi पाई (pāī, “low-denomination coin”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā, “foot, shoe”), from पाद (pāda, “foot, base, quarter”) + -इक (-ika, “-ic: forming adjectives”). The historical chain includes पाई (hi), पादिका (Sanskrit). In present-day English it covers a baked dish made of pastry with a filling of fruit, meat, or vegetables inside, a round chart divided into slices to show how a whole is split into parts, and the whole amount of money or resources that is to be shared out. The wider family includes derived forms such as apple-pie, cap-a-pie, christmaspie, cowpie, custard-pie and related forms such as pastie, pasty.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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