piece

piece

part; section; fragment; portion: a piece of cake; a musical or literary composition

Not to be confused with:

peace – quiet, calm, rapport, concord, truce; lack of hostility: a time of peace

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piece

 (pēs)

n.

1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string.

2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of pie.

3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture.

4. An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition: "They are lively and well-plotted pieces, both in prose" (Tucker Brooke).

5. An instance; a specimen: a piece of sheer folly.

6. What one has to say about something; an opinion: speak one's piece.

7. A coin: a ten-cent piece.

8. Games

a. One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.

b. Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.

9. Slang A firearm, especially a rifle.

10. Informal A given distance: "There was farm country down the road on the right a piece" (James Agee).

tr.v. pieced, piec·ing, piec·es

1. To mend by adding pieces or a piece to: piece a dress.

2. To join or unite the pieces of: He pieced together the vase. She pieced together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.

Idioms:

a piece of (one's) mind

Frank and severe criticism; censure.

of a piece

Belonging to the same class or kind.

piece by piece

In stages: took the clock apart piece by piece.

piece of ass Vulgar Slang

A person, especially a woman, considered sexually attractive.

piece of cake

Informal Something very easy to do.

piece of the action Slang

A share of an activity or of profits: "a piece of the action in a Florida land deal" (Shana Alexander).

piece of work

A remarkable person, achievement, or product: "He's a very tough piece of work" (Ted Koppel).

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[Middle English pece, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably of Celtic origin.]

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piece

(piːs)

n

1. an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit: a piece of wood.

2. a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated: a piece of bread.

3. (Commerce) a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc

4. an instance or occurrence: a piece of luck.

5. slang a girl or woman regarded as an object of sexual attraction: a nice piece.

6. an example or specimen of a style or type, such as an article of furniture: a beautiful piece of Dresden china.

7. informal an opinion or point of view: to state one's piece.

8. (Art Terms) a literary, musical, or artistic composition

9. (Currencies) a coin having a value as specified: fifty-pence piece.

10. (Games, other than specified) a small object, often individually shaped and designed, used in playing certain games, esp board games: chess pieces.

11. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)

a. a firearm or cannon

b. (in combination): fowling-piece.

12. (Chess & Draughts) any chessman other than a pawn

13. US and Canadian a short time or distance: down the road a piece.

14. (Cookery) dialect

a. a slice of bread or a sandwich

b. a packed lunch taken to work, school, etc

15. (Textiles) (usually plural) Austral and NZ fragments of fleece wool. See also oddment²

16. give someone a piece of one's mind informal to criticize or censure someone frankly or vehemently

17. go to pieces

a. (of a person) to lose control of oneself; have a breakdown

b. (of a building, organization, etc) to disintegrate

18. nasty piece of work informal Brit a cruel or mean person

19. of a piece of the same kind; alike

20. piece of cake informal something easily obtained or achieved

vb (tr)

21. (often foll by together) to fit or assemble piece by piece

22. (Knitting & Sewing) (often foll by up) to patch or make up (a garment) by adding pieces

23. (Textiles) textiles to join (broken threads) during spinning

[C13 pece, from Old French, of Gaulish origin; compare Breton pez piece, Welsh peth portion]

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piece

(pis)

n., v. pieced, piec•ing. n.

1. a limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land.

2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a piece of lumber.

3. a portion or quantity of a whole: a piece of pie.

4. a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece.

5. an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece.

6. an example of artistic creativity or workmanship, as a painting or a musical or literary composition.

7.

a. one of the figures, disks, or the like, used in playing a board game.

b. (in chess) a superior man, as distinguished from a pawn.

8. an individual thing of a particular class or set: a piece of furniture.

9. an example, specimen, or instance of something: a fine piece of work.

10. a part, fragment, or shred: to tear a letter into pieces.

11. one's opinion or thoughts on a subject.

12.

a. a soldier's rifle, pistol, etc.

b. a cannon or other unit of ordnance: field piece.

13. a coin: a five-cent piece.

14. Midland and Southern U.S. a distance: down the road a piece.

15. Also called piece′ of ass′. Vulgar Slang.

a. coitus.

b. Usually Offensive. a person considered as a partner in coitus.

v.t.

16. to mend by adding a piece or pieces; patch.

17. to complete or extend by an added piece or something additional (often fol. by out): to piece out a library with new books.

18. to make by or as if by joining pieces (often fol. by together): to piece together a musical program.

19. to join together, as pieces or parts.

20. to join as a piece or addition to something: to piece new wire into the cable.

21. to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, etc.

Idioms:

1. go to pieces,

a. to break into fragments.

b. to lose control of oneself; become emotionally or physically upset.

2. of a piece, of the same kind; harmonious; consistent. Also, of one piece.

3. piece of cake, Informal. something easily done.

4. piece of one's mind, a sharp rebuke or scolding.

5. piece of the action, Informal. a share of the profits.

[1175–1225; Middle English pece < Old French < Gaulish *pettia; akin to Breton pez piece, Welsh, Cornish peth thing]

piec′er, n.

usage: Definitions 21a and 21b are vulgar slang. Definition 21b is usually perceived as insulting.

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Piece

 a portion or quantity; a length.

Examples: piece of calico (ten yards); of muslin (twelve yards).

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

piece

Past participle: pieced
Gerund: piecing

Imperative

piece

piece

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric piece of leather - a separate part consisting of leather scrap - a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left" shard, sherd, fragment - a broken piece of a brittle artifact snip, snippet, snipping - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) spindle - a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
	2.	piece - an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"; item - a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"
	3.	piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" part thing - a separate and self-contained entity body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity corpus - the main part of an organ or other bodily structure acicula - a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" corner - a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners" craton - the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian cutting - a piece cut off from the main part of something fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" hunk, lump - a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" nub, stub - a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" segment - one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" slice - a thin flat piece cut off of some object strip - a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" world - a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
	4.	piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition morceau - a short literary or musical composition sheet music - a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner musical arrangement, arrangement - a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments realisation, realization - a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer coda, finale - the closing section of a musical composition intermezzo - a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera allegro - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner allegretto - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro andante - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow introit - a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services solo - a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment) duette, duo, duet - a musical composition for two performers trio - a musical composition for three performers quartette, quartet - a musical composition for four performers quintet, quintette - a musical composition for five performers sextet, sextette, sestet - a musical composition written for six performers septette, septet - a musical composition written for seven performers octette, octet - a musical composition written for eight performers bagatelle - a light piece of music for piano divertimento, serenade - a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form canon - a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts etude - a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity idyl, pastoral, pastorale, idyll - a musical composition that evokes rural life toccata - a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style fantasia - a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" largo - (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner larghetto - (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio suite - a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected symphonic poem, tone poem - an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales medley, pastiche, potpourri - a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources nocturne, notturno - a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly" song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" study - a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing" capriccio - an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation motet - an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century program music, programme music - musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events incidental music - music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes
	5.	piece - an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" bit case, instance, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
	6.	piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication morceau - a short literary or musical composition afterpiece - a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play fragment - an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" hiatus - a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
	7.	piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" firearm, small-arm autoloader, self-loader - a firearm that reloads itself firing pin - striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) lock - a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun muzzle loader - an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand repeating firearm, repeater - a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" riot gun - a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death scattergun, shotgun - firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges sights - an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument smoothbore - a firearm that has no rifling .22, twenty-two - a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)
	8.	piece - a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" slice helping, serving, portion - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" cutlet, escallop, scollop, scallop - thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled fish filet, fish fillet, filet, fillet - a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
	9.	piece - a distance; "it is down the road a piece" distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points
	10.	piece - a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece" art object, objet d'art virtu - objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques) work of art - art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit)
	11.	piece - a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" while, spell, patch time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" cold snap, cold spell - a spell of cold weather hot spell - a spell of hot weather snap - a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"
	12.	piece - a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue" slice share, percentage, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
	13.	piece - game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" man black - (board games) the darker pieces chequer, checker - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess game equipment - equipment or apparatus used in playing a game tile - game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. white - (board games) the lighter pieces
Verb	1.	piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" patch conjoin, join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" vamp, vamp up - piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech"
	2.	piece - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" assemble, put together, tack together, set up, tack bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" comfit, confection, confect - make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" mix up, jumble, confuse - assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" reassemble - assemble once again, after taking something apart configure - set up for a particular purpose; "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission" compound - create by mixing or combining rig up - erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure; "Can he rig up a P.A. system?"
	3.	piece - join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" splice - join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"
	4.	piece - eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" nibble, pick eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
	5.	piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" patch fix, furbish up, mend, repair, bushel, doctor, touch on, restore - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

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piece

noun

1. bit, section, slice, part, share, division, block, length, quantity, scrap, segment, portion, fragment, fraction, chunk, wedge, shred, slab, mouthful, morsel, wodge (Brit. informal) Another piece of cake? a piece of wood

2. component, part, section, bit, unit, segment, constituent, module The equipment was taken down the shaft in pieces.

3. stretch, area, spread, tract, expanse People struggle to get the best piece of land

4. instance, case, example, sample, specimen, occurrence a highly complex piece of legislation

5. item, report, story, bit (informal), study, production, review, article There was a piece about him on television.

6. composition, work, production, opus an orchestral piece

7. work of art, work, creation The cabinets display a wide variety of porcelain pieces.

8. share, cut (informal), slice, percentage, quantity, portion, quota, fraction, allotment, subdivision They got a small piece of the net profits.

give someone a piece of your mind tell someone off, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, lecture, carpet (informal), censure, scold, berate, chide, tear into (informal), read the riot act to, reprove, upbraid, take someone to task, tick someone off (informal), bawl someone out (informal), chew someone out (U.S. & Canad. informal), tear someone off a strip (Brit. informal), give someone a piece of your mind, haul someone over the coals (informal), give someone a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) I'd like to give that man a piece of my mind.

go or fall to pieces break down, fall apart, disintegrate, lose control, crumple, crack up (informal), have a breakdown, lose your head She went to pieces when her husband died.

in one piece

1. alive, safe, unscathed, unhurt, uninjured, safe and sound We were lucky to get out of there in one piece.

2. intact, whole, entire, untouched, unmarked, unbroken, unharmed, undamaged, unspoiled After the explosion, my house was still in one piece.

in pieces smashed, broken, shattered, damaged, ruined, bust (informal), disintegrated, in bits, in smithereens The bowl was lying in pieces on the floor.

of a piece (with) like, the same (as), similar (to), consistent (with), identical (to), analogous (to), of the same kind (as) These essays are of a piece with his earlier work. Thirties design and architecture was all of a piece.

piece something together

1. work out, understand, figure out, make out, see, suss out (slang), fathom out Frank was beginning to piece together what had happened.

2. mend, unite, join, fix, restore, repair, patch (together), assemble, compose Doctors painstakingly pieced together the broken bones.

take or tear or pull something or someone to pieces criticize, attack, pan (informal), condemn, slam (informal), flame (informal), rubbish (Brit. informal), savage, slate (Brit. informal), censure, maul, denigrate, pillory, slag off (Brit. informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), find fault with, lambaste, give a bad press to Every one of his decisions was pulled to pieces.

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piece

noun

1. One of the parts into which something is divided:

division, member, part, portion, section, segment, subdivision.

2. One's proper or expected function in a common effort:

part, role, share.

3. A part severed from a whole:

cut, portion, section, segment, slice.

4. A small portion of food:

bit, crumb, morsel, mouthful.

Informal: bite.

5. Something that is the result of creative effort:

composition, opus, production, work.

6. A usually brief detail of news or information:

bit, item, paragraph, squib, story.

7. Informal. An extent, measured or unmeasured, of linear space:

distance, length, space, stretch.

Informal: way.

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Translations

قِطْعَةقِطْعة او حَجر في لُعْبَة الشَّطْرَنْجقِطْعَةٌ موسيقيَّةٌ او كِتابيَّهقِطْعَهقِطْعَه نُقود

kuskámenmincečlánekfigura

stykkebrikdelindlægmønt

StückTeilFigurFleckGeschütz

κομμάτι

pedazopiezatrozobriznacacho

palaromuaseosa

morceaupartpiècepionbrique

komad

darabpénzdarabzenedarab

blaî; fréttastúfurbútur, sneiî, stykki, hlutipeningur, mynttaflmaîurverk, stykki; grein

pezzoporzionetozzoattaccareavere un tracollo

一つ

한 조각

fragmentumfrustummicapars

dalimisdaromas dalimisdaromas palaipsniuigabalėliaisį gabalus

daļadarbsfigūragabalskauliņš

stukstukje

stykkeet arkkunstverknovelle

kawałek

peçapedaço

кусокотрезокпьесафигуракус

kosprimerekskladbadeldelo

častdeokomadparče

bitnyp

ชิ้นส่วน

parçapultaşyapıtbir parça

miếng

块棋子篇部分钱币

piece

[piːs]

A. N

1. (= fragment) → trozo m, pedazo m
to come to pieces → hacerse pedazos, romperse
to fall to pieces → caerse a pedazos, romperse
my watch lay in pieces on the pavement → mi reloj quedó destrozado en la acera, mi reloj quedó en la acera hecho pedazos
his life lay in pieces → su vida estaba destrozada
a piece of sth a piece of bread → un trozo or un pedazo de pan
a piece of cake → una porción or un trozo de tarta
another piece of cake? → ¿quieres más tarta?
a piece of cheese/glass → un trozo de queso/cristal
a piece of paper → un trozo or una hoja de papel, un papel
a piece of string → un trozo de cuerda, un cabo
a piece of toast → una tostada
I've got a piece of grit in my eye → tengo una mota en el ojo
(all) in one piece the vase is still in one piece → el jarrón sigue intacto
we got back all in one piece → llegamos sanos y salvos
he had a nasty fall but he's still in one piece → sufrió una mala caída pero no le pasó nada
it is made (all) in one piece → está hecho de una sola pieza
to pick or pull sth to pieces [+ argument, theory] → echar por tierra algo
to smash (sth) to pieces the glass fell off the table and smashed to pieces → el vasó se cayó de la mesa y se hizo añicos
I smashed the vase to pieces → rompí el jarrón en mil pedazos, hice el jarrón añicos
the boat was smashed to pieces on the rocks → el barco se estrelló contra las rocas y se hizo añicos
to go to pieces [person] (= break down) → quedar deshecho, quedar hecho pedazos; (= lose one's grip) → desquiciarse
she went to pieces when Arnie died → quedó deshecha or hecha pedazos cuando Arnie murió
every time he's faced with a problem he goes to pieces → cada vez que se ve ante un problema se desquicia or el pánico se apodera de él
it's a piece of cake → es pan comido
to give sb a piece of one's mind → decir cuatro verdades a algn, cantar las cuarenta a algn
he got a piece of my mind → le dije cuatro verdades, le canté las cuarenta
to pick up the pieces they always leave me to pick up the pieces → siempre me toca sacarles las castañas del fuego, siempre dejan que sea yo el que pague los platos rotos
she never picked up the pieces after her fiancé died → nunca logró superar la muerte de su prometido, nunca rehizo realmente su vida después de la muerte de su prometido
see also action A4
see also nasty A4
see also thrill

2. (= part, member of a set) → pieza f
piece by piece → pieza por or a pieza
it comes to pieces → se desmonta, es desmontable
(all) of a piece Dostoyevsky's life and work are of a piece → la vida y las obras de Dostoyevsky son uno y lo mismo
Amy was putting the pieces together now → ahora Amy estaba juntando or atando los cabos
to take sth to pieces → desmontar or desarmar algo

3. (as suffix)
a four-piece band → un grupo de cuatro músicos
a three-piece suit → un traje con chaleco
a three-piece suite → un juego de sofá y dos butacas, un tresillo (Sp)
a fifteen-piece tea set → un juego de té de quince piezas

4. (= item)
a piece of advice → un consejo
to sell sth by the piece → vender algo suelto
a piece of clothing → una prenda (de vestir)
a piece of equipment → un aparato
a piece of evidence → una prueba
a piece of furniture → un mueble
a piece of information → un dato
a piece of legislation → una ley
you are allowed two pieces of luggage → se le permite llevar dos bultos
a piece of news → una noticia
your essay was a sloppy piece of work → tu redacción deja mucho que desear
see also history, land A2

5. (= instance)
it was a piece of luck → fue una suerte
what a piece of luck you called round → qué suerte que te hayas pasado por aquí

6. (= composition) (Press) → artículo m (Mus, Art, Theat) → pieza f
a piano piece → una pieza para piano
to say one's piece → decir uno lo que tiene que decir
see also museum, party C
see also period B

7. (Mil)
artillery pieces, pieces of artillery → piezas fpl de artillería

8. (in chess) → pieza f; (in draughts, backgammon) → ficha f

9. (= coin) → moneda f
a 10 pence piece → una moneda de 10 peniques
a piece of eight → un real de a ocho

10. (US) (= distance) his place is down the road a piece → su casa está un poco más allá bajando la calle

11. (o.f., offensive) (= woman) → tipa f, tía f (Sp)
a nice little piece → una tía buena (Sp) , una tipaza

B. CPD piece rate N (Comm) → tarifa f por pieza
they are on piece rates → les pagan por pieza or a destajo

piece together VT + ADV [+ jigsaw puzzle, events] → reconstruir; [+ plan, strategy] → concebir
she pieced together the torn-up letter → reconstruyó la carta que estaba hecha pedazos
we eventually pieced together what had happened → por fin logramos atar todos los cabos de lo que había pasado

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piece

[ˈpiːs]

n

(= bit) → morceau m
A small piece, please → Un petit morceau, s'il vous plaît.
piece by piece → morceau par morceau
to chop sth into pieces [+ meat, vegetables] → couper qch en morceaux
Chop the meat into small pieces → Coupez la viande en petits morceaux.
to be in pieces (= broken) → être en pièces
to tear sth into pieces [+ letter, paper] → déchirer qch en morceaux
to tear sb to pieces (= criticize severely) → étriller qn

(= slice) → morceau m
Would you like another piece of cake? → Voulez-vous un autre morceau de gâteau ?

[cloth, carpet] → morceau m

(= article) → article m
There was a piece about him in The Times → Il y avait un article sur lui dans le Times.

[music] → morceau m
a piece of music → un morceau, un morceau de musique

(= art work) → pièce f

(= part of whole) → pièce f
He assembled the rifle piece by piece → Il remonta le fusil pièce par pièce.
to be in pieces [thing] (= be dismantled) → être en pièces (= not yet assembled) → être en pièces détachées
His bicycle was lying in pieces in the garage → Les pièces de sa bicyclette jonchaient le garage.
to take sth to pieces (= dismantle) → démonter qch
He took the engine to pieces and reassembled it → Il a démonté le moteur et l'a remonté.

to pick up the pieces (= get back to normal) → recoller les morceaux

to go to pieces [person] (= lose control) → s'effondrer
to be in pieces [person] (= in a terrible state) → être effondré(e)
She was totally in pieces → Elle était totalement effondrée.

[land] → parcelle f

(= item) a piece of clothing → un vêtement
What essential piece of clothing would you take? → Quel vêtement indispensable emporteriez-vous ?
a piece of machinery → une machine
What's this piece of machinery for? → À quoi sert cette machine ? piece of furniture, piece of advice, piece of paper, piece of research

(= coin) (British) → pièce f
a 10p piece → une pièce de 10 pence

(for game) → pion m

[jigsaw] → pièce f
the pieces of the jigsaw (also fig) → les pièces du puzzle

(= intact) to be in one piece [object] (= not broken) → être en un seul morceau
still in one piece → encore en un seul morceau; [person] (= not injured) → être en un seul morceau
still in one piece → encore en un seul morceau
to get back all in one piece (person) → arriver en un seul morceau

to say one's piece → réciter son morceau

to give sb a piece of one's mind → dire ses quatre vérités à qn
How very thoughtless. I'll give him a piece of my mind → Quel manque de tact. Je vais lui dire ses quatre vérités.

to be all of a piece → être d'un seul tenant

a nasty piece of work (British) (= nasty person) → un sale individu

piece together

vt sep

[+ facts, events, actions] → reconstituer
She had not yet been able to piece together exactly what had happened → Elle n'avait pas encore pu reconstituer exactement ce qui s'était passé.
They've pieced together his movements for the last few days before his death → Ils ont reconstitué ses faits et gestes pendant les quelques jours qui ont précédé sa mort.

[+ fragments, elements] → reconstituer

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piece

n

→ Stück nt; (= part, member of a set) → Teil nt; (= component part) → Einzelteil nt; (= fragment: of glass, pottery etc) → Scherbe f; (in draughts etc) → Stein m; (in chess) → Figur f; (Press: = article) → Artikel m; (Mil) → Geschütz nt; (= firearm) → Waffe f; (= coin) → Münze f; a 50p piece → ein 50-Pence-Stück, eine 50-Pence-Münze; a piece of cake/land/paper → ein Stück nt → Kuchen/Land/Papier; a piece of furniture/luggage/clothing → ein Möbel-/Gepäck-/Kleidungsstück nt; a seven-piece band → eine siebenköpfige Band; a 30-piece dinner service → ein dreißigteiliges Speiseservice; a piece of news → eine Nachricht; a piece of information → eine Information; a piece of advice → ein Rat m; a piece of luck → ein Glücksfall m; by a piece of good luck → glücklicherweise; a piece of nonsense → Unsinn m; a piece of work → eine Arbeit; piece by piece → Stück für Stück; to be sold by the piece → stückweise verkauft werden; to take something to pieces → etw in seine Einzelteile zerlegen; to come to pieces (collapsible furniture etc) → sich auseinandernehmen or zerlegen lassen; to come or fall to pieces (broken chair, old book etc) → auseinanderfallen; (glass, pottery) → zerbrechen; to be in pieces (= taken apart) → (in Einzelteile) zerlegt sein; (= broken: vase etc) → in Scherben sein, zerbrochen sein; to smash something to pieces → etw kaputt schlagen; he tore the letter (in)to pieces → er zerriss den Brief (in Stücke or Fetzen); he tore me to pieces during the debate → er zerriss mich förmlich während der Debatte; to put together the pieces of a mystery → die einzelnen Teile eines Rätsels zusammenfügen; he said his piece very nicely (poem etc) → er hat das sehr nett vorgetragen; to recite a piece → etwas aufsagen; a piano piece → ein Klavierstück nt; down the road a piece (US inf) → ein Stückchen die Straße runter (inf) ? bit² N a

(phrases) to go to pieces (= crack up) → durchdrehen (inf); (= lose grip) → die Kontrolle verlieren; (sportsman, team) → abbauen (inf); he’s going to pieces → mit ihm gehts bergab; his confidence is shot to pieces (inf) → sein Selbstvertrauen ist am Boden or völlig zerstört; all in one piece (= intact) → heil, unversehrt; are you still in one piece after your trip? → hast du deine Reise heil überstanden?; it’s all of a piece with his usual behaviour → so benimmt er sich immer; his behaviour is all of a piece → sein Verhalten ist konsequent; to give somebody a piece of one’s mind → jdm gehörig or ordentlich die Meinung sagen; he got a piece of my mind → ich habe ihm meine Meinung gesagt, ich habe ihm Bescheid gestoßen (inf); to say one’s piece → seine Meinung sagen

(inf: = woman) → Tussi f (sl)

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piece

:

piece goods

pl (Sew) → Meterware f, → Schnittware f

piecemeal

adv → Stück für Stück, stückweise; (= haphazardly) → kunterbunt durcheinander

adj → stückweise; (= haphazard) → wenig systematisch; in piece fashion → auf unsystematische Weise

piece rate

n → Akkordlohnsatz m

piece to camera

n (TV) → Szene f → direkt in die Kamera; to do a piece → in die Kamera sprechen

piece wages

pl → Akkordlohn m, → Stücklohn m

piecework

n → Akkordarbeit f; to be on piece → im Akkord arbeiten

pieceworker

n → Akkordarbeiter(in) m(f)

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piece

[piːs] n

a. (gen, also) (Chess) → pezzo; (smaller) → pezzetto; (of land) → appezzamento; (fragment) → frammento (Draughts) → pedina; (item) a piece of furniture/clothing/advice → un mobile/indumento/consiglio
a piece of news/poetry → una notizia/poesia
a piece of luck → un colpo di fortuna
a 10p piece (Brit) → una moneta da 10 pence
a six-piece band → un complesso di sei strumentisti
a 21-piece tea set → un servizio da tè per 6 persone
a piano piece → un pezzo or componimento per piano
it is made all in one piece → è fatto in un pezzo solo
in one piece (object) → intatto/a
to get back all in one piece (person) → tornare a casa incolume or sano/a e salvo/a
piece by piece → poco alla volta
to be in pieces (taken apart) → essere smontato/a (broken) → essere a pezzi
to take sth to pieces → smontare qc
to come or fall to pieces → sfasciarsi
to smash sth to pieces → mandare in frantumi or in mille pezzi qc
to go to pieces (fig) → crollare
to say one's piece → dire la propria
to give sb a piece of one's mind → dire a qn il fatto suo

b. (fam) she was a flighty piece → era una donna volubile

piece together vt + adv (also) (fig) → ricostruire

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piece

(piːs) noun

1. a part of anything. a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately). stuk قِطْعَه парче pedaço kus das Stück stykke; del κομμάτιtrozo, pedazo tükk تکه pala morceauחתיכה टुकडा़ komadić darab sepotong bútur, sneið, stykki, hluti pezzo 一片 조각, 파편 dalis, gabalas, sklypas gabals; daļa sepotong; bahagian demi bahagian stukstykkekawałek, fragment ټوټه pedaço bucată кусок; часть kus kos parče stycke, bit ชิ้นส่วน parça 部分，塊 шматок, кусок ٹکڑا mẩu/ miếng 部分，块

2. a single thing or example of something. a piece of paper; a piece of news. brokkie قِطْعَه، شَيءٌ واحِدٌ مِن откъслек um papel/uma notícia, etc. kus; jeden das Stück stykke; nyhed κομμάτιpedazo; una tükk یک kappale morceau; fragmentפריט कोई एक एकल चीज या उदाहरण dio darab satu blað; fréttastúfur pezzo 一個 한 개 lapas, vienetas, pavyzdys (papīra) lapa; ziņa sehelai; sepotong stuket ark; en nyhet, osv. kawałek یو um papel/uma notícia, etc. bucată; frag­ment отдельный предмет kus; jeden kos; primerek komad stycke, bit, lapp ชิ้น parça, biraz, bir parça 個別事例 окремий предмет, витвір ايک چيز mẩu 个别事例

3. a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc. He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper. stuk, artikel قِطْعَةٌ موسيقيَّةٌ او كِتابيَّه произведение composição kus; článek das Stück stykke; indlæg; artikel μουσικό κομμάτιpieza lugu قطعه tuotos pièce; articleקטע संगीत रचना glazbeni komad (zene)darab; írás sebuah verk, stykki; grein pezzo, articolo 作品 한 편의(시, 글, 각본) kūrinys, straipsnis (literārs, mākslas u.tml.) darbs karya stukstykke; artikkel; novelle; kunstverkkawałek, utwór قطعه،ادب او هنر composição piesă; articol произведение; статья dielo; článok delo komad stycke, verk บทประพันธ์เพลง parça, yapıt, eser 篇 літературний, музичний твір چھوٹا مضمون، کہاني، شعر bản nhạc 篇

4. a coin of a particular value. a five-pence piece. stuk, munt قِطْعَه نُقود монета moeda mince das Stück mønt κέρμαmoneda münt سکه kolikko pièceמטבע किसी विशेष मूल्य का सिक्का komad (kovanog novca) pénz(darab) sekeping peningur, mynt moneta 硬貨 주화 moneta monēta syiling stukmynt, pengestykkemoneta سکه moeda monedă монета minca kovanec novčić mynt เหรียญกษาปณ์ madenî para 錢幣 монета کوئي سکہ một đồng 钱币

5. in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game. stuk قِطْعة او حَجر في لُعْبَة الشَّطْرَنْج фигура peça figurka, kámen die Spielfigur brik πιόνιpieza malend, kabenupp مهره pelinappula pionכלי मोहरा figura (šah) (sakk)figura buah catur, dll taflmaður pedina こま 말 figūra, šaškė (spēles) figūra; kauliņš buah stukbrikkefigura, pionek مهره peça piesă шашка, фишка, фигура figúrka, kameň figura figura pjäs ตัวหมากรุก taş, pul 棋子 фігура شطرنج کا مہرہ quân cờ 棋子

ˌpieceˈmeal adverb

a little bit at a time; not as a whole. He did the work piecemeal. stuk vir stuk على أجْزاء مُتَفَرِّقَه на части aos bocados po kouskách stückweise stykvist κομματιαστά poco a poco tükkhaaval تکه تکه vähitellen par bouts בַּחֲלָקִים टुकड़े में komad po komad darabonként sedikit demi sedikit smám saman (un po' alla volta) 少しずつ 하나씩 dalimis, palaipsniui pakāpeniski; pa daļām sedikit demi sedikit stuksgewijsbit for bit, stykkevis po kawałku ټوټه ټوټه، ټوك ټوك aos bocados treptat постепенно; по частям po kúskoch po kosih malo po malo stycke för stycke, bit för bit ทีละน้อย parça parça, azar azar 一件一件地 поступово, частинами تھوڑا تھوڑا کر کے dần dần 一件一件地

adjective

done etc in this way. He has a rather piecemeal way of working. stuk-vir-stuk-wyse مُجَزَّءا، عَلى أجْزاء неорганизиран fragmentado postupný stückweise usammenhængende τμηματικός, αποσπασματικός poco sistemático tükatine تدریجی asteittainen décousu, sans méthode נַעֲשָׂה בַּחֲלָקִים थोडा़-थोडा़ करके komad po komad alkalmi, töredékes sedikit demi sedikit sundurlaus; ómarkviss frammentario 断続的な 한번에 조금씩 하는 daromas dalimis/palaipsniui pakāpenisks; veikts pa daļām sedikit demi sedikit bij stukjes en beetjes oppstykket fragmentaryczny تدریجی fragmentado împrăş­tiat, fără me­todă постепенный postupný nepovezan u fazama gradvis ซึ่งทำทีละชิ้น parça parça yapılan 零碎的 зроблений частинами تھوڑا تھوڑا کرنا làm dần dần 零碎的

go (all) to pieces

(of a person) to collapse physically or nervously. She went to pieces when her husband died. huil, ineenstort يَنْهار، يَتَكَسَّر، يَتَقَطَّع разпадам се ficar destroçado zhroutit se zusammenbrechen bryde sammen καταρρέω, γίνομαι κομμάτια derrumbarse, venirse abajo kokku varisema خرد شدن mennä kappaleiksi s'effondrer לְהִתמוֹטֵט मानसिक रूप से ढह जाना razbiti na komadiće összeomlik hancur, ambruk brotna niður andare in pezzi, crollare ばらばらになる 좌절하다 palūžti sabrukt; dabūt nervu sabrukumu tdk dapat menjalani hidup spt biasa kapot gaan, instortengå i stykker; bryte sammen załamywać się تیت شول ficar destroçado a se prăbuşi сломаться zrútiť sa zlomiti se raspasti se bryta samman, bli alldeles uppriven ควบคุมตัวเองไม่ได้ çökmek, kendini kaybetmek 身體(或精神上)垮下來，崩潰 зламатися اعصابي طور پر ٹوٹ جانا suy sụp 身体（或精神上）垮下来，崩溃

in pieces

1. with its various parts not joined together. The bed is delivered in pieces and the customer has to put it together himself. uitmekaar قِطْعَةً قِطْعَه، أجزاءً на части em partes rozložený in Stücken usamlet ασυναρμολόγητος desmontado tükkidena به صورت قطعات مجزا kappaleina en pièces détachées בַּחֲלָקִים टुकड़े u komadima darabokban belum dirakit ósamsettur, í stykkjum smontato ばらばらで 분리되어 dalimis, nesudėtas izjauktā veidā; pa detaļām/sastāvdaļām belum tepasang in stukken i deler/biter, i flat pakke w częściach د ټوټه ټوټه په دوله em partes în/fă­cut bucăţi в разобранном состоянии rozložený v kosih u delovima i delar เป็นชิ้น ๆ parça parça, parçalar hâlinde 散件 частинами ٹکڑوں ميں từng bộ phận 散件

2. broken. The vase was lying in pieces on the floor. stukkend مٌكَسَّر счупен em cacos ve střepech kaputt i stumper og stykker σπασμένος, θρυμματισμένος hecho pedazos/trizas/añicos purunenud خرد شده rikkoutunut en (mille) morceaux רְסִיסִים टूटा razbijen na komade összetörve berkeping-keping brotinn in pezzi ばらばらになって 부서져 gabalėliais, sudužęs gabalos; saplīsis; druskās berkecai aan stukken i stykker w kawałkach, rozbity خراپ شوى em cacos spart (în bucăţi) разбитый на куски rozbitý razbit u delovima i bitar, i stycken, trasig แตกเป็นชิ้น kırılmış, parça parça olmuş 碎片 розбитий на куски ٹوٹا ہوا vỡ tan từng mảnh 碎片

piece together

to put (the pieces of something) together. They tried to piece together the fragments of the broken vase. inmekaarsit يَجْمَع القِطَع إلى بَعْضِها събирам juntar složit, sestavit zusammensetzen samle συναρμολογώreconstruir, recomponer kokku panema کنار هم قرار دادن koota rassembler לְחַבֵּר जोड़-जोड़कर पूरा करना skrpiti, pokrpati összeállít menyatukan kembali setja saman mettere insieme つなぎ合わせる 접합하다 sudėti salabot; salikt no gabaliem mencantumkan in elkaar passen lappe/sette sammen składać سره یو ځای juntar a aduna laolaltă соединять zložiť sestaviti sastaviti delove sätta ihop bit för bit ปะติดปะต่อกัน parçalarını birleştirmek 拼合 з'єднувати ٹکڑوں کو ملا کر جوڑنا gắn lại 拼合

to pieces

into separate, usually small pieces, or into the various parts from which (something) is made. It was so old, it fell to pieces when I touched it. uitmekaar إرباً إرَباً на части aos pedaços na kusy in Stücke (falde) fra hinanden κομματιασμένος, θρυμματισμένος en pedazos tükkideks تکه تکه؛ بصورت قطعه قطعه kappaleiksi en morceaux לְחֲתִיכוֹת अलग-अलग टुकड़े में sastaviti darabokra hancur berantakan í sundur in pezzi こなごなになる 산산조각으로 į gabalus izjukt druskās/gabalos berkecai uit elkaar, aan stukken i stykker, fra hverandre na kawałki ټوك ټوك aos pedaços în bucăţi вдребезги; на части na kusy na kosce u komade i bitar แตกออก (küçük) parçalara 成為碎片 на шматки ٹکڑے ٹکڑے vỡ ra từng mảnh 成为碎片

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piece

→ قِطْعَة kus stykke Stück κομμάτι pedazo pala morceau komad pezzo 一つ 한 조각 stukje stykke kawałek pedaço кусок bit ชิ้นส่วน parça miếng 块

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piece

n. pieza, pedazo, parte.

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