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Image:Whiterockpier-towardssea.jpg|thumb|right|White Rock Pier, British Colombia, Canada.
English
Pronunciation
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audio|en-us-pier.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ�(r)|-ɪ�(r)
Noun
en-noun
- a raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty
- a similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment
- Americannautical A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
- a structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge
- architecture a rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof
Translations
trans-top|raised platform built from the shore out over water
Danish: mole c
Dutch: #Dutch|pier m
French: jetée f
German: Pier m
Greek: μ�λο� (mólos) m, α�οβάθ�α (apovathra) f
Hebrew: he-translation|���|mézakh m
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Italian: pontile m, imbarcadero m
Portuguese: pÃer m
Russian: пÑ�иÑ�Ñ�анÑ� (prÃstanâ��) f, пиÑ�Ñ� (pirs) m
Swedish: brygga c
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trans-top|similar structure used to provide entertainment
Dutch: #Dutch|pier m
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French: jetée f
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trans-top|structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge
German: Brückenpfeiler m
Italian: pilastro m, pontile m
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Russian: �ва� (svája) f
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trans-top|rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof
French: pilier m
German: Pfeiler m
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Italian: pilastro m
Russian: ��олб (stolb) m, п�о��енок (prosténok) m
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ttbc|Chinese: 碼é , ç �头 (mÇ�tóu)
ttbc|Japanese: �� (sanbashi)
ttbc|Korean: �� (gyogak)
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ttbc|Polish: molo n
ttbc|Portuguese: cais m
ttbc|Spanish: embarcadero m, malecón
See also
jetty
mole
mid
wharf
Dutch
Noun
pier m (plural: pieren, diminutive: piertje)
- jetty
- worm, earthworm (in Flanders)
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