piasse
French, noun/pjas/
piasse is spelled P-I-A-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piasse is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of piastre ("dollar, buck")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dollar”.
What does piasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininealternative spelling of piastre ("dollar, buck")
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dollar.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of piasse
- piasses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piasse?
- /pjas/
- \pjas\
- [ʏn pjas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piasse in French?
piasse appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).