Pierrot

pierrot Pièrrot English Etymology en fr Pierrot, diminutive of fr Pierre Peter via diminutive suffix fr -ot. Pronunciation en /pɪəˈɹəʊ/ /pjɛˈɹəʊ/ en əʊ 2 Proper noun s thumb|Pierrot and Harlequin (Paul Cézanne) thumb|Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon) A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume. en Pierrette en 1912 w:Constance Garnett w:Fyodor Dostoyevsky w:The Brothers Karamazov 1880 Book II, chapter 8 I'll win them by politeness, and... and... show them that I've nothing to do with that Aesop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have. en 1934 w:P. G. Wodehouse Right Ho, Jeeves And he was attending that fancy-dress ball, mark you--not, like every other well-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot, but as Mephistopheles "He said that the costume of Pierrot, while pleasing to the eye, lacked the authority of the Mephistopheles costume." en 2019 Karl Toepfer Pantomime 741 The rest of the family then invades the studio, three boys dressed as Pierrots and three girls dressed as Pierrettes. Translations buffoon Esperanto: eo Peĉjo French: fr Pierrot Italian: it Pedrolino Japanese: ja ピエロ Piero Portuguese: pt Pierrô m Russian: ru Пьеро́ m Anagrams en eioprrt preriot pretoir en Stock characters Theater French Etymology fr :af Pierre<t:Peter> -ot<pos:diminutive suffix> From fr Pierre Peter -ot diminutive suffix. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Pierrot.wav Proper noun m fr male Pierre Pierre, "Peter" a character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit Related terms fr Poirot Pierrette Pierre Descendants ja ピエロ piero y ko 피에로 y Anagrams fr portier fr Theater Norman Proper noun nrf proper noun m nrf male fr:Pierrot Related terms nrf Piérotin