pipi

Forms

pipi n (uncountable)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French pipi.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} The French word is a nursery word formed by doubling the first syllable of pisser (“to piss”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is from Ion Vinea, which the DLR quotes: „Ai făcut pipi în pat az-noapte” “you wet the bed last night”.^[3][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. (familiar, childish) urine; pee: a face pipi “to pee”.^[2][4][6][1]

Usage notes

The stress may also fall on the last syllable, pipí.^[2][4] DEX 2009 gives the word a plural pipiuri, while DEX 1998 and the DLR treat it as a singular only and Volceanov's slang dictionary as invariable.^[2][7][4][6] Damé's dictionary of 1893–1895 has a verb a pipi “to feel, to grope” (French palper, tâter), which has nothing to do with this word.^[8]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 820
3. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 386
4. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. pipi
5. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria
6. ^ a b Volceanov, George (2007), Dicționar de argou al limbii române, București: Niculescu, p. s.v. pipi
7. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan” (1998), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, 2nd ed., București: Univers Enciclopedic, p. 795
8. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. pipi