pique

Other forms of pique

plural

piques·

past tense

piqued·

present participle

piquing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pique

What does pique mean?

pique means "tightly woven fabric with raised cords". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pique?

pique has 1 syllable: pique. In IPA it is /ˈpik/.

What is another word for pique?

Close synonyms include temper, irritation, offend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pique a common word?

pique is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pique?

2 words rhyme with pique. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.