pitance

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pi.tɑ̃s/
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

pitance f (plural pitances)

pittance

Descendants

→ Spanish: pitanza

Further reading

“pitance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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