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)

1. pittance

Descendants

• → Spanish: pitanza

Further reading

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