ETYM as. pîpe, probably from Latin pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Related to Peep, Pibroch, Fife.
1. A hollow cylindrical shape; SYN. tube.
2. A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.; SYN. pipage, piping.
3. A tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco; SYN. tobacco pipe.
4. A tubular wind instrument; SYN. tabor pipe.
5. Unit of liquid capacity equal to two hogsheads.
Action de canaliser.
Canalisation.
1. Bouffarde. Fumer sa pipe.
2. Tuyau. Pipe d'aération.
3. (Familier) Cigarette.
1. Tube. Tuyau d'arrosage.
2. (Familier) Renseignement. Donner un tuyau boursier.
1. To play one a pipe.
2. To transport by pipeline; of oil, water, gas, etc.
3. To trim with piping, as of garments.
Acheminer.
1. Moduler.
2. Entonner. Chanter un air.
3. (Péjoratif) Raconter. Il nous chante des histoires.
1. A portion of memory that can be used by one process to pass information along to another. Essentially, a pipe works like its namesake: it connects two processes so that the output of one can be used as the input to the other. See also input stream, output stream.
2. The vertical line character (-) that appears on a PC keyboard as the shift character on the backslash (\) key.
3. In MS-DOS and UNIX, a command function that transfers the output of one command to the input of a second command.
In music, a small woodwind instrument popular in the 13th century. A whistle flute played only with the left hand, it freed the right hand to play the traditional accompanying drum, the tabor.
“Pipe” is also a generic term used to describe the hollow cylinder or cone of woodwind and brass instruments in which air vibrates to generate sound; or one of many tubes which make up some musical instruments, as in an organ pipe or panpipes.