Search references for PIERRE JOLIOT. Phrases containing PIERRE JOLIOT
See searches and references containing PIERRE JOLIOT!PIERRE JOLIOT
French biochemist
Pierre Adrien Joliot-Curie (born 12 March 1932) is a French biologist and researcher for the French National Centre for Scientific Research, specialising
Pierre_Joliot
French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
Research under the Popular Front in 1936. Both children of the Joliot-Curies, Hélène and Pierre, are also scientists. In 1945, she was one of the six commissioners
Irène_Joliot-Curie
French physicist (born 1927)
and Pierre Curie and the daughter of Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, all four of whom have received Nobel Prizes, in Physics (Pierre and
Hélène_Langevin-Joliot
French chemist and physicist (1900–1958)
Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (French: [fʁedeʁik ʒɔljo kyʁi]; né Joliot; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French chemist and physicist who received the
Frédéric_Joliot-Curie
French family
Skłodowska-Curie, her French husband Pierre Curie, their daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, and son-in-law, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, are its most prominent members
Curie_family
French physicist and chemist (1859–1906)
[Pierre Curie to Maria Skłodowska] The Curies had a happy marriage. Pierre and Marie Curie's daughter, Irène, and their son-in-law, Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Pierre_Curie
Surname list
of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie Pierre Joliot (born 1932), French biologist and researcher for the CNRS Joliot (crater), large lunar impact
Joliot
French–American journalist and pianist (1904–2007)
of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. Her sister was Irène Joliot-Curie and her brother-in-law was Frédéric Joliot-Curie. She worked as a journalist
Ève_Curie
Approximation of physical behavior
first appeared in physics (statistical mechanics) in the work of Pierre Curie and Pierre Weiss to describe phase transitions. MFT has been used in the Bragg–Williams
Mean-field_theory
British physicist (1891–1974)
during fission, then a chain reaction was possible. French scientists Pierre Joliot, Hans von Halban, and Lew Kowarski soon verified that more than one
James_Chadwick
Curie's symmetry principle, is a maxim about cause and effect formulated by Pierre Curie in 1894: the symmetries of the causes are to be found in the effects
Curie's_principle
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
Nobel Prize winners, including her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie and her son-in-law, Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Eventually, it became one of the world's four
Marie_Curie
French physicist (1855–1941)
mineralogy at the University of Montpellier. Along with his younger brother, Pierre Curie, he studied pyroelectricity in the 1880s, leading to their discovery
Jacques_Curie
Hospital in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
families Ève Curie (daughter) Irène Joliot-Curie (daughter) Hélène Langevin-Joliot (granddaughter) Pierre Joliot (grandson) Władysław Skłodowski (Marie's
Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Maria_Skłodowska-Curie_National_Research_Institute_of_Oncology
Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
and named by them for the noted French family of physicists and chemists: Pierre Curie and Marie Curie. List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands "Curie
Curie_Island
French scientific research award
Martin – Archaeology 1982 Pierre Joliot – Biochemistry 1983 Evry Schatzman – Astrophysics 1984 Jean Brossel – Physics, and Jean-Pierre Vernant – History 1985
CNRS_Gold_Medal
Topics referred to by the same term
Prize winner, Pierre's wife Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), French physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Pierre and Marie's daughter Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958)
Curie
First protein complex in light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis
reaction of oxygen evolving complex (OEC) within one PSII was provided by Pierre Joliot et al. They have shown that, if dark-adapted photosynthetic material
Photosystem_II
Organisation 2000 Hailing Jin University of California, Riverside 2025 Pierre Joliot French National Centre for Scientific Research 1979 Monty Patrick Jones
List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (plant biology)
List_of_members_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences_(plant_biology)
French actor (1950–2024)
theatre profession and the scientific community, including Pierre Joliot, Georges Charpak, and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, the performance began to achieve moderate
Jean-Noël_Fenwick
his service in France during World War II. Chevalier (06 June 2017) Pierre Joliot Régis Jolivet 1891 – 1966 Quincy Jones Recognised for his artistic and
List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (J)
List_of_Légion_d'honneur_recipients_by_name_(J)
French biologist (1936–2022)
was director until 2001. Then in 1992, still at the ENS, he succeeded Pierre Joliot as head of the Biology Department (until 1999). In 1992 he won the Richard
Philippe_Ascher
2019 film by Marjane Satrapi
amputation is needed for wounded soldiers. Irene begins dating Frédéric Joliot, and Marie initially disapproves of that relationship because of their joint
Radioactive_(film)
employed by the Collège de France as part of a team headed by Frédéric Joliot. Joliot, convinced of the future importance of civilian and military applications
History of France's military nuclear program
History_of_France's_military_nuclear_program
French family with some prominent scientists
Langevin x Roger Dajoz Michel Langevin [fr] x Hélène Langevin-Joliot, daughter of Frédéric Joliot and Irène Curie Madeleine Langevin x Albert Varloteau [fr]
Langevin_family
Nobel Prize in Chemistry and their daughter Irène and her husband Frédéric Joliot-Curie won together the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935. List of second-generation
List of second-generation physicists
List_of_second-generation_physicists
French physicist (born 1971)
French physicist who specializes in optics. In 2003, she received an Irène Joliot-Curie Prize. Thomasset earned her master's degree in optics and photonics
Muriel_Thomasset
Process to make stable elements radioactive
which would lead to the Joliot-Curies' 1935 Nobel Prize. In 1935, Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie (n.r.—daughter of scientists Pierre Curie and Marie Curie)
Induced_radioactivity
Museum in Paris, France
and Frédéric Joliot-Curie discovered artificial radioactivity, for which they received the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Irène Joliot-Curie died in
Musée_Curie
French scientific research center
trained. Maria Skłodowska-Curie Claudius Regaud Irène Joliot-Curie Frédéric Joliot-Curie Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Marguerite Perey Jeanne Ferrier Ștefania
Curie_Institute_(Paris)
French physicist (1872–1946)
London. 1947. (Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Albert Victor Alexander, Henry Tizard, Harold Spencer Jones, George Paget Thomson, Pierre Biquard [fr], John Desmond
Paul_Langevin
Romanian physicist (1882–1944)
She made proposals that later lead to Irène Joliot-Curie's Nobel Prize. Mărăcineanu believed that Joliot-Curie had taken her work on induced radioactivity
Ștefania_Mărăcineanu
French biologist born on 5 May 1953 (born 1953)
he joined Pierre Joliot's laboratory in 1975. From 1998 to 2018, he will head this laboratory, which has become a joint CNRS-Université-Pierre et Marie
Francis-André_Wollman
French award in physics
The prix Joliot-Curie was established by the Société Française de Physique on 17 December 1956 as a prize to recognise the work of an individual in the
Prix_Joliot-Curie
French physical chemist
matter. In 2007, she won the Young Female Scientist Award of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize. Mendil-Jakani earned a scientific baccalaureate with honors
Hakima_Mendil-Jakani
Italian award for physicists, named after Carlo Matteucci
Heisenberg 1930 Arthur Compton 1931 Franco Rasetti 1932 Frédéric Joliot-Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie 1956 Wolfgang Pauli 1975 Bruno Touschek 1978 Abdus Salam
Matteucci_Medal
French chemist (born 1962)
processes that are more respectful of the environment. She received the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in 2014 in the category "Female Scientist of the Year." Olivier-Bourbigou
Hélène_Olivier-Bourbigou
French governmental ministry
name Sub-secretariat for Scientific Research, first entrusted to Irène Joliot-Curie and then to Jean Perrin within the Socialist Front Populaire government
Ministry of Higher Education and Research (France)
Ministry_of_Higher_Education_and_Research_(France)
Training and research unit of the Paris-Saclay University located in Orsay, France
Paris was transferred to Orsay in 1956 at the request of Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. The rapid increase of students led to the independence
Paris-Saclay Faculty of Sciences
Paris-Saclay_Faculty_of_Sciences
French neuroscience researcher
the Ecole Normale Supérieure Institute of Biology. She received the Irène Joliot-Curie "Young Female Scientist of the Year" award in 2021 for her work. Charrier
Cécile_Charrier
French experimental particle physicist
international symposium on subnuclear physics held in Vatican City. 1973 Prix Joliot-Curie 1986 Member of the French Academy of Sciences 1987 Grand Prix de l’Académie
Pierre_Darriulat
French government energy research site
Paris site Évry site (Genoscope) Orsay site (Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, SHFJ) Caen site (GANIL and CIMAP [fr]) On 10 October 1945, Charles de Gaulle
CEA_Paris-Saclay
Public university in Paris, France
theoretical physics at the Faculté des Sciences at the Sorbonne. "Frédéric Joliot – Biographical". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 26 July 2026. He obtained his
Sorbonne_University
French, German, and Israeli researcher in quantum computing
September 2018. In 2006, Kempe won the bronze medal of CNRS and the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize of the French government. In 2009 she won the Krill Prize of
Julia_Kempe
French physicist (1901–1992)
worked at the Collège de France on the fission of uranium. With Frédéric Joliot and his group, he established in 1939 the possibility of nuclear chain reactions
Francis_Perrin_(physicist)
French science and engineering school
Lauth Albin Haller Paul Schützenberger Charles Friedel Frédéric Joliot-Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie Justus von Liebig Second Industrial Revolution Organic
History_of_ESPCI_Paris
Secondary school in France
from lycée Lakanal, such as Jean Giraudoux, Alain-Fournier and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. The school includes a science building, a large park, a track, and
Lycée_Lakanal
French philosopher and writer Frédéric Joliot (1900–1958), French physicist and Nobel laureate Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), Nobel Prize–winning French
List of University of Paris people
List_of_University_of_Paris_people
French CEO of ACRI-ST
the Earth's environment. Fanton d’Andon was the recipient of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in the category "Women, Research and Enterprise" in 2021 for
Odile_Hembise_Fanton_d'Andon
French historian, research director
des inscriptions et belles-lettres. In 2016, she was awarded the Irène-Joliot-Curie Prize for Woman Scientist of the Year. Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet
Françoise_Briquel-Chatonnet
French physicist
where he saw Joliot-Curie for the first time since leaving France. Although he maintained that he did not divulge any nuclear secrets to Joliot-Curie, General
Hans_von_Halban
French political organization
(historian, author of the famous school-manual Malet-Isaac). Frédéric Joliot-Curie Irène Joliot-Curie Éllie Faure Paul Nizan André Malraux René Maublanc Jean
Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes
Comité_de_vigilance_des_intellectuels_antifascistes
French biophysicist and businesswoman
first digital scanner in nuclear medicine. She then joined the Frédéric-Joliot hospital department of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy
Françoise_Soussaline
Janet (1823–1899), philosopher Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), physicist, Nobel Prize winner 1935 Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958), physicist, Nobel Prize
List_of_French_scientists
Argentine condensed matter physicist
won the Marie Curie award of the European Commission. She won the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize for female scientist of the year in 2015. In 2024 she was elected
Leticia_Cugliandolo
French chemical engineer and metallurgist
Matériel Téléphonique in Paris. He later worked in the lab of Frédéric Joliot-Curie and during World War II for the navy. In 1929 he discovered, by reversing
Pierre_Armand_Jacquet
Former university in Paris, France
Paris was transferred to Orsay in 1956 at the request of Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. The rapid increase of students led to the independence
Paris-Sud_University
Commune in Île-de-France, France
Schools in Orly: Preschools (écoles maternelles): Cité Jardins, Jean Moulin, Joliot-Curie, Marcel Cachin, Noyer-Grenot, Paul Éluard, Romain Rolland Elementary
Orly
1950 initiative to promote nuclear disarmament
French physicist, communist and 1935 Nobel laureate in Chemistry Frédéric Joliot-Curie. About two weeks after the start of the Korean War, the initiative's
Stockholm_Appeal
French mathematician (born 1975)
limit." Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 166 (2003), no. 1, 47–80. 2011 : Irène Joliot-Curie Prize of the "Young Scientist Woman" 2013 : Elected to the French
Laure_Saint-Raymond
World War II French Resistance movement
leadership, the FN resistance movement counted such figures as Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Pierre Villon, Henri Wallon, Laurent Casanova, François Mauriac, and Louis
National Front (French Resistance)
National_Front_(French_Resistance)
by these findings, Irène Curie, the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, and her husband Frédéric Joliot, embarked on a mission to comprehend the radiation's
History of France's civil nuclear program
History_of_France's_civil_nuclear_program
Senior high school in France
Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant is a senior high school/sixth-form college in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. The school serves
Lycée_Jean_Pierre_Vernant
Higher education and research establishment in Paris, France
Auguste Ernest Havet Barthélemy d'Herbelot Françoise Héritier Frédéric Joliot Alfred Jost Stanislas Julien René Labat Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye
Collège_de_France
1966 war film by René Clément
Debu-Bridel Michel Etcheverry as Prefet Charles Luizet Sacha Pitoëff as Frédéric Joliot-Curie Simone Signoret as a Cafe Proprietress Paul Crauchet as a Curé Roger
Is_Paris_Burning?_(film)
Astronomical observatory in Nicaragua
by 50 to 800 times. The first floor is a chemistry lab named for Irene Joliot-Curie. The second floor, dedicated to the study of physics, is named for
Neil_Armstrong_Observatory
Coordinating body for nuclear and particle physics in France
Institute of Physics of the two Infinities Irène Joliot-Curie (Institut de physique des deux infinis Irène Joliot-Curie, IJCLab) at the Paris-Saclay University
Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules
Institut_national_de_physique_nucléaire_et_de_physique_des_particules
French historian of religion (born 1972)
Rome's later Christianization. Prix Sophie-Barluet (2017) Prix Pierre-Lafue (2017) Irène Joliot-Curie Prize (2008) CNRS bronze medalist (2007) Berthelot, Katell
Katell_Berthelot
Association of academic institutions in Paris, France
Sorbonne University. After the fusion between Paris-Sorbonne University and Pierre and Marie Curie University under the name Sorbonne University (French: Sorbonne
Sorbonne_University_Alliance
Public research university based in Paris, France
Nobel in Physics 1991: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes – Professor, CEA, Paris-Sud University (LPS) – Nobel in Physics 1935: Frédéric Joliot-Curie – Founder of the
Paris-Saclay_University
Senegalese computer scientist (1956–2008)
immediately after the availability of the World Wide Web. Winner of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, she was the first African woman to enroll in the celebrated
Rose_Dieng-Kuntz
Allied scientific intelligence operation during World War II
S. Third Army. On 11 August they reached the homes of Joliot-Curie, Francis Perrin, and Pierre Auger in the L'Arcouest area. Pash and Beatson got there
Alsos_Mission
German chemist (1868–1934)
1932: Irving Langmuir 1933 1934: Harold Urey 1935: Frédéric Joliot-Curie / Irène Joliot-Curie 1936: Peter Debye 1937: Norman Haworth / Paul Karrer 1938:
Fritz_Haber
Irène Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, making the two the only mother–daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes and of Pierre and Irène
List_of_women_Nobel_laureates
Belgium academic gatherings since 1911
absent) Peter Debye, Abram Fedorovich Ioffé, Albert Einstein, Frédéric Joliot-Curie (speakers) C. F. Powell, P. Auger, Felix Bloch, Patrick Blackett,
Solvay_Conference
French chemist (1912–2002)
3 Oct 2013. Web. 5 Nov 2013. Bertrand Goldschmidt | Wilson Center Irène Joliot-Curie ou la science au Coeur, Par Marianne Chouchan "Les ingénieurs de la
Bertrand_Goldschmidt
French physicist (1909–1975)
committee included André-Louis Debierne, Irène Joliot-Curie, and the biologist Pierre-Paul Grassé. Joliot-Curie commented during Perey's defense that her
Marguerite_Perey
French astrophysicist (born 1965)
was named female scientist of the year as a recipient of the 2022 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize. She received the CNRS Bronze Medal in 1993, and the CNRS Silver
Bérengère_Dubrulle
Institution of higher education
Frédéric Joliot-Curie (39th year), founder of the CEA and Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 with his wife Irène Joliot-Curie. In 1976, Pierre-Gilles de
ESPCI_Paris
Commune in Île-de-France, France
Jules Ferry, Danielle Casanova, Victor Hugo, Jean-Baptiste Clement, and Joliot Curie Junior high schools: Jean Jaures and Pablo Picasso Emre Akbaba, footballer
Montfermeil
dubnium, also later proposed for what is now hassium); joliotium after Irène Joliot-Curie (now nobelium, also later proposed for what is now dubnium); kurchatovium
List of chemical elements named after people
List_of_chemical_elements_named_after_people
Prizes established by Alfred Nobel in 1895
Skłodowska-Curie, Pierre Curie (along with Henri Becquerel). Received Nobel Prize in Physics (1903). Irène Joliot-Curie, Frédéric Joliot. Received Nobel
Nobel_Prize
Commune in Île-de-France, France
Prize winners Maurice Allais, Jean Giraudoux, Alain-Fournier and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. There is also a public vocational senior high, Lycée des métiers
Sceaux,_Hauts-de-Seine
French mathematician, ecologist
evolution over millions of years. For her work, she was awarded an Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in 2017. In 1995, Hélène Morlon began studying mathematics and
Hélène_Morlon
20th century accused serial poisoner
of arsenic were also confirmed by another report by Professor Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Béroud had difficulty in defending his results under examination
Marie_Besnard
2006 TV drama film by Christian Faure
Madame Rossignol Mado Maurin as Madame Davaillaud Maurice Antoni as Frédéric Joliot-Curie Jean-Yves Chatelais as Léon Besnard Annie Grégorio as Louise Pinson
The_Poisoner
Prize facts". Nobel Prize. Retrieved 2026-06-29. "Frédéric Joliot-Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2026-06-29. "Knight
List of inventions and discoveries by women
List_of_inventions_and_discoveries_by_women
Commune in Île-de-France, France
1990. Preschools and primary schools Anatole-France Charlie-Chaplin Irène-Joliot-Curie Louise-Michel Paul-Doumer Paul-Langevin / Henri-Wallon Robespierre
La_Courneuve
scientist. She is the daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie. She along with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
List of atheists in science and technology
List_of_atheists_in_science_and_technology
French comic
Paris since the death of Marie Curie, abandons international politics, the Joliot-Curie, aware of the German danger, turn to Jean Séverac. This amnesiac man
The_Chimera_Brigade
French engineer and chemist
September 1956) is a French engineer and chemist and winner of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize for Women & Business in 2009. She was named a Knight of the
Malika_Haimeur
French cosmologist (born 1970)
experiments. Her work has been recognized several times including the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, the appointment as Knight of the Legion of Honor and her election
Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille
Nathalie_Palanque-Delabrouille
Commune in Île-de-France, France
World War. In 1957, largely due to the influence of Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie, the Institut de physique nucléaire (nuclear physics institute) was
Orsay
French scholar of Islam (1909–1999)
an administrator in the laboratory of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. In 1940 Eva escaped from Paris with Joliot-Curie during the German occupation of Paris and
Eva_de_Vitray-Meyerovitch
French university created in 2019
in Physics – 1903 Pierre Curie – PhD – Nobel in Physics – 1903 Jean-Marie Lehn – Professor – Nobel in Chemistry – 1987 Frédéric Joliot-Curie – B.A and Professor
Paris Sciences et Lettres University
Paris_Sciences_et_Lettres_University
Italian mathematician and computer scientist
known as Pierre and Marie Curie University Carbone is a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France and received the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize
Alessandra_Carbone
1947 Roger Martin du Gard, Literature, 1937 Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Chemistry, 1935 Irène Joliot-Curie, Chemistry, 1935 Ivan Bunin, born in Russia, Literature
List of Nobel laureates by country
List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country
Historic university in France (1150–1970)
1911 [Ph.] Pierre Curie (DSc) – 1903 [Ph.] Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (DSc) – 1991 [Ph.] Serge Haroche (PhD, DSc) – 2012 [Ch.] Frédéric Joliot-Curie (DSc)
University_of_Paris
French scientist and women's rights activist (1881–1967)
research into crystals and magnetism. She later babysat the young Irène Joliot-Curie. In 1903 an examiner for the teaching certificate described her as
Eugénie_Cotton
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
École primaire Jacques Cartier École primaire Joliot-Curie École primaire Montesquieu École primaire Pierre Castaing École primaire Toctoucau École Aristide
Pessac
PIERRE JOLIOT
PIERRE JOLIOT
Female
Yiddish
Yiddish name PERLE means "pearl."
Male
English
French form of Latin Petrus, PIERRE means "rock, stone."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Swedish
Stone; A Rock; Form of Peter; Horse Lover; Rock; Strong
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Sierra, CIERRA means "mountain range."
Boy/Male
Greek American French
Stone; rock.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Latin
Pierces; Pierce the Vale; Pierced Valley
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : from the personal name Piers (see Pierce).
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, and Irish
English, Welsh, and Irish : from the personal name Piers, the usual Norman vernacular form of Peter. In Wales this represents a patronymic ap Piers. In Ireland it represents a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the United States, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
Boy/Male
British, English
Form of Terre
Male
French
Older form of French Pierre, PIERRES means "rock, stone."
Boy/Male
American, British, English, French, German
Pierces; Pierced Valley
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Petrus, PIETRO means "rock, stone."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Kiara, KIERRA means "little black one."
Female
English
English name derived from the Spanish word, sierra, SIERRA means "mountain range."
Male
English
Short form of English Percival, PERCE means "pierced valley."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Piers, PIERCE means "rock, stone."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps an altered spelling of French Pierre.
Female
Italian
Feminine form of Italian Piero, PIERA means "rock, stone."
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Sverrir, SVERRE means "wild, restless."
Male
English
Middle English form of French Pierres, PIERS means "rock, stone."
PIERRE JOLIOT
PIERRE JOLIOT
PIERRE JOLIOT
PIERRE JOLIOT
PIERRE JOLIOT
PIERRE JOLIOT
PIERRE JOLIOT
n.
A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.
v. t.
To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.
n.
A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.
superl.
Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.
n.
A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
n.
A piercel.
n.
A suddent squall. See Pirry.
n.
Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
n.
See Tierce, 4.
n.
One who, or that which, pierces or perforates
v. t.
To pierce.
n.
A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
v. t.
Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.
imp. & p. p.
of Pierce
v. t.
To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.
n.
Alt. of Pirrie
n.
See Pirry.
n.
A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.
n.
A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge.
n.
A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.