pièce

room, piece

noun PYESS Common

Also means

coin, play (theatre)

Usage Note

Pièce is highly polysemous: it can mean a room in a house (une pièce de trois mètres), a coin (une pièce de deux euros), a theatre play (une pièce de Molière), or a part/component (pièce de rechange = spare part). Context disambiguates; learners often first encounter it meaning 'room' but then are surprised by the coin and theatre senses.

Examples

"Notre appartement a quatre pièces."

Natural Translation

Our apartment has four rooms.

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