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pivot

/pi.vo/

noun, masculine/pi.vo/plural: pivots

pivot; fulcrum; lynchpin; taproot

Inherited from Old French pivot, of uncertain origin. Compare Catalan piu (“pivot”), Spanish púa (“sharp point, spike”).

noun, masculine/feminine/pi.vo/plural: pivots

center; circle runner, pivot

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Inherited from Old French pivot, of uncertain origin. Compare Catalan piu (“pivot”), Spanish púa (“sharp point, spike”).