| Subject | French | English |
| gen. | note piquée | dotted note |
| industr., construct. | pique-notes | spike file |
| comp., MS | Pique-notes | Spike (A special AutoText entry that stores multiple deletions. Microsoft Office Word appends one item to another until you paste the contents as a group in a new location in your document. You can also use the Microsoft Office Clipboard to get the same result) |
| gen. | piquer une note | play a note staccato |
| gen. | piquer une note | dot a note |