pied

Signification (English)

1. foot
2. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
3. an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
4. Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
5. foot

Synonyms

jambe

🦵

patte

main

✋

sabot

de fer

fondation

infanterie

paume

payer

💸

prendre

régiment

roue

🛞

tablette

terme

demarche

pied prothétique

pieu

infantry

ft

allure

pied anglais

base

bout

🔚

chevalet

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pje/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from moyen français: pied

Inherited from ancien français: pié

Inherited from latin: pes

Cognate with italien: piede

Cognate with catalan: peu

Cognate with espagnol: pie

Cognate with portugais: pé

Cognate with lituanien: pėda

Cognate with persan: پا

In summary

Inherited from Middle French pied, from Old French pié, from Latin pedem. The -d was added to the spelling in Middle French after the Latin form.
Cognate with Italian piede, Catalan peu, Spanish pie, Portuguese pé, and further with English foot, Lithuanian pėda, Persian پا (pâ) etc.

Phrases

À l'école secondaire , Alan Ladd découvrit la course à pied et la natation .

In high school, Alan Ladd discovered running and swimming.