Masculine
pied
Meaning
- foot
- leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
- an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
- Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
- foot
Concepts
poetic foot
equal footing
lamp stand
metrical unit
foot piece
animal foot
human foot
invertebrate foot
foot /ft.
f./
poetical foot
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pje/
Etymology
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.
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Sentences
À l'école secondaire , Alan Ladd découvrit la course à pied et la natation 🏊 .
🏊
In high school, Alan Ladd discovered running and swimming.