pied

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

pied

1. simple past tense and past participle of pi
2. simple past tense and past participle of pie

Adjective

pied (comparative more pied, superlative most pied)

1. Decorated or colored in blotches.

Translations

decorated or colored in blotches

• Russian: пёстрый (ru) (pjóstryj) m , разноцветный (ru) (raznocvétnyj) m 

Derived terms

• Pied Piper

Anagrams

• pide

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French

Etymology

From Old French pié, from Latin pedem, accusative of pes. The <-d> is a later orthological addition based on etymology. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Compare Catalan peu, Italian piede, Latin pes, Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėda, Portuguese pé, Sardinian pei, Spanish pie.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pje/, X-SAMPA: /pje/

Noun

pied m (plural pieds)

1. (anatomy) 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. (poetry) foot

Synonyms

• (organ): (slang) panard, (informal) peton

Derived terms

• à pied
• coup de pied
• pied-de-biche
• pied-à-terre
• pied de nez
• bête comme ses pieds, con comme ses pieds
• casse-pieds
• pied-bot
• pied plat
• plain-pied
• prendre son pied
• c'est le pied, c'est pas le pied

Related terms

• piétiner
• piéton

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French pié.

Noun

pied m (plural pieds)

1. foot

Descendants

• French: pied