pied
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /paɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪd
Etymology 1
[edit]From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica.
Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
Adjective
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pied (comparative more pied, superlative most pied)
- Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
- Synonyms: bicolor, nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald
- Decorated or colored in blotches.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
- pied coats
- a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 33:
- Meadows trim with Daiſies pide,
Derived terms
[edit]- Atlas pied flycatcher
- Australian pied imperial pigeon
- European pied flycatcher
- Malabar pied hornbill
- pied antelope (†Damaliscus dorcas dorcas)
- pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- pied barbet
- pied bat (Niumbaha superba)
- pied-bill
- pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- pied bushchat
- pied crested cuckoo
- pied crow
- pied cuckoo
- pied currawong (Strepera graculina)
- pied finch (male Fringilla coelebs)
- pied flycatcher
- pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- pied lapwing
- pied monarch (Arses kaupi)
- piedness
- pied piper
- Pied Piper
- pied-piping
- pied plover
- pied starling
- pied wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- pied wheatear
- unpied
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]black and white colored
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decorated or colored in blotches
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References
[edit]- “pied”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]pied
- simple past and past participle of pi
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]pied
- simple past and past participle of pie
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Picture dictionary: Foot
Etymology
[edit]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. Doublet of foot.
Cognate with Italian piede, Catalan peu, Spanish pie, Portuguese pé, and further with English foot, Lithuanian pėda, Persian پا (pâ) etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pje/
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Noun
[edit]pied m (plural pieds)
- (anatomy) foot
- leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
- a unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
- (Quebec, etc.) Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
- (poetry) foot
Derived terms
[edit]- à cloche-pied
- à pied
- à pied d'œuvre
- à pieds joints
- au pied
- au pied de la lettre
- au pied du mur
- au pied levé
- avec des pieds de plomb
- avoir le pied marin
- avoir les pieds sur terre
- avoir pied
- avoir un pied dans la tombe
- bain de pieds
- bête comme ses pieds
- bon pied, bon œil
- casse-pieds
- casser les pieds
- comme un pied
- con comme ses pieds
- coup de pied
- couper l'herbe sous le pied
- de la tête aux pieds
- de pied en cap
- de pied ferme
- des pieds à la tête
- doigt de pied
- du bon pied
- enlever une épine du pied
- épine au pied
- être le pied
- faire des pieds et des mains
- faire du pied
- fouler au pied
- fouler aux pieds
- fourrer les pieds
- foutre les pieds
- garder les pieds sur terre
- lampe à pied
- lever le pied
- mettre le pied
- mettre le pied au plancher
- mettre le pied dehors
- mettre les pieds dans le plat
- mettre sur pied
- mise à pied
- ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser
- ne pas se moucher du pied
- ôter une épine du pied
- partir du mauvais pied
- perdre pied
- pied au plancher
- pied d'athlète
- pied de mouche
- pied de nez
- pied de page
- pied d'éléphant
- pied grec
- pied noir
- pied plat
- pied-à-terre
- pied-bot
- pied-de-biche
- pieds d'argile
- plain-pied
- prendre son pied
- retirer une épine du pied
- retomber sur ses pieds
- se lever du mauvais pied
- se lever du pied gauche
- se prendre les pieds dans le tapis
- se tirer une balle dans le pied
- sur la pointe des pieds
- sur le même pied
- sur le pied de guerre
- sur un pied d'égalité
- tirer une épine du pied
- traîner les pieds
- trouver chaussure à son pied
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Guianese Creole: pyé
- Haitian Creole: pye
- Mauritian Creole: ⇒ lipie, pie
- Réunion Creole French: pié, pyé
Further reading
[edit]- “pied”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French pié.
Noun
[edit]pied m (plural pieds)
Descendants
[edit]- French: pied
Volapük
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pied (genitive pieda, plural pieds)
- (unit of measure) foot
Declension
[edit]| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pied | pieds |
| Genitive | pieda | piedas |
| Dative | piede | piedes |
| Accusative | piedi | piedis |
| Predicative1 | piedu | piedus |
| Vocative | o pied | o pieds |
- Introduced in Volapük Nulik.
Further reading
[edit]- “pied”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)
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