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pied

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From archaic pie (magpie), from Old French pie, from Latin pica.

Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.

Adjective

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a pied avocet

pied (comparative more pied, superlative most pied)

  1. Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
    Synonyms: bicolor, nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald
  2. Decorated or colored in blotches.
Derived terms
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Translations
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References

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  • pied”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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pied

  1. simple past and past participle of pi

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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pied

  1. simple past and past participle of pie

See also

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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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 , and further with English foot, Lithuanian pėda, Persian پا () etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pied m (plural pieds)

  1. (anatomy) foot
    Synonyms: (slang) panard, (informal) peton
  2. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
  3. a unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
  4. (Quebec, etc.) Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
  5. (poetry) foot

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: pye

Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French pié.

Noun

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pied m (plural pieds)

  1. foot

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Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pied.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pied (nominative plural pieds)

  1. (unit of measure) foot

Declension

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Declension of pied
singular plural
nominative pied pieds
genitive pieda piedas
dative piede piedes
accusative piedi piedis
vocative 1 o pied! o pieds!
predicative 2 piedu piedus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only