pied

/pje/

noun #858 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

foot

Grammar

Gender

Examples

J' caillou promene jardin.

I have a pebble in my foot since I walked in the garden.

plat ' .

He put his foot in it without realising.

mesure metre vingt .

This table measures one metre twenty from foot to foot.

Pied est un nom masculin designant le pied humain ou animal, et aussi la base d'un objet (le pied d'une table, d'un verre). A pied (on foot) est une locution de deplacement. Coup de pied (kick) et coup de pied de penalty (penalty kick) sont des termes sportifs.

Mettre les pieds dans le plat (to put one's foot in it), sur pied (up and about) et avoir le pied marin (to have sea legs) sont des expressions idiomatiques. De pied ferme (resolutely) et au pied de la lettre (literally, to the letter) sont des locutions figees importantes.

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