pied-à-terre
See also: pied-a-terre
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pied-à-terre (“foot on the ground”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛə/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Noun
editpied-à-terre (plural pieds-à-terre)
- A smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home, especially one in the city.
- Coordinate term: dacha
- 2021 December 1, Lara Jakes, Michael Crowley, “In Israel, the New U.S. Ambassador’s Home Lacks a Certain View”, in The New York Times[1], retrieved 2021-12-01:
- But the pied-à-terre at the embassy provides little privacy and has none of the grandeur for the formal events that an American ambassador posted to the United States’ closest Middle East ally is expected to host.
Translations
editsmaller secondary lodging
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See also
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpied-à-terre m (plural pied-à-terre)
Further reading
edit- “pied-à-terre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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