en pied
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French en pied (“full-length”).
Adjective
editen pied (not comparable)
- full-length
- 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
- He showed them their stateroom - a spacious apartment, embellished with gas lamps, mirrors en pied, and sculptured furniture - and then, long after they had been intimately convinced that the steamer was in motion and launched upon the unknown stream that they were about to navigate, he bade them a sociable farewell.
Translations
editfull-length — see full-length
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editen pied (invariable)
- full-length, en pied
- Coordinate term: en buste
- un portrait en pied ― a full-length portrait
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