en pied

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French en pied (“full-length”).

Adjective

en pied (not comparable)

1. 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

full-length — see full-length

Anagrams

• peined, peneid

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ pje/

Adjective

en pied (invariable)

1. full-length, en pied

   Coordinate term: en buste

   un portrait en pied ― a full-length portrait