piège
See also: piégé
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French piege, from Old French piege, from Vulgar Latin *pedicus, from Latin pedica, from pēs, pedis (“foot”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpiège m (plural pièges)
- trap, snare, booby trap
- Lorsque je me promène en forêt, je fais toujours attention à ne pas marcher sur un piège.
- When I'm walking in the forest, I'm always careful not to walk on a trap.
- pitfall
- Je ne suis pas si naïve, je ne tomberai pas si facilement dans ton piège.
- I'm not that naïve; I won't fall for your trap so easily.
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editVerb
editpiège
- inflection of piéger:
Further reading
edit- “piège”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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