English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paɪd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Etymology 1 edit

From archaic pie (magpie), from Old French pie, from Latin pica.

Adjective edit

 
a pied avocet

pied (comparative more pied, superlative most pied)

  1. Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
    Synonyms: bicolor, nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald
  2. Decorated or colored in blotches.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit

References edit

  • pied”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

pied

  1. simple past and past participle of pi

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

pied

  1. simple past and past participle of pie

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Franco-Provençal edit

Noun edit

pied m

  1. foot

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French pied, from Old French pié, from Latin pedem. The -d was added to the spelling in Middle French after the Latin form.

Cognate with Italian piede, Catalan peu, Spanish pie, Portuguese , and further with English foot, Lithuanian pėda, Persian پا () etc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pied m (plural pieds)

  1. (anatomy) foot
    Synonyms: (slang) panard, (informal) peton
  2. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
  3. an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
  4. (Quebec, etc.) Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
  5. (poetry) foot

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: pye

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Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old French pié.

Noun edit

pied m (plural pieds)

  1. foot

Descendants edit

Volapük edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pied.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pied (nominative plural pieds)

  1. (unit of measure) foot

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