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pied

Pronunciation: /pje/

English translation of pied

nm

  • 1 foot être pieds nus = to be barefoot(ed) sauter à pieds joints = to jump with one's feet together; (figurative) = to jump in with both feet coup de pied = kick à pied = on foot promenade à pied = walk taper du pied = to stamp one's foot; = to tap one's foot de la tête aux pieds = from head to foot portrait en pied = full-length portrait avoir conscience de là où on met les pieds (fam) = to know what one is letting oneself in for sur un pied d'égalité = on an equal footing Definition of foot in the British & World English dictionary Definition of foot in the US English dictionary Translate foot | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

Compounds

pied à coulisse

  • calliper rule

Idioms

être sur pied

[person] to be up and about; [business] to be up and running

mettre sur pied

j'ai pied

I can touch the bottom

perdre pied

to go out of one's depth; to lose ground

être à pied d'œuvre

to be ready to get down to work

elle joue au tennis comme un pied

(fam) she's hopeless at tennis

faire un pied de nez à qn

to thumb one's nose at sb

faire du pied à qn

to play footsy with sb (colloq)

faire des pieds et des mains (fam) pour obtenir

to work really hard at getting

ça lui fera les pieds

(fam) that will teach him a lesson

c'est le pied

(fam) that's terrific (colloq)

mettre à pied

lever le pied

(fam) to slow down
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