From archaicpie(“magpie”), fromOld Frenchpie, fromLatinpica.
apied avocetpied (comparativemorepied,superlativemostpied)
- Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
- Synonyms:bicolor,nun-coloured,particoloured,piebald
- Decorated orcolored inblotches.
a.1645,John Milton, “L’Allegro”, inPoems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth forHumphrey Mosely, […], published1646,→OCLC,page33:Meadows trim with Daiſiespide,
decorated or colored in blotches
- “pied”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pied
- simplepast andpastparticiple ofpi
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pied
- simplepast andpastparticiple ofpie
Inherited fromMiddle Frenchpied, fromOld Frenchpié, fromLatinpedem. The-d was added to the spelling in Middle French after the Latin form.
Cognate withItalianpiede,Catalanpeu,Spanishpie,Portuguesepé, and further with Englishfoot,Lithuanianpėda,Persianپا(pâ) etc.
pied m (pluralpieds)
- (anatomy)foot
- Synonyms:(slang)panard,(informal)peton
- leg,foot(projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
- an old unit of measure equal to 32.5centimetres
- (Quebec, etc.)Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
- (poetry)foot
FromOld Frenchpié.
pied m (pluralpieds)
- foot
Borrowed fromFrenchpied.
pied (nominative pluralpieds)
- (unit of measure)foot
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
