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pied nom {m} | metrical foot◼◼◼(basic unit of verse) |
pied bandé nom {m} | lotus foot(foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding) |
pied bot nom {m} | clubfoot [clubfeet]◼◼◼(foot malformation) |
pied carré nom {m} | square foot◼◼◼(unit of area equal to that of a square of one foot each side) |
pied-de-biche nom {m} | crowbar◼◼◼(iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart) crow [crows]◼◻◻(bar of iron) jimmy [jimmies]◼◻◻(a device used to circumvent a locking mechanism) |
pied-de-biche) nom {m} (PliedS-de-biche {Pl} | claw [claws]◼◼◼(mechanical device for gripping) |
pied de corbeau nom | caltrop(weaponry) |
pied de guerre nom | war footing◼◼◼noun |
pied-de-mouche nom {m} | pilcrow◼◼◼(a paragraph mark) |
pied de page nom {m} | footer [footers]◼◼◼(line of information at the bottom of a page) |
pied-de-poule nom {m} | houndstooth◼◼◼(fabric pattern) |
pied des tranchées nom {m} | trench foot [trench feet]◼◼◼noun |
pied d’alouette nom {m} | larkspur [larkspurs](Delphinium) |
pied d’athlète nom {m} | athlete's foot(fungal infection) |
pied marin nom {m} | sea legs◼◼◼(ability to walk steadily aboard) |
pied plat nom {m} | flatfoot [flatfeet]◼◼◼(condition) |
pied-sabot nom {m} | hot shoenoun |
pied à coulisse nom {m} | vernier caliper◼◼◼(measuring instrument) |
pied à coulisse [Vernier calipers and their variants] nom {m} | calipers◼◼◼(measuring device) |
pied-à-terre nom {m} | pied-à-terre◼◼◼(smaller secondary lodging) |
piedmontite nom {f} | piemontite(mineral) |
pieds bandés [refers to feet] nom | footbinding◼◼◼(binding of women's feet) |
pieds d'argile nom {m} | feet of clay◼◼◼(a hidden weak point) |
Pieds-Noirs nom {m pl} | Blackfoot [Blackfoot]◼◼◼(a North American confederacy) |
pieds nus adjectif | barefoot◼◼◼(wearing nothing on the feet) |
pieds nus adverbe | barefoot◼◼◼(wearing nothing on the feet) |
pie d'Amérique nom {f} | black-billed magpie◼◼◼(Pica hudsonia) |
(avoir) deux pieds gauches nom | two left feet◼◼◼(exhibiting clumsiness) |
[colloquial] mettre les pieds dans le plat verbe | put one's foot in one's mouth(say or do something embarrassing or wrong) |
au pied interjection | to heel◼◼◼(order not to stray far) |
au pied de la lettre adverbe | to the letter◼◼◼(idiomatic for "literally", following the rules as they're written) |
au pied de la lettre preposition | by the book◼◻◻preposition |
au pied du mur adjectif | up against the wall◼◼◼adjective |
aux pieds de preposition | at the feet of◼◼◼(very devoted to) |
avoir les pieds sur terre nom | feet on the ground◼◼◼(translations for "have one's feet on the ground") |
avoir un pied dans la tombe verbe | have one foot in the grave◼◼◼verb |
bain de pieds nom {m} | footbath [footbaths]◼◼◼(act of washing the feet) |
bipied nom {m} | bipod [bipods]◼◼◼(two-legged stand) |