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pied

foot

noun pee-AY Common
Body & Health Body Parts

Also means

base

Usage Note

Pied also means the base or foot of something — au pied de la montagne (at the foot of the mountain). The idiom avoir les pieds sur terre (to have one's feet on the ground) means to be practical. Se lever du pied gauche corresponds to the English 'to get up on the wrong side of the bed' — to wake up in a bad mood. The plural is pieds.

Examples

"Il a mal au pied droit."

Natural Translation

His right foot hurts.

Literal Translation

He has pain at-the foot right.

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