pied

pied
   the traditional French foot. Pieds of various lengths were used in France, but the one best remembered now is the royal foot (pied de roi), called the Paris foot in English and the foot (French measure) in Canadian law. The pied de roi equals about 32.48 centimeters or 12.79 inches; the official Canadian definition is 12.789 inches (32.484 06 centimeters). Today the word pied is sometimes used informally in France as a metric unit equal to 30 centimeters. In French Canada, pied is generally used to refer to the English foot.

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  • pied — pied …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • PIED — Le pied, ou extrémité libre du membre inférieur, présente chez l’homme une disposition unique. Certes, une analyse superficielle risquerait de le considérer comme une structure en régression. Le pied est, en effet, un assemblage d’éléments osseux …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • pied — PIED. s. m. Partie du corps de l animal, qui est jointe à l extremité de la jambe, & qui luy sert à se soustenir & à marcher. Pied droit. pied gauche. les doigts du pied. les ongles du pied. le cou du pied. la cheville du pied. la plante des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Pied — Pied, a. [From {Pie} the party colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party colored; spotted; piebald. Pied coats. Burton. Meadows trim with daisies pied. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Pied antelope} (Zo[ o]l.), the bontebok. {Pied… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pied —   [pje; französisch »Fuß«] der, / s, Piede [italienisch], alte Längeneinheit in Frankreich und Italien, 1 Pied du roi (Pariser Fuß) = 12 Pouces = 32,48 cm; 1812 40 war der Pied usuel (Pied metrique) mit 33,33 cm gesetzlich zugelassen. In Italien… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Pied — Pied, imp. & p. p. of {Pi}, or {Pie}, v. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pied — [paıd] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: pie magpie ( MAGPIE)] used in the names of birds that are black and white ▪ a pied wagtail …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Pied — [pje] der; , s <aus gleichbed. älter fr. pied, eigtl. »Fuß«, dies aus lat. pes, Gen. pedis> altes Längenmaß in Frankreich (= 33,33 cm) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • pied — [ paıd ] adjective a pied bird or animal has feathers or fur of two or more different colors, usually black and white …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pied — (adj.) late 14c., as if it were the past participle of a verb form of Middle English noun pie magpie (see PIE (Cf. pie) (n.2)), in reference to the bird s black and white plumage. Earliest use is in reference to the pyed freres, an order of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Pied — (fr., spr. Piëh), 1) Fuß; 2) P. du roi (spr. Piëh dü Roa), so v.w. Pariser Fuß …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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