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/pje/
Translation
foot
Word origin
From Latin pes, pedis ('foot'). The English 'pedal', 'pedestrian' and 'pedestal' share this root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pes, pedis
- English cognates
- pedal, pedestrian, pedestal
Grammar
Examples
J' .
I have a small stone in my foot since my walk in the garden.
' .
He put his foot in it without realising.
Cette .
This table measures one metre twenty from foot to foot.
au .
We walked to the market this morning.
au au .
I hurt my foot playing football.
est un nom masculin designant le pied humain ou animal, et aussi la base d'un objet (le pied d'une table, d'un verre). A pied (on foot) est une locution de deplacement. Coup de pied (kick) et coup de pied de penalty (penalty kick) sont des termes sportifs.
Mettre les pieds dans le plat (to put one's foot in it), sur pied (up and about) et avoir le pied marin (to have sea legs) sont des expressions idiomatiques. De pied ferme (resolutely) et au pied de la lettre (literally, to the letter) sont des locutions figees importantes.
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