different between piebald vs pied

English

Etymology

From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pa?.b??ld/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pa?.b?ld/, /?pa?.b?ld/

Adjective

piebald (comparative more piebald, superlative most piebald)

1. (also used figuratively) Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
   • 1965, Susan Cooper, Over Sea, Under Stone, page 20:

     "Well, isn't that just like a girl. All this round you, and you only see a bit of dust. It'll brush off." He patted ineffectually at his piebald shirt.

   • 2001, Michel Faber, Under the Skin, page 4:

     Usually, however, the hitcher was standing exactly where she'd first passed him, his arm perhaps just marginally less erect, his clothing (if rain was setting in) just that little bit more piebald.

   • 2011, Stanley Coren & Sarah Hodgson, Understanding Your Dog For Dummies:

     The classic example of a piebald dog is the Dalmatian.

2. (figuratively) Of mixed character, heterogeneous.
   • 1839, Charles Hodge, Henry Boynton Smith, The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, Volume XI, page 544:

     And at the present day, the wanton introduction of scientific terms from the Greek and Latin, and of phrases from the French, threatens to render our tongue still more piebald, heterogeneous and unwieldy.

   • 1864, T. E. Espin, Supply and Training of Ministers, in Church of England, Report of the Proceedings of the Church Congress [1863], page 67:

     Hence you will make the piebald Church more piebald than ever.

   • 1970, Time, Volume 95, page 67:

     Out there on the stage is the largest — and most piebald — rock band in captivity.

Coordinate terms

• variegated

Related terms

• pied
• skewbald

Translations

Noun

piebald (plural piebalds)

1. An animal with piebald coloration.

Translations

Anagrams

• bipedal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Etymology 1

From magpie.

Adjective

pied (comparative more pied, superlative most pied)

1. Having two or more colors, especially black and white.

   Synonyms: nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald

2. Decorated or colored in blotches.

   • pied coats

Derived terms

Translations

References

• pied at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pied

1. simple past tense and past participle of pi

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pied

1. simple past tense and past participle of pie

Anagrams

• Diep, Pedi, pedi, pedi-, pide

French

Etymology

From Middle French pied, from Old French pié, from Latin pedem, accusative of pes. The <-d> is a later orthographical addition based on etymology. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p?ds. Compare Catalan peu, Italian piede, Latvian p?da, Lithuanian p?da, Portuguese pé, Sardinian pei, Spanish pie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pje/

Noun

pied m (plural pieds)

1. (anatomy) foot

   Synonyms: (slang) panard, (informal) peton

2. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
3. An old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
4. (Quebec, etc.) Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
5. (poetry) foot

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “pied” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• pié

Etymology

From Old French pié.

Noun

pied m (plural pieds)

1. foot

Descendants

• French: pied

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French pied.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?ed/

Noun

pied (nominative plural pieds)

1. (unit of measure) foot

Declension