different between pied vs tabby

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

English

Etymology

Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic ??????????? (?att?biyy), ultimately from Arabic ???????????????? (al-?att?biyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince ???????? (?att?b)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian ?????? (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæb.i/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Noun

tabby (countable and uncountable, plural tabbies)

1. (countable, uncountable) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
2. (uncountable) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
3. (countable) A brindled cat.
   • 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:^[1]

     A wise tabby, a blinking sphinx, watched from her warm sill. Pity to disturb them. Mohammed cut a piece out of his mantle not to wake her.

4. (countable, archaic) An old maid or gossip.

Synonyms

• (An old maid or gossip): See Thesaurus:old woman

Translations

Adjective

tabby (not comparable)

1. Having a wavy or watered appearance

   a tabby waistcoat

2. Brindled; diversified in color

   a tabby cat.

Translations

Verb

tabby (third-person singular simple present tabbies, present participle tabbying, simple past and past participle tabbied)

1. (transitive) To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).

Anagrams

• baby T