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spotted
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sp?t?d/
- (General American) enPR: sp?t??d, IPA(key): /?sp?t??d/, [?sp????d]
- Rhymes: -?t?d
- Hyphenation: spot?ted
Adjective
spotted (comparative more spotted, superlative most spotted)
- Discoloured by spots; stained.
- (no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
- the spotted hyena
Synonyms
- (discoloured by spots): blotched, blotchy, stained, spotty
Translations
Verb
spotted
- simple past tense and past participle of spot
Derived terms
spotted From the web:
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pied
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Etymology 1
From magpie.
Adjective
pied (comparative more pied, superlative most pied)
- Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
- Synonyms: nun-coloured, particoloured, piebald
- 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
- simple past tense and past participle of pi
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
pied
- 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)
- (anatomy) foot
- Synonyms: (slang) panard, (informal) peton
- leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
- An old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
- (Quebec, etc.) Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
- (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)
- foot
Descendants
- French: pied
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from French pied.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi?ed/
Noun
pied (nominative plural pieds)
- (unit of measure) foot
Declension
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