pied-à-terre
See also: pied-a-terre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛə/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Noun
pied-à-terre (plural pieds-à-terre)
- A smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home, especially one in the city.
- Coordinate term: dacha
- 2021 December 1, Lara Jakes, Michael Crowley, “In Israel, the New U.S. Ambassador’s Home Lacks a Certain View”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2021-12-01:
- But the pied-à-terre at the embassy provides little privacy and has none of the grandeur for the formal events that an American ambassador posted to the United States’ closest Middle East ally is expected to host.
Translations
smaller secondary lodging
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See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pje.ta.tɛʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “pied-à-terre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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