Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/fr-en/pied/>

# pied — French to English

How French *pied* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: pied (40 442), pieds (5 892). By style: everyday 787 · literary 182 · biblical 344 · parliamentary 4 564 · legal and administrative 3 017 · UN documents 37 440.

## feet

Used about 11 751 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 230 · literary ≈ 72 · biblical ≈ 165 · parliamentary ≈ 951 · legal and administrative ≈ 974 · UN documents ≈ 9 360).

- Mes **pieds** sont froids.
  My **feet** are cold.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Balamax · checked, community translation · [\#1567850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1567850) [\#5375518](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5375518))

- Cette corde tomba à leurs **pieds**.
  This rope fell at their **feet**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 21194)

- Ils ont les **pieds** légers pour répandre le sang;
  “Their **feet** are swift to shed blood.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 3:15)

- Gardons les deux **pieds** sur terre.
  Let us keep both **feet** on the ground.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 413275)

- conteneurs ISO de 20 à 40 **pieds**;
  ISO containers over 20 **feet** and under 40 feet in length;
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1232124)

## foot

Used about 8 169 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 164 · literary ≈ 74 · biblical ≈ 107 · parliamentary ≈ 238 · legal and administrative ≈ 566 · UN documents ≈ 7 020). Meaning: [foot in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/foot/).

- Nous sommes allés à **pied**.
  We went on **foot**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2255719](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2255719) [\#4947745](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4947745))

- Clopin frappa du **pied**.
  Clopin stamped his **foot**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7190)

- un homme ayant une fracture au **pied** ou à la main;
  or a man who has an injured **foot**, or an injured hand,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 21:19)

- Je me déplace à **pied** ou en train.
  I get around on **foot** or by train.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 894332)

- Personne circulant à **pied**.
  A person on **foot**.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2339079)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Je me rends d'habitude à **pied** à l'école.
  I usually walk to school.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#254901](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/254901) [\#859191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/859191))

- Ils ont pris leur **pied**.
  They've been making whoopee.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Myrano\_ and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#14067531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14067531) [\#14067329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14067329))

- Mary a donné un coup de **pied** dans les couilles de Tom.
  Mary kicked Tom in the nuts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1488441](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1488441) [\#8950749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8950749))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

## About these examples

Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=fr-en&word=pied).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.
