🇫🇷 French

pied

masculine

le pied

foot

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pied
/lə pje/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pied in French?

IPA
/lə pje/

How do you pronounce pied in French?

pied is pronounced /lə pje/ in French.

Example sentences

Le pied droit est plus grand que le pied gauche.

The right foot is larger than the left foot.

Mon pied blessé me fait mal; je dois consulter un médecin compétent.

My injured foot hurts me; I must consult a competent doctor.

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Why is it masculine?

Pied (foot) is masculine in French because it derives from Latin "pes, pedis" (masculine), which retained its grammatical gender through the Romance language evolution. The Latin masculine form naturally became the French masculine noun we use today.

What is the French word for foot?

The French word for foot is le pied — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishpieelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianpiedeilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseomasculine

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