à pied

French

Pronunciation
  • (France) IPA(key): /a pje/
  • à pied (France, Paris)(file)

Adverb

à pied

  1. on foot
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter XXIX:
      « Eh ! seigneur licencié, s’écria-t-il alors, que Votre Grâce me laisse faire ; il n’est pas juste que je reste à cheval, tandis que Votre Révérence est à pied.
      – Je ne le souffrirai en aucune manière, répondit le curé ...»
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
      "Oh! Sir licentiate," exclaimed he, "that Your Grace would allow me; it is not just that I should remain on horseback, while Your Worship is on foot."
      "I will not suffer it in any manner," replied the curate...

Usage notes

Not to be confused with au pied.

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