pied-à-terre

[ pee-ey-duh-tair, -dah-, pyey- ]

noun

, plural pieds-à-terre [pee-ey-d, uh, -, tair, -dah-, pyey-],

1. a residence, as an apartment, for part-time or temporary use.

pied-à-terre

/ ˌpjeɪtɑːˈtɛə /

noun

1. a flat, house, or other lodging for secondary or occasional use

Word History and Origins

Origin of pied-à-terre¹

1820–30; < French: literally, foot on ground

Word History and Origins

Origin of pied-à-terre¹

French, literally: foot on (the) ground

Example Sentences

People are still far more likely to buy a million dollar pied à terre in Manhattan than to do so in Oklahoma City.

From The Daily Beast

"No one is fair when hunting the pied-à-terre," I reminded her.

From Project Gutenberg

They were nearing her first pied-à-terre as a married woman.

From Project Gutenberg

The house in Wilton Street was a small bijou place which my father had occupied as a pied-à-terre in town, he being a widower.

From Project Gutenberg

He liked to point out to his friends that he rented a palatial mansion for what a pied-à-terre in Mayfair would have cost him.

From Project Gutenberg

This p. 93would be very agreeable, and serve as a pied à terre in the desert, quite independent of all the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• apartment
• box
• building
• condo
• condominium
• dwelling
• home
• mansion
• residence
• shack