en pied

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French en pied (“full-length”).

Adjective

en pied (not comparable)

  1. full-length
    • 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
      He showed them their stateroom - a spacious apartment, embellished with gas lamps, mirrors en pied, and sculptured furniture - and then, long after they had been intimately convinced that the steamer was in motion and launched upon the unknown stream that they were about to navigate, he bade them a sociable farewell.

Translations
full-length — see full-length

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃ pje/

Adjective

en pied (invariable)

  1. full-length, en pied
    Coordinate term: en buste
    un portrait en pied ― a full-length portrait
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