cou-de-pied
French, noun/ku.də.pje/
cou-de-pied is spelled C-O-U-D-E-P-I-E-D (9 letters). Cou-de-pied is a French masculine noun meaning “instep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cheville. Articulation de la jambe avec le pied”.
What does cou-de-pied mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinstep
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cheville. Articulation de la jambe avec le pied. 2. Partie antérieure et supérieure du pied près de son articulation avec la jambe. 3. Partie de chaussure entourant cette partie du pied.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cou-de-pied
- cous-de-pied plural
- coude-pied archaic
- coup-de-pied
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cou-de-pied?
- /ku.də.pje/
- \ku‿d pje\
- \ku də pje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cou-de-pied
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.