mettre à pied
French, verb/mɛ.tʁ‿a pje/
mettre à pied is spelled M-E-T-T-R-E-À-P-I-E-D (11 letters). Mettre à pied is a French verb meaning “to lay off, to fire, to dismiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Renvoyer ; licencier ; suspendre ; révoquer”.
What does mettre à pied mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lay off, to fire, to dismiss
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Renvoyer ; licencier ; suspendre ; révoquer.
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.
How do you pronounce mettre à pied?
- /mɛ.tʁ‿a pje/
- /me.tʁ‿a 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 mettre à pied
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.