pied-de-vent
French, noun/pje.d(ə).vɑ̃/
pied-de-vent is a French masculine noun meaning “crepuscular ray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faisceaux de lumière du soleil passant par un trou entre les nuages”.
What does pied-de-vent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrepuscular ray
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faisceaux de lumière du soleil passant par un trou entre les nuages.
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 pied-de-vent
- pieds-de-vent plural
- pieds de vent plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pied-de-vent?
- /pje.d(ə).vɑ̃/
- \pjed.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.