Pied-à-terre

noun/piˌeɪ.dəˈtɛɹ/culture
Definition
a small apartment, house, or room kept for occasional use.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pied-à-terre (“foot on the ground”).
In a sentence
  • She kept a pied-à-terre near the office for late-night deployments.
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Source
Notes/vocab.csv
added 2026-03-06