Definition of pied-à-terre in English:

pied-à-terre

nounPlural pieds-à-terre pjetatɛʀˌpjeɪdɑːˈtɛːpiˌjeɪdəˈtɛr

A small flat, house, or room kept for occasional use.
临时住所
Example sentencesExamples
- Standing in the garden of the owner's cottage, the small annexe to the Cottage offers a very attractive and well appointed pied-à-terre for a couple wishing to explore this unspoilt part of Southern England.
- Even though he lives just a 25-minute rail commute from his constituency, he bought a £325,000 pied-à-terre in a converted warehouse.
- It's a commercial buy-to-let and a pied-à-terre designed to appeal to the corporate traveller.
- My imagination is once again flashing with vulgar status symbols: yachts, a £30,000 watch made of diamonds and precious metals; a pied-à-terre in London, a fat car with real-leather smell.
- From a desirable pied-à-terre in London and a generous salary for your spouse, to first-class travel allowances around the country, the taxpayers pick up the bill.
- Until then, successful entrepreneurs will prefer a rain-soaked pied-à-terre in Brussels to that sunny villa in Aix.
- However, harbour rules forbid owners with permanent moorings to spend more than a couple of nights a week aboard their yachts, so they cannot become a permanent home, only a watery pied-à-terre.
- Studios are a popular choice as a pied-à-terre, but for somebody like you, looking to live in one all the time, they require careful thought.
- Here is the perfect pied-à-terre located on a delightful wisteria-adorned pedestrian passage.
- She's staying in Gabriel's London pied-à-terre but is also planning to go down to the family home near Bath to see her brother and sister Melanie, who lives in Bristol.
- At just 150 metres from the beach this fourth floor studio would make a great pied-à-terre or sound rental investment.
- A glaring lack of checks on those registering to vote at both a city pied-à-terre and a country pile has left the system open to abuse, they argue.
- ‘I don't like the act of writing for long periods of time,’ she says, half-reclining on a divan in her lofty Manhattan pied-à-terre, dressed in a white T-shirt, black cardigan and flowing black trousers.
- He also maintains a pied-à-terre in Manhattan for visits to the city, but these days he rarely takes the trip into town.
- It seems that most people buying abroad would like to have a place in Spain and one in somewhere like Barbados, as well as keeping a pied-à-terre here.
Synonyms
home, house, flat, apartment, a roof over one's head

Origin

Early 19th century: French, literally 'foot to earth'.

Rhymes

affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah

Definition of pied-à-terre in US English:

pied-à-terre

nounpēˌyādəˈterpiˌjeɪdəˈtɛr

A small apartment, house, or room kept for occasional use.
临时住所
Example sentencesExamples
- From a desirable pied-à-terre in London and a generous salary for your spouse, to first-class travel allowances around the country, the taxpayers pick up the bill.
- Standing in the garden of the owner's cottage, the small annexe to the Cottage offers a very attractive and well appointed pied-à-terre for a couple wishing to explore this unspoilt part of Southern England.
- Even though he lives just a 25-minute rail commute from his constituency, he bought a £325,000 pied-à-terre in a converted warehouse.
- She's staying in Gabriel's London pied-à-terre but is also planning to go down to the family home near Bath to see her brother and sister Melanie, who lives in Bristol.
- Until then, successful entrepreneurs will prefer a rain-soaked pied-à-terre in Brussels to that sunny villa in Aix.
- However, harbour rules forbid owners with permanent moorings to spend more than a couple of nights a week aboard their yachts, so they cannot become a permanent home, only a watery pied-à-terre.
- ‘I don't like the act of writing for long periods of time,’ she says, half-reclining on a divan in her lofty Manhattan pied-à-terre, dressed in a white T-shirt, black cardigan and flowing black trousers.
- My imagination is once again flashing with vulgar status symbols: yachts, a £30,000 watch made of diamonds and precious metals; a pied-à-terre in London, a fat car with real-leather smell.
- Here is the perfect pied-à-terre located on a delightful wisteria-adorned pedestrian passage.
- At just 150 metres from the beach this fourth floor studio would make a great pied-à-terre or sound rental investment.
- It seems that most people buying abroad would like to have a place in Spain and one in somewhere like Barbados, as well as keeping a pied-à-terre here.
- He also maintains a pied-à-terre in Manhattan for visits to the city, but these days he rarely takes the trip into town.
- It's a commercial buy-to-let and a pied-à-terre designed to appeal to the corporate traveller.
- A glaring lack of checks on those registering to vote at both a city pied-à-terre and a country pile has left the system open to abuse, they argue.
- Studios are a popular choice as a pied-à-terre, but for somebody like you, looking to live in one all the time, they require careful thought.
Synonyms
home, house, flat, apartment, a roof over one's head

Origin

Early 19th century: French, literally ‘foot to earth’.

词汇	pied-à-terre
释义	Definition of pied-à-terre in English: pied-à-terre nounPlural pieds-à-terre pjetatɛʀˌpjeɪdɑːˈtɛːpiˌjeɪdəˈtɛr A small flat, house, or room kept for occasional use. 临时住所 Example sentencesExamples Standing in the garden of the owner's cottage, the small annexe to the Cottage offers a very attractive and well appointed pied-à-terre for a couple wishing to explore this unspoilt part of Southern England. Even though he lives just a 25-minute rail commute from his constituency, he bought a £325,000 pied-à-terre in a converted warehouse. It's a commercial buy-to-let and a pied-à-terre designed to appeal to the corporate traveller. My imagination is once again flashing with vulgar status symbols: yachts, a £30,000 watch made of diamonds and precious metals; a pied-à-terre in London, a fat car with real-leather smell. From a desirable pied-à-terre in London and a generous salary for your spouse, to first-class travel allowances around the country, the taxpayers pick up the bill. Until then, successful entrepreneurs will prefer a rain-soaked pied-à-terre in Brussels to that sunny villa in Aix. However, harbour rules forbid owners with permanent moorings to spend more than a couple of nights a week aboard their yachts, so they cannot become a permanent home, only a watery pied-à-terre. Studios are a popular choice as a pied-à-terre, but for somebody like you, looking to live in one all the time, they require careful thought. Here is the perfect pied-à-terre located on a delightful wisteria-adorned pedestrian passage. She's staying in Gabriel's London pied-à-terre but is also planning to go down to the family home near Bath to see her brother and sister Melanie, who lives in Bristol. At just 150 metres from the beach this fourth floor studio would make a great pied-à-terre or sound rental investment. A glaring lack of checks on those registering to vote at both a city pied-à-terre and a country pile has left the system open to abuse, they argue. ‘I don't like the act of writing for long periods of time,’ she says, half-reclining on a divan in her lofty Manhattan pied-à-terre, dressed in a white T-shirt, black cardigan and flowing black trousers. He also maintains a pied-à-terre in Manhattan for visits to the city, but these days he rarely takes the trip into town. It seems that most people buying abroad would like to have a place in Spain and one in somewhere like Barbados, as well as keeping a pied-à-terre here. Synonyms home, house, flat, apartment, a roof over one's head Origin Early 19th century: French, literally 'foot to earth'. Rhymes affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah Definition of pied-à-terre in US English: pied-à-terre nounpēˌyādəˈterpiˌjeɪdəˈtɛr A small apartment, house, or room kept for occasional use. 临时住所 Example sentencesExamples From a desirable pied-à-terre in London and a generous salary for your spouse, to first-class travel allowances around the country, the taxpayers pick up the bill. Standing in the garden of the owner's cottage, the small annexe to the Cottage offers a very attractive and well appointed pied-à-terre for a couple wishing to explore this unspoilt part of Southern England. Even though he lives just a 25-minute rail commute from his constituency, he bought a £325,000 pied-à-terre in a converted warehouse. She's staying in Gabriel's London pied-à-terre but is also planning to go down to the family home near Bath to see her brother and sister Melanie, who lives in Bristol. Until then, successful entrepreneurs will prefer a rain-soaked pied-à-terre in Brussels to that sunny villa in Aix. However, harbour rules forbid owners with permanent moorings to spend more than a couple of nights a week aboard their yachts, so they cannot become a permanent home, only a watery pied-à-terre. ‘I don't like the act of writing for long periods of time,’ she says, half-reclining on a divan in her lofty Manhattan pied-à-terre, dressed in a white T-shirt, black cardigan and flowing black trousers. My imagination is once again flashing with vulgar status symbols: yachts, a £30,000 watch made of diamonds and precious metals; a pied-à-terre in London, a fat car with real-leather smell. Here is the perfect pied-à-terre located on a delightful wisteria-adorned pedestrian passage. At just 150 metres from the beach this fourth floor studio would make a great pied-à-terre or sound rental investment. It seems that most people buying abroad would like to have a place in Spain and one in somewhere like Barbados, as well as keeping a pied-à-terre here. He also maintains a pied-à-terre in Manhattan for visits to the city, but these days he rarely takes the trip into town. It's a commercial buy-to-let and a pied-à-terre designed to appeal to the corporate traveller. A glaring lack of checks on those registering to vote at both a city pied-à-terre and a country pile has left the system open to abuse, they argue. Studios are a popular choice as a pied-à-terre, but for somebody like you, looking to live in one all the time, they require careful thought. Synonyms home, house, flat, apartment, a roof over one's head Origin Early 19th century: French, literally ‘foot to earth’.
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