foot

pied

Partie située au bas de la jambe, sur laquelle on se tient debout et on marche.

En anglais simple : The part at the bottom of your leg that you stand and walk on.

• My foot hurts.
• She washed her feet before bed.
• Did you hurt your foot while running?

Expressions courantes : left foot, bare foot, foot pain, hurt your foot

pied

Unité de longueur égale à douze pouces, soit environ trente centimètres.

En anglais simple : A unit for measuring length, equal to twelve inches or about thirty centimetres.

• The shelf is one foot wide.
• He is six feet tall.
• We moved the table a few feet closer.

Expressions courantes : one foot long, square foot, a foot wide, foot high

à pied

Le fait de se déplacer en marchant, généralement dans l’expression on foot.

En anglais simple : Travelling by walking, usually in the phrase on foot.

• I go to school on foot.
• They explored the old town on foot.
• Can we get there on foot?

Comment l'utiliser : on foot (We reached the village on foot.)

Expressions courantes : on foot, go on foot, travel on foot

pied, base

La partie la plus basse d’une chose haute ou qui s’élève.

En anglais simple : The lowest part or base of something tall or rising.

• Wait at the foot of the stairs.
• A village stands at the foot of the hill.
• They built a shelter near the foot of the cliff.

Comment l'utiliser : at the foot of something (We parked at the foot of the mountain.)

Synonymes : base, bottom

Contraires : top, summit

Expressions courantes : foot of something, at the foot, foot of the stairs

pied du lit

L’extrémité d’un lit ou d’une surface semblable où se trouvent habituellement les pieds.

En anglais simple : The end of a bed or similar surface where your feet usually rest.

• She sat at the foot of the bed.
• A blanket lay across the foot of the bed.
• We put a small chest at the bed's foot.

Comment l'utiliser : at the foot of the bed (The dog sleeps at the foot of the bed.)

Synonymes : lower end

Contraires : head

Expressions courantes : foot of the bed, at the foot, bed's foot

payer, régler

Régler une facture, surtout si elle est élevée ou due aux dépenses de quelqu’un d’autre.

En anglais simple : To pay a bill, especially a large bill or one that someone else caused.

• Who will foot the bill?
• Her parents footed the bill for the wedding.
• Taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for these mistakes.

Comment l'utiliser : foot the bill for something (The company will foot the bill for your hotel.)

Synonymes : pay, cover

Expressions courantes : foot the bill, foot someone's bill, foot the cost

marcher, aller à pied

Aller quelque part à pied, généralement dans l’expression foot it.

En anglais simple : To walk somewhere, usually in the phrase foot it.

• We had to foot it home.
• They footed it back to the village.
• Will you ride, or foot it?

Comment l'utiliser : foot it + place/direction (With no bus available, we footed it home.)

Synonymes : walk

Expressions courantes : foot it, foot it home, foot it back

additionner, totaliser

Additionner tous les nombres d’une colonne pour obtenir leur total.

En anglais simple : To add all the numbers in a column to find their total.

• Please foot this column.
• She footed up the figures twice.
• The accountant footed each column before checking the balance.

Comment l'utiliser : foot up something (The clerk footed up the figures in the ledger.)

Synonymes : total, add up, sum

Expressions courantes : foot a column, foot up something, foot an account