Dictionary

pied-à-terre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /piˌeɪ.dəˈtɛɹ/ (General-American)
• /piˌeɪ.dəˈtɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pied-à-terre (“foot on the ground”).

Meanings

1. A smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home, especially one in the city.
   • But the pied-à-terre at the embassy provides little privacy and has none of the grandeur for the formal events that an American ambassador posted to the United States’ closest Middle East ally is expected to host. 2021 December 1, Lara Jakes, Michael Crowley, “In Israel, the New U.S. Ambassador’s Home Lacks a Certain View”, in The New York Times, retrieved 01 Dec 2021:

Forms

Coordinates

dacha

Relateds

love nest · city break

Translations (7)

fr pied-à-terre (smaller secondary lodging) · it piedatterra (smaller secondary lodging) · pl stancja (smaller secondary lodging) · ca posada (smaller secondary lodging) · de Zweitwohnung (smaller secondary lodging) · fi kakkoskoti (smaller secondary lodging) · fi kakkosasunto (smaller secondary lodging)