pied-a-terre

1. 1.

   lodging for occasional or secondary use

   “they bought a pied-a-terre in London”

   Broaderhousing

Questions about pied-a-terre

What does pied-a-terre mean?

pied-a-terre means "lodging for occasional or secondary use".

How many syllables are in pied-a-terre?

pied-a-terre has 3 syllables and divides as pie-d-a--terre under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pied-a-terre a common word?

pied-a-terre is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.