marchepied

French

Etymology

From marche +‎ pied.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ.ʃə.pje/

Noun

marchepied m (plural marchepieds)

(railway) step (of a train)
running board (of car)
(figuratively) stepping-stone

Further reading

“marchepied”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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