Polyglot Dictionary

sauter à cloche-pied

/so.te a klɔʃ pje/

verb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
saute à cloche-pied
past
a sauté à cloche-pied
perfect
sauté à cloche-pied

Meaning

  1. to hop

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

sautiller

sauter à cloche-pied specifically means to hop on one foot; sautiller is more general, light hopping or skipping — both mean "to hop."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

brincar

brincar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to hop."

Practice

1 What does sauter à cloche-pied mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'oiseau saute à ___-pied le long de la branche.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sauter à cloche-pied?

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