à pic

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a pik/
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Adverb

à pic

  1. at just the right moment, just at the right time, just when needed, in a timely fashion
    Synonyms: à point nommé, à propos, pile au bon moment
    tomber à pic, arriver à picto come at just the right time

Adjective

à pic (plural à pic)

  1. precipitous, perpendicular, vertical
    • Ce ne sont que des rochers à pic contre lesquels la mer se brise avec fureur : les vents et les vagues les ont façonnés en pyramides, en tours, en cavernes, en arcades; d'innombrables oiseaux de mer animent le paysage. Jules Leclercq, La Terre de glace, Féroë, Islande, les geysers, le mont Hékla, Paris : E. Plon & Cie, 1883, p.28 (from à pic on the French WiktionaryWiktionary fr)

Usage notes

Chiefly used with tomber: tomber à pic.

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