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Webster 1913 Edition

Foot

(foŏt)

Noun.

;

pl.

Feet

(fēt)

[OE.

fot

foot

, pl.

fet

feet

. AS.

fōt

, pl.

fēt

; akin to D.

voet

, OHG.

fuoz

, G.

fuss

, Icel.

fōtr

, Sw.

fot

, Dan.

fod

, Goth.

fōtus

, L.

pes

, Gr.

πούς

, Skr.

pād

, Icel.

fet

step, pace measure of a foot,

feta

to step, find one’s way. √77, 250. Cf.

to fetch,

a piece in chess,

(Anat.)

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See

Manus

, and

Pes

(Zool.)

The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of

Buccinum

That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal;

as, the

foot

of a table; the

foot

of a stocking.

The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority;

as, the

foot

of a hill; the

foot

of the procession; the

foot

of a class; the

foot

of the bed; ; the

foot

of the page.

And now at

foot

Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet.

Milton.

Fundamental principle; basis; plan; – used only in the singular.

Answer directly upon the

foot

of dry reason.

Berkeley.

Recognized condition; rank; footing; – used only in the singular.

[R.]

As to his being on the

foot

of a servant.

Walpole.

A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See

Yard

☞ This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters.

(Mil.)

Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

“Both horse and foot.”

Milton.

(Pros.)

A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

10.

(Naut.)

The lower edge of a sail.

☞ Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds.

Foot artillery

(Mil.)

(a)

Artillery soldiers serving in foot.

(b)

Heavy artillery.

Farrow.

–

Foot bank

(Fort.)

a raised way within a parapet.

–

Foot barracks

(Mil.)

barracks for infantery.

–

Foot bellows

a bellows worked by a treadle.

Knight.

–

Foot company

(Mil.)

a company of infantry.

Milton.

–

Foot gear

covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.

–

Foot hammer

(Mach.)

a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.

–

Foot iron

(a)

The step of a carriage.

(b)

A fetter.

–

Foot jaw

(Zool.)

See

Maxilliped

–

Foot key

(Mus.)

an organ pedal.

–

Foot level

(Gunnery)

a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance.

Farrow.

–

Foot mantle

a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt.

[Obs.]

–

Foot page

an errand boy; an attendant.

[Obs.]

–

Foot passenger

one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge.

–

Foot pavement

a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir.

–

Foot poet

an inferior poet; a poetaster.

[R.]

Dryden.

–

Foot post

(a)

A letter carrier who travels on foot.

(b)

A mail delivery by means of such carriers.

–

Fot pound

, and

Foot poundal

(Mech.)

See

Foot pound

and

Foot poundal

, in the Vocabulary.

–

Foot press

(Mach.)

a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle.

–

Foot race

a race run by persons on foot.

Cowper.

–

Foot rail

a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side.

–

Foot rot

an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.

–

Foot rule

a rule or measure twelve inches long.

–

Foot screw

an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.

–

Foot secretion

(Zool.)

See

Sclerobase

–

Foot soldier

a soldier who serves on foot.

–

Foot stick

(Printing)

a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.

–

Foot stove

a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.

–

Foot tubercle

(Zool.)

See

Parapodium

–

Foot valve

(Steam Engine)

the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser.

–

Foot vise

a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle.

–

Foot waling

(Naut.)

the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers.

Totten.

–

Foot wall

(Mining)

the under wall of an inclosed vein.

By foot

, or

On foot

by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot.

–

Cubic foot

See under

Cubic

–

Foot and mouth disease

a contagious disease (Eczema epizoötica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.

–

Foot of the fine

(Law)

the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See

Fine of land

, under

Fine

Noun.

; also

Chirograph

. (b).

–

Square foot

See under

Square

–

To be on foot

to be in motion, action, or process of execution.

–

To keep the foot

(Script.)

to preserve decorum.

“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.”

Eccl. v. 1.

–

To put one's foot down

to take a resolute stand; to be determined.

[Colloq.]

–

To put the best foot foremost

to make a good appearance; to do one's best.

[Colloq.]

–

To set on foot

to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription.

–

put one on his feet

, or

set one on his feet

to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start.

–

Under foot

(a)

Under the feet; (

Fig.

) at one's mercy;

as, to trample

under foot

Gibbon.

(b)

Below par.

[Obs.]

“They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.”

Bacon.

Foot

(foŏt)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Footed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Footing

To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

Dryden.

To walk; – opposed to ride or fly.

Shak.

Foot

Verb.

To kick with the foot; to spurn.

Shak.

To set on foot; to establish; to land.

[Obs.]

What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late

footed

in the kingdom?

Shakespeare

To tread;

as, to

foot

the green

Tickell.

To sum up, as the numbers in a column; – sometimes with up;

as, to

foot

(or

foot

up) an account

To seize or strike with the talon.

[Poet.]

Shak.

To renew the foot of, as of a stocking.

Shak.

To foot a bill

to pay it.

[Colloq.]

–

To foot it

to walk; also, to dance.

If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can

foot it

farthest.

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foot

FOOT

Noun.

plu.

feet. [L. pes, pedis. Probably this word is allied to the Gr. to walk, to tread. Eng. verb, to tread.]

In animal bodies, the lower extremity of the leg; the part of the leg which treads the earth in standing or walking, and by which the animal is sustained and enabled to step.

That which bears some resemblance to an animal's foot in shape or office; the lower end of any thing that supports a body; as the foot of a table.

The lower part; the base; as the foot of a column or of a mountain.

The lower part; the bottom; as the foot of an account; the foot of a sail.

Foundation; condition; state. We are not on the same foot with our fellow citizens. In this sense, it is more common, in America, to use footing; and in this sense the plural is not used.

Plan of establishment; fundamental principles. Our constitution may hereafter be placed on a better foot.

[In this sense the plural is not used.]

In military language, soldiers who march and fight on foot; infantry, as distinguished from cavalry.

[In this sense the plural is not used.]

A measure consisting of twelve inches; supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. Geometricians divide the foot into 10 digits, and the digit into 10 lines.

In poetry, a certain number of syllables, constituting part of a verse; as the iambus, the dactyl, and the spondee.

10.

Step; pace.

11.

Level; par. obs.

12.

The part of a stocking or boot which receives the foot.

By foot, or rather, on foot, by walking, as to go or pass on foot; or by fording, as to pass a stream on foot. See the next definition.

To set on foot, to originate; to begin; to put in motion; as, to set on foot a subscription. Hence, to be on foot, is to be in motion, action or process of execution.

FOOT

, v.i.

To dance; to tread to measure or music; to skip.

To walk; opposed to ride or fly. In this sense, the word is commonly followed by it.

If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest.

FOOT

, v.t.

To kick; to strike with the foot; to spurn.

To settle; to begin to fix. [Little used.]

To tread; as, to foot the green.

To add the numbers in a column, and set the sum at the foot; as, to foot an account.

To seize and hold with the foot. [Not used.]

To add or make a foot; as, to foot a stocking or boot.

Definition 2024

Foot

See also: foot and Fööt

English

Alternative forms

Foote

Proper noun

Foot

A surname.

German Low German

Noun

Foot m (plural Fööt or Feut)

foot (anatomy)

Compounds

Football
Footballspääl
Footballspäler
Footballspälerin
Footballspälersch
Footballspälersche
Footballspeel
Footballspeler
Footballspelerin
Footballspelersch
Footballspelersche
Footballspill
Footbodden
Footgänger
Footgängerin
Footgängersch
Footgängersche
Footgängerzoon
Footpadd
Footstieg
Footweg

Idioms

enen op den Fööt pedden
Dat hett Hand un Foot
Klei di an de Fööt!
Klei mi an de Fööt!

References

Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, ISBN 978-3-529-03000-0, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Foot m ‎(plural Feet)

foot

Derived terms

Footijch
Footspoa
Footsoldot
Footstijch
Footwoama

foot

See also: Foot and Fööt

English

A human male right foot.

Diagram including the foot of a piece of type. a face, b body or shank, c point size, 1 shoulder, 2 nick, 3 groove, 4 foot.

Noun

foot ‎(plural feet)

(countable) A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. ^transl.
A spider has eight feet.‎
(countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. ^transl.
Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.‎
(uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking.

We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.‎

There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.‎
(countable) The base or bottom of anything. ^transl.
I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.‎
(countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
We came and stood at the foot of the bed.‎
(countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. ^{coord.}
The host should sit at the foot of the table.‎
(countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. ^transl.
The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.‎
(countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. ^usage^{coord.}
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess:
 ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.‎
(countable, music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
(military, collective) Foot soldiers; infantry. ^{coord.}
King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.‎
- Clarendon
 His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
(countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
(countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
(countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. ^{coord.}
(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
(countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. ^transl.
(countable, phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
(countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail. ^{coord.}^transl.
To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.‎
(countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
(countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4
  (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
(countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
(countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. ^{coord.}
(countable, geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
(uncountable) Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- Berkeley
  Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
(uncountable) Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- Walpole
  As to his being on the foot of a servant.

Usage notes

(unit of length^def.): The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is feet, but in many contexts, foot itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.^[1]
It is sometimes abbreviated ', such as in tables, lists or drawings.

Derived terms

Terms derived from foot (noun)

See also feet#Derived terms

Coordinate terms

(unit of length^def.^transl.): inch, yard, mile
(end of a table^def.): head, sides
(bottom of a page^def.): head, body
(bottom edge of a sail^def.^transl.): head, leech, luff
(molecular domain^def.): head, cleft, neck
(infantry^def.): horse

Translations

part of animal’s body ^def.

Abkhaz:
Afrikaans: poot
Albanian: këmbë (sq) f
Arabic: قَدَم (ar) f ‎(qadam)
Egyptian Arabic: (rarely) قدم f ‎(ʔadam or qadam), (usually) رجل f ‎(regl)
Armenian: ոտք (hy) ‎(otkʿ)
Asturian: pata (ast) f
Avar: хӏетӏе ‎(ḥeṭe)
Azeri: ayaq (az)
Bakhtiari: پا ‎(pâ)
Baluchi: پاد ‎(pád)
Belarusian: нага́ f ‎(nahá)
Bengali: ফুট ‎(phuṭa)
Breton: pav m
Bulgarian: крак (bg) f ‎(krak)
Catalan: pota (ca) m
Chamicuro: kujtu
Chechen:
Chinese:

Cantonese: 腳, 脚 ‎(goek³), 足 ‎(zuk¹)

Mandarin: 腳 (zh), 脚 (zh) ‎(jiǎo), 足 (zh) ‎(zú)

Min Nan: 跤 (zh-min-nan) ‎(kha), 足 (zh-min-nan) ‎(chiok)
Coptic: ⲫⲁⲧ f ‎(fad, fat), ⲣⲁⲧ m ‎(rad, rat), ϣⲟⲡ f ‎(šob, šop), ⲡⲉⲍⲁ f ‎(beẓa, peẓa)
Cornish: troos m
Crimean Tatar: ayaq
Czech: noha (cs) f
Danish: fod (da) c, fødder pl
Dutch: poot (nl) m, pootje (nl) n
Estonian: jalg (et), jäse, koib
Ewe: afɔ
Faroese: fótur m
Finnish: käpälä (fi), jalka (fi), tassu (fi), kavio (fi)
French: patte (fr) f
Galician: pata f
Georgian:
German: Pfote (de) f
Greek: οπλή (el) f ‎(oplí), πόδι (el) n ‎(pódi)
Ancient: πούς m ‎(poús)
Haitian Creole: pye
Hungarian: láb (hu)
Icelandic: fótur (is) m
Indonesian: kaki (id)
Irish: cos f
Italian: zampa (it) f
Japanese: 足 (ja) ‎(ashi)
Kannada: ಅಡಿ (kn) ‎(aḍi)
Kazakh: аяқ (kk) ‎(ayaq)
Khmer: ជើង (km) ‎(cəəŋ)
Korean: 발 (ko) ‎(bal)

Kyrgyz: аяк (ky) ‎(ayak)
Lao: ຕີນ (lo) ‎(tīn)
Latin: pēs (la) m
Latvian: pēda (lv) f
Lithuanian: pėdutės pl
Luxembourgish: Patt f
Macedonian: стапало n ‎(stapalo), нога f ‎(noga)
Malay: kaki (ms)
Maltese: sieq f
Maori: waewae, wae, wae
Mongolian: туурай (mn) ‎(tuuraj), сарвуу (mn) ‎(sarvuu)
Norwegian: pote labb
Occitan: pauta f
Old Norse: fótr m
Old Portuguese: pee
Old Turkic: 𐰑𐰴 ‎(adaq)
Ossetian:
Ottoman Turkish: گام ‎(gâm), قدم ‎(kadem), پا ‎(pâ), پای ‎(pây), اياق ‎(ayak)
Persian: پا (fa) ‎(pâ)
Polish: stopa (pl) f
Portuguese: pata (pt) f
Quechua: chaki (qu)
Russian: нога́ (ru) f ‎(nogá)
Scots: fit
Scottish Gaelic: cas f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: стопало n

Roman: stopalo (sh) n
Slovak: noha (sk) f
Spanish: pata (es) f
Swahili: mgu
Swedish: fot (sv) c, hov (sv) c, klöv (sv) c, tass (sv) c
Tagalog: paa (tl)
Tajik: по (tg) ‎(po)
Talysh:
Asalemi: پا ‎(pâ)
Thai: เท้า (th) ‎(táo), ตีน (th) ‎(tiin)
Tibetan: རྐང་པ ‎(rkang pa)
Tlingit: xh'oos
Tocharian A: pe
Tocharian B: paiyye
Tok Pisin: lek (tpi), fut (tpi)
Turkish: ayak (tr)
Turkmen: aýak (tk)
Tuvan:
Uzbek: to'lamoq (uz)
Vietnamese: chân (vi)
Welsh: troed (cy) f
Yiddish: פֿוס m ‎(fus)
Yup'ik: it'gaq

part of human body ^def.

Afrikaans: voet (af)
Albanian: këmbë (sq) f
Arabic: رِجْل (ar) f ‎(rijl), قَدَم (ar) f ‎(qadam)
Egyptian Arabic: (rarely) قدم f, m ‎(ʔadam or qadam), (usually) رجل f ‎(regl)
Armenian: ոտք (hy) ‎(otkʿ)
Aromanian: cicior
Asturian: pie (ast) m, pie (ast) m
Azeri: ayaq (az)
Balinese: cokor
Basque: oin
Belarusian: нага́ f ‎(nahá)
Bikol Central: bitis
Breton: troad (br) m
Bulgarian: стъпа́ло (bg) m ‎(stǎpálo)
Burmese: ခြေ (my) ‎(hkre)
Catalan: peu (ca) m
Cebuano: tiil
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴹⴰⵕ m ‎(aḍaṛ)
Chamicuro: kujtu
Chinese:

Cantonese: 腳, 脚 ‎(goek³), 足 ‎(zuk¹)

Mandarin: 腳 (zh), 脚 (zh) ‎(jiǎo), 足 (zh) ‎(zú)

Wu: 脚骨 ‎(ciah-kueh)
Cia-Cia: 까께
Cornish: troos m
Crimean Tatar: ayaq
Czech: noha (cs) f
Dalmatian: pi m
Danish: fod (da) c, fødder pl
Darkinjung: dhunna
Dutch: voet (nl) m
Erzya: пильге ‎(pilʹge)
Esperanto: piedo (eo)
Estonian: jalg (et)
Ewe: afɔ
Faroese: fótur m
Fijian: yava (fj)
Finnish: jalka (fi), jalkaterä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: pied m
French: pied (fr) m
Friulian: pît, pîd f
Galician: pé (gl) m
Gamilaraay: thina
Georgian: ფეხი ‎(pexi)
German: Fuß (de) m, Fuss (de) m (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
Gothic: 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 m ‎(fōtus)
Greek: πόδι (el) n ‎(pódi)
Ancient: πούς m ‎(poús), (Laconian) πόρ m ‎(pór)
Guaraní: py
Haitian Creole: pye
Hawaiian: wāwae
Hebrew: רגל (he) f ‎(regel)
Hindi: पैर (hi) m ‎(pair), पांव ‎(pā̃w)
Hungarian: láb (hu), lábfej (hu)
Ido: pedo (io)
Indonesian: kaki (id)
Interlingua: pede
Interlingue:
Irish: cos f, troigh f
Isthmus Zapotec: batañee, ñee
Italian: piede (it) m
Japanese: 足 (ja) ‎(あし, ashí)
Javanese: sikil (jv), cokor (jv) (vulgar)
Norman: pid m
Kalanga: gumbo
Kannada: ಪಾದ (kn) ‎(pāda)
Khmer: ជើង (km) ‎(cheung)
Komi-Zyrian: кок ‎(kok)
Korean: 발 (ko) ‎(bal)
Kuna: mali
Kurdish:

Kurmanji: pî (ku), pê (ku), ling (ku), nig (ku)

Sorani: پێ ‎(pê)
Lao: ຕີນ (lo) ‎(tīn)
Latgalian: pāds m
Latin: pēs (la) m
Latvian: pēda (lv) f, kāja (lv) f
Lithuanian: pėda (lt) f, koja (lt) f
Lojban: jamfu

Luxembourgish: Fouss (lb) m
Macedonian: стапало n ‎(stapalo), нога f ‎(noga)
Malay: kaki (ms)
Malayalam: പാദം (ml) ‎(pādaṃ)
Maori: waewae, wae
Mbabaram: jina
Mongolian: хөл (mn) ‎(höl)
Nama: ǂaidi
Navajo: akeeʼ
Neapolitan: pere m
North Frisian: (Mooring) fötj m; (Föhr-Amrum) fut m; (Helgoland) Fut m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: fot (no) m

Nynorsk: fot m
Occitan: pè (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic: нога f ‎(noga)
Old East Slavic: плесна f ‎(plesna)
Old English: fot
Old French: pié
Old Portuguese: pee
Old Turkic: 𐰑𐰴 ‎(adaq)
Persian: پا (fa) ‎(pâ)
Polish: stopa (pl) f
Portuguese: pé (pt) m
Powhatan: mesit
Punjabi: ਪੈਰ (pa) m ‎(pair)
Quechua: chaki (qu)
Romani: pirri, pir
Romanian: picior (ro) n
Romansch: pe
Russian: нога́ (ru) f ‎(nogá), ступня́ (ru) f ‎(stupnjá), стопа́ (ru) f ‎(stopá)
Rwanda-Rundi: ikirenge class 7/8, ibirenge pl
Sanskrit: पद् ‎(pád)
Sardinian: pee, pei m
Scots: fit
Scottish Gaelic: cas f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: стопало n, стопа m

Roman: stopalo (sh) n, stopa (sh) m
Sicilian: pedi (scn) m
Slovak: noha (sk) f
Slovene: stopalo (sl) n
Somali: cago
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: noga f
Sotho: leoto
Spanish: pie (es) m
Sundanese: sampéan
Swahili: mguu (sw) (nc 7/8)
Swedish: fot (sv) c
Tagalog: paa (tl)
Tajik: пой ‎(poy)
Taos: į̏ęnénemą
Telugu: పాదము (te) ‎(pādamu)
Tetum: ain
Thai: เท้า (th) ‎(thao)
Tocharian A: pe
Tocharian B: paiyye, pai
Tok Pisin: lek (tpi), fut (tpi)
Tswana: lonao
Tupinambá: py
Turkish: ayak (tr)
Tzotzil: okol
Ukrainian: нога́ (uk) f ‎(nohá), ступня́ f ‎(stupnjá)
Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌉 ‎(peři)
Urdu: پیر m ‎(pair)
Uyghur: پۇت ‎(put)
Uzbek: oyoq (uz)
Venetian: pìe (vec), piè, pè (vec), pié
Vietnamese: bàn chân (vi)
Vilamovian: füs m
Volapük: fut (vo)
Waray-Waray: tiil, siki
Walloon: pî (wa)
Welsh: troed (cy)
West Frisian: poat m, foet
Yiddish: פֿוס m ‎(fus)
Yup'ik: it'gaq
Zulu: unyawo (zu) class 11/10

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Armenian: ստորոտ (hy) ‎(storot)
Bulgarian: основа (bg) f ‎(osnova)
Catalan: peu (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腳, 脚 ‎(goek³)
Czech: spodek m
Danish: fod (da) c, fødder pl
Estonian: jaland, jalam, alus
Finnish: juuri (fi), tyvi (fi), kanta (fi), alaosa (fi)
French: pied (fr) m
Galician: pé (gl) m
German: Fuß (de) m
Greek: πόδι (el) n ‎(pódi)
Italian: fondo (it) m, pié pagina
Maori: take
Norman: pid m
Macedonian: подножје n ‎(podnožje)

Malayalam: ചുവട് (ml) ‎(cuvaṭ)
Persian: بنیاد (fa) ‎(bonyâd), پایه (fa) ‎(pâye'), پی (fa) ‎(pey)
Portuguese: pé (pt) m
Russian: низ (ru) m ‎(niz), подно́жие (ru) n ‎(podnóžije)
Scots: fit
Scottish Gaelic: bonn m, bun m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: подножје n

Roman: podnožje (sh) n
Sicilian: funnu (scn) m
Spanish: pie (es) m
Swedish: fot (sv) c, ben (sv) n
Telugu: పాదము (te) ‎(pādamu) / అడుగు (te) ‎(aḍugu) (...depending on the context)
Welsh: troed (cy) f, gwaelod (cy) m

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Bulgarian: краче (bg) n ‎(krače)
Czech: noha (cs) f
Danish: fod (da) c, fødder pl
Dutch: poot (nl) m, pootje (nl) n
French: pied (fr) m
Greek: πόδι (el) n ‎(pódi)
Norman: pid m

Kurdish:
Sorani: قاچ ‎(qaç)
Macedonian: ногарка f ‎(nogarka)
Persian: پایه (fa) ‎(pâya or pâye)
Portuguese: pé (pt) m
Scots: fit
Swedish: fot (sv) c, ben (sv) n

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Armenian: ֆուտ (hy) ‎(fut), ոտնաչափ (hy) ‎(otnačʿapʿ)
Belarusian: фут f ‎(fut)
Breton: troatad (br) m
Bulgarian: фут m ‎(fut)
Catalan: peu (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 英尺 ‎(jing¹ cek³)

Mandarin: 英尺 (zh) ‎(yīngchǐ)
Cornish: tros-hys m
Czech: stopa (cs) f
Danish: fod (da) c, fod (da) pl
Dutch: voet (nl) m
Esperanto: futo (eo)
Estonian: jalg (et)
Faroese: fótur m
Finnish: jalka (fi)
French: pied (fr) m
Galician: pé (gl) m
German: Fuß (de) m
Greek: πόδι (el) n ‎(pódi)
Irish: troigh f
Old Irish: traig f
Italian: piede (it) m
Japanese: フィート ‎(fīto)
Norman: pid m
Korean: 피트 (ko) ‎(piteu)
Kurdish:
Sorani: هەنگاو ‎(hengaw)

Latvian: pēda (lv) f
Lithuanian: pėda (lt) f
Macedonian: стапка f ‎(stapka)
Malayalam: അടി (ml) ‎(aṭi)
Maori: putu
Navajo: adéesʼeez, ké silá
Norwegian:

Bokmål: fot (no) m

Nynorsk: fot m
Persian: پا (fa) ‎(pâ); فوت (fa) sg, pl ‎(fut), فیت (fa) pl ‎(fit)
Polish: stopa (pl) f
Portuguese: pé (pt) m
Russian: фут (ru) m ‎(fut)
Scots: fit
Scottish Gaelic: troigh f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: стопа m

Roman: stopa (sh) m
Slovak: stopa f
Slovene: čevelj (sl) m
Spanish: pie (es) m
Swahili: futi (sw)
Swedish: fot (sv) c
Tagalog: talampakan (tl)
Telugu: అడుగు (te) ‎(aḍugu)
Ukrainian: фут f ‎(fut)
Welsh: troedfedd (cy) f
Yup'ik: itegneq

measure of rhythm ^def.

metrical foot — see metrical foot

bottom edge of a sail ^def.

Finnish: alaliikki (fi)
Maori: taketake
Polish: lik dolny m

Scots: fit

Verb

foot ‎(third-person singular simple present foots, present participle footing, simple past and past participle footed)

(transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
(transitive) To pay (a bill).
To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
To walk.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
To tread.

to foot the green

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(obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- Shakespeare
  What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
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To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
to foot (or foot up) an account

Derived terms

foot the bill

Translations

kick

Bulgarian: ритам (bg) ‎(ritam)
Czech: kopnout (cs)
Danish: sparke
Dutch: stampen (nl)
Estonian: lööma (et)
Faroese: sparka
Finnish: potkaista (fi), kenkäistä
French: donner un coup de pied

Korean: 차다 (ko) ‎(chada)
Norwegian: sparke (no)
Portuguese: chutar (pt)
Russian: пинать (ru) impf ‎(pinatʹ), пнуть (ru) pf ‎(pnutʹ)
Scots: fit
Scottish Gaelic: breab
Swahili: mgu
Swedish: sparka (sv), kicka (sv)
Tok Pisin: kik

pay

Bulgarian: плащам (bg) ‎(plaštam)
Czech: zatáhnout
Danish: betale (da)
Dutch: betalen (nl), voldoen (nl)
Estonian: kinni maksma
Finnish: maksaa (fi)
French: payer (fr)
German: bezahlen (de)
Interlingua: pagar
Italian: pagare (it)

Luxembourgish: bezuelen
Norwegian: betale (no)
Polish: bulić (pl)
Portuguese: pagar (pt)
Scots: fit
Scottish Gaelic: seas
Swahili: mgu
Swedish: betala (sv)
Tok Pisin: givim pe long

References

↑ Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”, in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ.

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: duty · heavy · single · #616: foot · beauty · attention · standing

French

Etymology

Apocopic form of football.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fut/

Noun

foot m ‎(uncountable)

(colloquial) association football; football, soccer
- Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde.
  Zidane is one of the best soccer players in the world.
- Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé.
  Every week, he watches soccer on TV.

Derived terms

ballon de foot

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English fōt ‎(“foot”), from Proto-Germanic *fōts ‎(“foot”) (compare Scots fit, West Frisian foet, Dutch voet, German Fuß, Danish fod), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (compare Hittite pata, Latin pēs, Tocharian A pe, Tocharian B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda ‎(“sole (foot)”), Russian под ‎(pod, “ground”), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός ‎(poús, podós), Albanian shputë ‎(“palm, foot sole”), Old Armenian ոտն ‎(otn), Sanskrit पद् ‎(pád)).

Pronunciation

enPR: fo͝ot, IPA^(key): /fʊt/
IPA^(key): [fʷʊt]
Rhymes: -ʊt

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