different between feet vs fot

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English f?t, from Proto-Germanic *f?tiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *p?ds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?t, IPA^(key): /fi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t
• Homophone: feat

Noun

feet

1. plural of foot

Derived terms

• get cold feet

Etymology 2

Noun

feet

1. (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.

Anagrams

• ETFE, fete, fête, teef

Luxembourgish

Verb

feet

1. inflection of feeën:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Middle English

Noun

feet

1. plural of fot

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feet n

1. definite singular of fe (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feet n

1. definite singular of fe (Etymology 2)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ot

Verb

fot

1. third-person singular present indicative form of fotre
2. second-person singular imperative form of fotre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fote, foot, fod, foote, vot, foit, fut, fo?t, fout

Etymology

From Old English f?t, from Proto-West Germanic *f?t, from Proto-Germanic *f?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *p?ds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?t/

Noun

fot (plural feet or fot or fotes)

2. A foot (appendage used for motion and support)
3. The use of one's feet (to move or stand).
4. An animal's track or prints.
5. One of a set of units of measurement:
   1. foot (unit for measuring length)
   2. square foot (unit for measuring area)
   3. (prosody) A metrical foot
6. The bottom or foundation of something (e.g. stairs):
   1. The foot (leg-like support) of a table or chair.
   2. The end of a bed or tomb (where the foot rests).
7. (figuratively) An individual; a human.

Usage notes

By far the most common plural form is feet; fotes is relatively rare, and fot is usually only used in contexts of the unit of length.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: foot
• Scots: fut, fute, fuit, fit
• Yola: voote

References

• “f??t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-17.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *f?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *p?ds.

Noun

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føtter, definite plural føttene)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)

Derived terms

References

• “fot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *f?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *p?ds. Akin to English foot, Latin p?s, and Ancient Greek ???? (poús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?t/

Noun

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føter, definite plural føtene)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a foot (unit of measurement: 12 inches)

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “fot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *f?t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?t/

Noun

f?t m (nominative plural f?t)

1. a foot, in the following senses:
   1. (anatomy) an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion

   2. a unit of length, especially a third of a yard

   3. the base or bottom of something

   4. (prosody) a metrical foot

Declension

Derived terms

• fiþerf?t
• f?tl??
• f?tm?lum
• hw?tf?t
• wannf?t

Descendants

• Middle English: fot, foot
  • English: foot
  • Scots: fut, fute, fuit, fit
  • Yola: voote

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *f?t, from Proto-Germanic *f?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *p?ds.

Noun

fot m

1. foot

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vôt
  • Low German:
    • German Low German: Voot

      Hamburgisch: Foot

      Westphalian:

      Lippisch: Féut m

      Ravensbergisch: Feot

      Westmünsterländisch: Foot

      Märkisch: Faut

  • Plautdietsch: Foot

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish f?ter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *f?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *p?ds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?t/

Noun

fot c

1. (anatomy) a foot; the body part touching the ground while standing or walking
2. a foot; the part of something which is in contact with the underlying surface
3. a foot; the end opposite to the head or the top
4. a foot (length measurement unit; with various definitions)

Declension

Antonyms

• huvud
• topp

Derived terms

References

• fot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French forêt.

Noun

fot (nominative plural fots)

1. forest

Declension