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foot
English
Alternative forms
- foote (obsolete)
- (plural): feets (dialectal); foots (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English f?t, from Proto-West Germanic *f?t, from Proto-Germanic *f?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *p?ds.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fo?ot, IPA(key): /f?t/, [f?t]
- (General American) IPA(key): [f?t?]
- (US)
- (UK) IPA(key): [f?t?], [f?t?], [f??t]
- (UK)
- (UK)
- (Canada) IPA(key): [f?t?], [f??t?]
- (Cape Flats; Indian South African) IPA(key): [f?t]
- (Estuary) IPA(key): [f???t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
foot (plural feet)
- 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.
- (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
- The base or bottom of anything.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
- (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- (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.
- (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
- (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
- (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher
- Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
- 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
- As to his being on the foot of a servant.
- May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
Usage notes
- (unit of length):
- 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.
- It is sometimes abbreviated ', such as in tables, lists or drawings.
Synonyms
- pes
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- (unit of length): inch, yard, mile
- (end of a table): head, sides
- (bottom of a page): head, body
- (bottom edge of a sail): head, leech, luff
- (molecular domain): head, cleft, neck
- (infantry): horse
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: futu
Translations
See also
- pedal, relating to the foot
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 of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
- There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
- To walk.
- To tread.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tickell to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
Derived terms
- foot the bill
Translations
References
Anagrams
- foto, ooft, toof
French
Etymology
Clipping of football.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fut/
Noun
foot m (uncountable)
- (colloquial) association football; football, soccer
Derived terms
- ballon de foot
- footeuse
- footeux
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English f?t.
Noun
foot
- Alternative form of fot
Etymology 2
From fot (noun).
Verb
foot
- Alternative form of footen
foot From the web:
- = 30.48 centimeters
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anapest
English
Alternative forms
- anapaest (UK)
- anapæst (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (anápaistos, “struck back”, “reversed”), from ??? (aná, “back”) + ???? (paí?, “I strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.n?.pi?st/, /?æ.n?.p?st/
- Hyphenation: an?a?pest
Noun
anapest (plural anapests)
- (prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
- (prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
- (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. For an example, see References.
Synonyms
- antidactylus
Derived terms
- anapestic
Translations
References
Further reading
- anapest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Patanes, Pestana, Tapanes, patenas, peasant
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?.n??pest/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.na?pest/
- Hyphenation: a?na?pest
Noun
anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)
- anapest (metrical foot).
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?anap?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: ana?pest
Noun
anapest m
- (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed.
Declension
Derived terms
- anapestický
Further reading
- anapest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- anapest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
- Št?pána
Dutch
Alternative forms
- anapaest (dated)
- anapaestus (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anapaestus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?.na??p?st/
- Hyphenation: ana?pest
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
anapest m (plural anapesten)
- anapest
Derived terms
- anapestisch
Romanian
Etymology
From French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus.
Noun
anapest m (plural anape?ti)
- anapest
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
anapest m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- anapest
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