Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoe

/ˈʃu/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
shoe
IPA
/ˈʃu/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

noun

A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

noun

A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

noun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho English shoe From Middle English scho, sho, from Old English sċōh (“shoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe”), of unclear etymology; possibly a derivation from *skehaną (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English sabatine, sabatoun (“shoe”) from Medieval Latin sabatēnum, sabatum (“shoe, slipper”) (compare Old Occitan sabatō, Spanish zapato (“shoe”), French sabot (“wooden shoe, clog”), Italian ciabatta). The archaic plural shoon is from Middle English shon, from Old English scōn, scōum (“shoes”, dative plural) and scōna (“shoes'”, genitive plural); it is cognate with Scots shuin (“shoes”). See also Scots shae, West Frisian skoech, Low German Schoh, Dutch schoen, German Schuh, Bavarian Schuach, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sko, Tocharian B skāk (“balcony”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: scho, sċōh, *skōh, *skōhaz, *skek-, shon

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈʃu/
  • British English: /ˈʃuː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

shoes (plural) shoon (archaic, dialectal) shoen (obsolete, plural) shoes (present, singular) shoeing (participle, present) shod (past) shoed (past) shodden (obsolete, participle) shod (participle, past) shoed (participle, past)

Derived Forms

greenshoe gumshoe handshoe horseshoe houseshoe Muleshoe nonshoe overshoe oxshoe playshoe reshoe sandshoe

Phrases

accessory shoe approach shoe as ever trod shoe-leather as ever trod shoe leather athletic shoe ballet shoe barefoot shoe bar shoe

Frequently Paired Words

footwear socks calceiform calceolate army boot cowboy boot footwrap galosh

Synonyms

boat money shoe money shoe kick calceate brake shoe skid horseshoe

Homonyms

chou shoo shew SHU

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce shoe?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃu/.
What does shoe mean?
A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
Where does shoe come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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