foot
[fʊt̚]
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.87 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
noun
The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
noun
A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
noun
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
Example Sentences
- "A spider has eight feet."
- "Southern Italy is shaped like a foot."
- "The wave knocked me off my feet."
- "And when I ſawe him, I fell at his feete as dead : and hee laid his right hand vpon me, ſaying vnto mee, Feare not, *I am the firſt,and the laſt."
- "We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi."
- "There is a lot of foot traffic on this street."
Etymology
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous. Cognates *Scots fit (“foot”) *Yola voote (“foot”) *North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”) *Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”) *West Frisian foet (“foot”) *Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”) *Dutch voet (“foot”) *Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”) *German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”) *German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”) *Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”) *Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”) *Mòcheno vuas (“foot”) *Vilamovian füs (“foot”) *Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”) *Danish fod (“foot”) *Faroese and Icelandic fótur (“foot”) *Jamtish fót (“foot”) *Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fot (“foot”) *Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [fʊt̚]
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.