Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barefooted

/ˈbɛɚ.fʊt.ɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: bare-foot-ed
IPA: /ˈbɛɚ.fʊt.ɪd/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.

adv

Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.

Example Sentences

"By following the sound I came upon a bare-footed old woman with a yellow dried-up countenance, who was bending down over the pigs' trough, busy filling it with food, for which the noisy little creatures were fighting, tearing, pushing, and yelling, with expectation and delight."
"There were no roads, only paths through the grass worn away by barefooted boys and women."

Etymology

From bare + footed.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɛɚ.fʊt.ɪd/
British English: /ˈbɛː(ə).fʊt.ɪd/

Inflected Forms

more barefooted (comparative) most barefooted (superlative)

Synonyms

barefoot bare-footen discalceate discalced shoeless unshod unshoed

Questions

How do you pronounce barefooted?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛɚ.fʊt.ɪd/.
What does barefooted mean?: Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
Where does barefooted come from?: From bare + footed.

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