Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greek foot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
greek -foot
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit.

noun

A foot with a second toe longer than the hallux.

Countable

noun

Morton's toe

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), qualified to distinguish it from other measures of the foot.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Greek feet (plural)

Synonyms

pous

Questions

What does greek foot mean?
The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit.
Where does greek foot come from?
Calque of Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), qualified to distinguish it from other measures of the foot.

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