# foot
## English
### Alternative forms

* foote (obsolete)
* (plural): feets (dialectal); foots (nonstandard)

### 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.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: fo͝ot, IPA: /fʊt/, [fʊt]
** (General American) IPA: [fʊt̚]
*** Audio (US):(file)
** (England, Wales) IPA: [fʊt̚], [fʊtʰ], [fɵʔt]
*** Audio (England):(file)
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** (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: [fʉt]
** (Canada) IPA: [fʊt̚], [fɤ̈t̚], [fʷʊt̚], [fɯ̽t̚]
** (Cape Flats, Indian South African) IPA: [fɤt]
* Rhymes: -ʊt
* Hyphenation: foot

### Noun

foot (plural feet or (UK colloquial, unit of measure) foot)
* 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.
    A spider has eight feet.
* (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
    Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 1:17: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.
* (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
    We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
    There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
* The base or bottom of anything.
    I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
* The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
    We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
* The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
    The host should sit at the foot of the table.
* A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
    The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
* A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
** 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter XX, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.
    The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.
** (informal) Ellipsis of square foot. A unit of area.
** (informal) Ellipsis of cubic foot. A unit of volume.
* (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.
    King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
** 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
* (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
** 2022, Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You, 4th Estate (2023), page 128:He removes a gold lighter from his pocket, flips it open, and waves the flame over the foot, taking short, sucking pulls off the head till it’s lit.
* (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.
    To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the 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.
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
* (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, “The Sixth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XXXI, page 121:To conſider the vvhole of the Subject, to read and think on all ſides, to object plainly, and anſvver directly, upon the foot of dry Reaſon and Argument, vvou'd be a very tedious and troubleſome Affair.
* Recognized condition; rank; footing.
** May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
    As to his being on the foot of a servant.

#### Usage notes

* (unit of length):
** The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is feet, but in some contexts, foot itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural. In the UK, however, foot is colloquially used as a plural in all contexts for the unit of measure, even where such usage would not be natural in other varieties of English.
** It is sometimes abbreviated ', such as in tables, lists or drawings.

#### Synonyms

* pes

#### 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

#### Derived terms

* 10-foot user interface
* 12-foot
* 4-foot
* 6-foot
* 8-foot
* a closed mouth gathers no feet
* acre-foot, acre foot
* afoot
* ampere-foot
* athlete's foot
* backfoot
* back foot
* back foot shot
* barefoot
* bear's-foot
* Beck Foot
* best foot
* Bigfoot
* bind hand and foot
* bird's-foot
* birdsfoot
* bird's-foot trefoil
* board-foot, board foot
* bumblefoot
* by foot
* Canal Foot
* cat-foot
* catsfoot, cat's-foot
* Charcot foot
* Chinese foot
* clawfoot
* cloven foot
* club-foot, club foot, clubfoot
* cocksfoot
* cock's-foot
* coltsfoot
* colt's foot, colt's-foot
* cootfoot
* cowfoot
* Crag Foot
* crowfoot
* crowsfoot
* crow's foot, crow's-foot
* cubic foot
* dove's-foot
* drop foot
* dry-foot
* duckfoot
* duck's-foot
* dunefoot
* elephant foot yam
* elephant's foot
* Elephant's Foot
* end-foot
* fan-foot
* fanfoot
* featherfoot
* fetlock
* fin-foot
* finfoot
* first-foot
* five-foot way
* flat-foot
* flatfoot
* fleet of foot
* foalfoot
* footage
* foot and mouth
* foot-and-mouth disease
* footbag
* foot ball, football, foot-ball
* footband
* footbank
* footbar
* foot bath, foot-bath, footbath
* footbed
* footbinder
* footbinding
* footboard
* footbone
* footbound
* footbow
* footbox
* footboy
* foot brake
* footbreadth
* footbridge
* footcandle, foot candle, foot-candle
* footcare
* foot chase
* footcloth
* foot-dragger
* footdragger
* foot-dragging
* foot drop
* footer
* foot-fall, footfall
* foot fault
* footfault
* foot feed
* foot fetish
* foot fetishism
* footfighting
* footfuck
* footfucker
* footful
* footganger
* foot-ganger
* footgear
* footglove
* foot-goer
* footgoer
* footgolf
* foot guard
* footguard
* footgun
* foothalt
* foot heater
* foothill
* foothold
* footholder
* foothole
* foothook
* foothot
* footing
* foot-in-mouth disease
* foot-in-the-door technique
* foot iron
* foot it
* foot-jaw
* foot job
* foot juggling
* foot kiss
* foot-lambert
* foot landraker
* footless
* footlet
* footlicker
* foot lifter
* footlight
* foot-light, footlights
* footlike
* foot line
* footling
* foot locker, footlocker
* footlog
* footlong
* footloose
* foot louse
* footly
* footman
* footmanship
* foot mantle
* footmark
* footmeal
* foot-mouth
* footmuff
* footnail
* footnote
* footpace
* foot-pace, foot pace
* footpad, foot pad, foot-pad
* footpage
* footpan
* footpass
* foot passenger
* footpath
* foot patrol
* footpedal
* foot peg
* footpeg
* foot per second
* footplate
* footpoint
* footpole
* foot post
* footpost
* foot-pound
* foot-poundal
* foot-pound-second
* footprint
* foot pump
* footquake
* footrace
* foot race
* footracer
* footracing
* footrail
* footrest
* foot rest
* foot roller
* footroom
* footrope
* footrot
* foot rot
* footrub
* footrule
* footrunner
* foot-scamp
* foot screw
* footshake
* footshock
* footsie
* footsie-wootsies
* footslave
* foot-slog
* footslog
* footslogger
* footslope
* footslut
* footsock
* foot soldier
* footsoldiery
* footsore
* footspeed
* footspur
* foot-stalk
* footstalk
* footstall
* footstep
* footstick
* foot stick
* footstone
* foot-stool, footstool
* foot stove
* footstrike
* foot-strut split
* footsure
* foot sweep
* footsweep
* footswitch
* foot-tapping
* foot-ton
* foot trap
* foot-travel
* foot trip
* foot up
* foot valve
* foot voting
* footwalk
* footwall
* footward
* footwarmer
* foot-warmer, foot warmer
* footway
* footwear
* footwell
* footwheel
* foot-wobbler
* footwoman
* footwork
* footworn
* footwrap
* footwriting
* forefoot
* forty-foot equivalent unit
* fotmal
* four-foot, four foot
* fox's foot
* front-foot, front foot
* front foot shot
* futtock
* get cold feet
* get off on the right foot
* get off on the wrong foot
* get one's foot in the door
* goatsfoot
* goat's foot
* goofy-foot
* Greek foot
* half foot
* hand and foot
* hand-foot-genital syndrome
* hand-foot-mouth disease
* hand-foot syndrome
* harefoot
* hare's-foot fern
* hare's-foot, hare's foot
* have a foot in both camps
* have one foot in the grave
* have one foot on a banana peel
* have the black ox tread on one's foot
* headfooter
* head to foot
* heavy-foot
* hen's-foot
* hindfoot
* Hong Kong foot
* hoppus foot
* hornfoot
* horse and foot
* horsefoot
* hotfoot
* icefoot
* ice-foot, ice foot
* I'll go to the foot of our stairs
* immersion foot
* international foot
* itchy feet
* Japanese foot
* jawfoot
* Kenton Bank Foot
* kick with the other foot
* kilofoot
* lambsfoot
* leadfoot
* leadfooted
* Lightfoot
* light-footed
* light on one's feet
* lily foot
* linear foot
* lion's foot
* lobefoot
* lotus foot
* Luddenden Foot, Luddendenfoot
* Madura foot
* mast foot
* megafoot
* metric foot
* midfoot
* moccasin foot
* my foot
* neatsfoot
* ninja foot
* not touch something with a ten-foot pole, not touch with a ten-foot pole
* of foot
* off the back foot
* one foot
* on foot
* on the back foot
* on the front foot
* on the right foot
* on the wrong foot
* outfoot
* overfoot
* paddlefoot
* padfoot
* pelican's foot
* pigeonfoot
* pigfoot
* plant foot
* polt-foot, polt foot
* ponyfoot
* presser foot
* pseudofoot
* puppy foot
* pussyfoot
* put a foot wrong
* put foot to ass
* put one foot in front of the other
* put one's best foot foremost, put one's best foot forward
* put one's foot down
* put one's foot down on, put one's foot down upon
* put one's foot in it
* put one's foot in one's mouth
* put one's foot in someone's ass, put one's foot up someone's ass
* put the same shoe on every foot
* put the shoe on the other foot
* rabbit-foot, rabbit foot, rabbit's foot
* rabbit's-foot fern
* rearfoot
* refoot
* Roman foot
* run someone off their feet
* saltfoot
* scalyfoot
* set foot on land
* set on foot
* sheepsfoot
* sheep's foot
* shoot oneself in the foot
* show the cloven foot
* sidefoot
* side-foot
* single-foot
* singlefoot
* six feet deep
* six foot
* slew-foot, slue-foot
* slue-foot
* snowshoe foot
* sowfoot
* spadefoot
* spade foot, spade-foot
* spear foot
* spinefoot
* splayfoot
* square foot
* stairfoot
* start off on the right foot
* start off on the wrong foot
* step foot
* stick one's foot in it
* stick one's foot in one's mouth
* stocking-foot
* superfoot
* swiftfoot
* switchfoot
* tanglefoot
* tenderfoot
* ten foot
* tenfoot
* the boot is on the other foot, the shoe is on the other foot
* tie hand and foot
* tiger-foot, tiger's-foot
* trench foot
* tube foot
* turn of foot
* twenty-foot equivalent unit
* underfoot
* U.S. survey foot, US survey foot
* wait on someone hand and foot, wait upon hand and foot
* waterfoot
* webbed foot, webfoot
* what foot the shoe is on, which foot the shoe is on
* whorl foot
* whose foot the shoe is on
* wolf's-foot
* wrong foot
* wrong-foot, wrongfoot
* you cannot put the same shoe on every foot
* zone foot therapy

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: ফুট (phut)
* → Japanese: フット (futto), フート (fūto); フィート (fīto) (from feet)
* → Russian: фут (fut)
* Sranan Tongo: futu
** Aukan: futu
** Saramaccan: fútu
* → Swahili: futi
* → Thai: ฟุต (fút)
* Tok Pisin: fut, put
* → Urdu: فٹ (fuṭ)
** → Phalura: fuṭ

#### Translations

Abkhaz: ашьапы (ašapʼə)
Afar: iba
Afrikaans: voet (af)
Aklanon: siki
Albanian: këmbë (sq) f
Aleut: kitax̂
Amharic: እግር (ǝgǝr)
Apache:
Western Apache: bikeeʼ
Arabic: رِجْل (ar) f (rijl), قَدَم (ar) f (qadam)
Egyptian Arabic: (rarely) قدم f or m (ʕadam, qadam), (usually) رجل f (regl)
Gulf Arabic: ريل f (rīl)
Hijazi Arabic: رجل f (rijil)
North Levantine Arabic: إجر (ʔijir)
Aragonese: piet (an)
Argobba: እግር (ǝgǝr)
Armenian: ոտք (hy) (otkʻ)
Aromanian: cicior
Asturian: pie (ast) m
Aymara: kayu (ay)
Azerbaijani: ayaq (az)
Balinese: cokor
Bashkir: аяҡ (ayaq)
Basque: oin
Bavarian: Fuaß
Belarusian: нага́ f (nahá)
Bhojpuri: गोड़ (gōṛ)
Bikol Central: bitis (bcl)
Breton: troad (br) m
Brunei Malay: batis, kaki
Bulgarian: стъпа́ло (bg) m (stǎpálo), ходи́ло (bg) n (hodílo)
Burmese: ခြေ (my) (hkre)
Buryat: хүл (xül)
Caló: pinré m
Catalan: peu (ca) m
Cebuano: tiil
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴹⴰⵕ m (aḍaṛ)
Central Sierra Miwok: háṭ·e·-
Chamicuro: kujtu
Chichewa: phazi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腳 / 脚 (yue) (goek$^3$), 足 (yue) (zuk$^1$) (formal)
Hokkien: 跤 (zh-min-nan) (kha)
Literary Chinese: 足
Mandarin: 腳 / 脚 (zh) (jiǎo), 足 (zh) (zú) (formal), 腳丫 / 脚丫 (jiǎoyā) (dialect, colloquial)
Wu: 腳 / 脚
Classical Nahuatl: icxitl
Cornish: troos m
Crimean Tatar: ayaq
Czech: noha (cs) f
Dalmatian: pi m
Danish: fod (da) c, fødder pl
Darkinjung: dhunna
Dolgan: атак
Dutch: voet (nl) m
Duway: ə̀zgər
E: tin⁵¹
Eastern Arrernte: ingke
Egyptian: (rd)
Erzya: пильге (piľge)
Esperanto: piedo (eo)
Estonian: jalg (et), jalalaba
Even: бөдэл (ʙödəl)
Evenki: халган (halgan)
Ewe: afɔ
Faroese: fótur (fo) m
Fataluku: ia
Fijian: yava (fj)
Finnish: jalka (fi), jalkaterä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: pied m
French: pied (fr) m
Friulian: pît, pîd f
Galician: pé (gl) m
Gamilaraay: thina
Ge'ez: እግር (ʾəgr)
Georgian: ფეხი (ka) (pexi), ტერფი (ka) (ṭerpi)
German: Fuß (de) m, Fuss (de) m (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
Gothic: 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 m (fōtus)
Greek: πόδι (el) n (pódi)
Ancient: πούς m (poús)
Laconian: πόρ m (pór)
Greenlandic: isigak (kl)
Guaraní: py
Haitian Creole: pye
Hawaiian: wāwae
Hebrew: רגל (he) f (regel)
Higaonon: paa
Hindi: पैर (hi) m (pair), पांव (pāmv)
Hungarian: láb (hu), lábfej (hu)
Hunsrik: Fus m
Icelandic: fótur (is) m
Ido: pedo (io)
Ilocano: betis
Indonesian: kaki (id)
Ingrian: jalka, nakku (childish)
Interlingua: pede
Iranun: ai
Irish: cos (ga) f, troigh f
Old Irish: cos f, traig f
Isthmus Zapotec: batañee, ñee
Italian: piede (it) m
Japanese: 足 (ja) (あし, ashi)
Javanese: sikil (jv), cokor (jv) (vulgar)
Kabuverdianu: pé
Kalanga: gumbo
Kalmyk: көл (köl)
Kannada: ಪಾದ (kn) (pāda)
Kapampangan: bitis, betis
Karakhanid: اَذَقْ (aδaq)
Khasi: kjat
Khiamniungan Naga: hōkphóu
Khmer: ជើង (km) (cəəng)
Khoekhoe: ǂaidi
Komi-Zyrian: кок (kok)
Korean: 발 (ko) (bal)
Kuna: mali
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پێ (ckb) (pê)
Northern Kurdish: pî (ku), pê (ku), ling (ku), nig (ku)
Ladakhi: རྐང་པ (rkang pa)
Ladino: pie
Lao: ຕີນ (lo) (tīn), ຈະລະນະ (cha la na), ບາດ (bāt), ປາທະ (pā tha)
Latgalian: pāds m
Latin: pēs (la) m
Latvian: pēda (lv) f, kāja (lv) f
Ligurian: pê m
Lithuanian: pėda (lt) f, koja (lt) f
Lombard: pè (lmo)
Low German: Foot m
Luxembourgish: Fouss (lb) m
Macedonian: стапало (mk) n (stapalo), нога (mk) f (noga)
Makasae: iti
Malagasy: tongotra (mg)
Malay: kaki (ms)
Malayalam: പാദം (ml) (pādaṁ)
Manchu: ᠪᡝᡨᡥᡝ (bethe)
Maori: waewae, wae
Maranao: a'i
Mbabaram: jina
Minangkabau: kaki (min)
Mingrelian: კუჩხი (ḳučxi)
Mòcheno: vuas m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хөл (mn) (xöl)
Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯ (köl)
Mwani: mulu
Nahuatl: icxitl (nah)
Nanai: бэгди (begʒi)
Navajo: akeeʼ
Naxi: kee
Neapolitan: pere m
Norman: pid m
North Frisian: (Mooring) fötj m, (Föhr-Amrum) fut m, (Helgoland) Fut m
Northern Ohlone: konó
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fot (no) m
Nynorsk: fot m
Occitan: pè (oc) m
Odia: ପଦ (or) (pada)
Ojibwe: (my foot) nizid
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: нога f (noga)
Old East Slavic: плесна f (plesna)
Old English: fōt m
Old French: pié
Old Galician-Portuguese: pee m
Old Tupi: py
Old Turkic: 𐰑𐰴 (adaq)
Oromo: miilla
Ossetian: къах (k’ax)
Pannonian Rusyn: нога f (noha)
Papiamentu: pia
Pennsylvania German: Fuuss m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پا (fa) (pâ)
Plautdietsch: Foot m
Polish: stopa (pl) f
Portuguese: pé (pt) m
Powhatan: mesit
Punjabi: ਪੈਰ (pa) m (pair)
Quechua: chaki (qu)
Romagnol: pè m
Romani: pirri, pir
Romanian: picior (ro) n
Romansch: pe
Russian: нога́ (ru) f (nogá), ступня́ (ru) f (stupnjá), стопа́ (ru) f (stopá)
Rwanda-Rundi: ikirenge class 7/8, ibirenge pl
Saho: iba
Sami:
Inari: jyelgi, jyelgilyepi
Northern: juolgi, juolgeláhpi
Skolt: jue´lǧǧ, jue´lǧǧlää´pp
Southern: juelkie
Sanskrit: पद् (sa) (pád)
Sardinian: pee, pei m
Scots: fit
Scottish Gaelic: cas f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стопало n, стопа m
Roman: stopalo (sh) n, stopa (sh) m
Sherpa: རྐང་པ (rkang pa)
Sicilian: pedi (scn) m
Slovak: noha (sk) f
Slovene: stopalo (sl) n
Somali: cago
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: noga f
Sotho: leoto
Southern Altai: бут (but), айак (ayak)
Spanish: pie (es) m, pata (es) f (colloquial), pinrel (es) m (slang), queso (es) (slang), taba (es) f (uruguay)
Old Spanish: pie
Sranan Tongo: futu
Sundanese: sampéan
Swahili: mguu (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: fot (sv) c
Tagalog: paa (tl)
Tajik: пой (poy), по (tg) (po)
Taos: į̏ęnénemą
Tarifit: ḍar m
Tausug: siki
Telugu: పాదము (te) (pādamu)
Tetum: ain
Thai: เท้า (th) (táao)
Tibetan: རྐང་པ (rkang pa)
Tigrinya: እግሪ (ti) (igri)
Tocharian A: pe
Tocharian B: paiyye, pai
Tok Pisin: lek (tpi), fut (tpi)
Tooro: ekigere class 7
Tswana: lonao
Tupinambá: py
Turkish: ayak (tr)
Tzotzil: okol
Udi: тур (tur)
Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎓𐎐 (pʿn)
Ukrainian: нога́ (uk) f (nohá), ступня́ f (stupnjá), стопа́ f (stopá)
Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌉 (peři)
Urdu: پَاؤُں m (pāū̃), پَیر (ur) m (pair)
Uyghur: پۇت (put), ئاياغ (ug) (ayagh)
Uzbek: oyoq (uz)
Venetan: pìe (vec), piè (vec), pè (vec), pié (vec)
Vietnamese: bàn chân (vi)
Vilamovian: füs m
Volapük: fut (vo)
Walloon: pî (wa)
Waray-Waray: tiil, siki
Welsh: troed (cy)
West Frisian: poat m, foet
White Hmong: ko taw
Winnebago: sii
Woiwurrung: djinang
Wolof: tànk (wo)
Yagnobi: пода (poda)
Yakan: bettis
Yakut: атах (ataq)
Yiddish: פֿוס m (fus)
Yucatec Maya: ook
Yup'ik: it'gaq
Yurok: (my foot) 'ne-chkah
Zealandic: voet m, poôt m (vulgar for humans)
Zhuang: din
Zulu: unyawo (zu) class 11/10 :
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#### 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,
** 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book The Wife of Bath's Tale:He saw a Quire of Ladies in a round, That featly footing seem'd to skim the Ground
* To walk.
** c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:thieves do foot by night
* (now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
** 1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens:[…] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green
** 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 84:People who would not have dared to foot the place before crept in and did not come to the house.
* (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?
* To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
** 19th century, William Shakespeare, Henry the Fourth Part 1 (modern edited version)
    I'll sew nether stocks and mend them and foot them too
* To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
    to foot (or foot up) an account
* (Ireland, transitive) To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.

#### Derived terms

* foot the bill

#### Translations

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### References

* ↑ Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”, in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ.

### Anagrams

* foto, ooft, toof

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of football.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fut/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

foot m (uncountable)
* (colloquial) association football; football, soccer
    Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde.Zidane is one of the best football players in the world.
    Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé.Every week, he watches football on TV.
* (colloquial, uncommon) footy (a nickname for several different football codes)

#### Derived terms

* ballon de foot
* footeuse
* footeux

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

foot
* Alternative form of fot

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

foot
* Alternative form of foten