fot
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ot
Verb
fot
- inflection of fotre:
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Pronunciation
Noun
fot (plural feet or fot or (rare) fotes)
- A foot (appendage used for motion and support)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:17, page 117v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ whanne I hadde ſeyn hym .· I felde doun at his feet as deed / ⁊ he puttide his riȝthond on me .· ⁊ ſeide / nyle þou dꝛede I am þe firſte ⁊ þe laſte […]
- And when I saw him, I fell down at his feet like I was dead. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid; I am the first and the last […]
- The use of one's feet (to move or stand).
- An animal's track or prints.
- One of a set of units of measurement:
- foot (unit for measuring length)
- square foot (unit for measuring area)
- (prosody) A metrical foot
- The bottom or foundation of something (e.g. stairs):
- (figurative) An individual; a human.
Usage notes
By far the most common plural form is feet; fotes is relatively rare, and fot is usually only used for the unit of length.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “fọ̄t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-17.
Etymology
From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun
fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føtter, definite plural føttene)
Derived terms
References
- “fot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Akin to English foot, Latin pēs, and Ancient Greek πούς (poús).
Pronunciation
Noun
fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føter, definite plural føtene)
Inflection
Historical inflection of fot
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form had been allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derived terms
References
- “fot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fōt.
Cognates:
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fōt, Old Saxon fōt (Dutch voet), Old High German fuoz (German Fuß), Old Norse fótr (Danish fod, Swedish fot), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (poús) (genitive ποδός (podós)); Doric πῶς (pôs), Latin pēs (genitive pedis).
Pronunciation
Noun
fōt m (nominative plural fēt)
- a foot, in the following senses:
- (anatomy) an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion
- Iċ dypte mīnne fōt on þæt wæter.
- I dipped my foot into the water.
- Wē ongunnon þæt þorp ġenēahlǣċan on fōtum.
- We tried to reach the village on foot (literally "on feet").
- a unit of length, especially a third of a yard
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- ...⁊ sē weall wæs XX fōta þicce, ⁊ XL elna hēah...
- ...and the wall was twenty feet thick, and forty cubits tall...
- Þæt wæter is þrītiġ fōta dēop.
- The water is thirty feet deep.
- Hēo is fīf fōta lang and þrēora ynċa.
- She is five foot, three inches tall.
- the base or bottom of something
- Hīe wīcodon æt þæs beorges fēt.
- They camped at the foot of the mountain.
- (prosody) a metrical foot
- (anatomy) an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion
Declension
Declension of fōt (strong consonant stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun
fot m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fōt | fōt |
| accusative | fōt | fōt |
| genitive | fōties | fōtiō |
| dative | fōtie | fōtium |
| instrumental | — | — |
Declension of fōt (masculine i-stem)
Descendants
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vāt／vat.
Noun
fot m inan
References
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Polański, Kazimierz (1994) “fot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1096 - Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “vot”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 178
- Olesch, Reinhold (1973) “Wôt”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1509
Etymology
From Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Pronunciation
Noun
fot c
- (anatomy) a foot (body part touching the ground while standing or walking)
- När man står upp så har man fötterna på backen
- When you stand up, your feet are on the ground
- 2001, Caramell (lyrics and music), “Caramelldansen [The Caramell dance ("karamell" is the usual spelling)]”, in Supergott [Super tasty]:
- Så rör på era fötter (o-a-a-a), och vicka era höfter (o-la-la-la). Gör som vi till denna melodi.
- So move your feet (o-a-a-a), and wiggle your hips (o-la-la-la). Do as we do [do as we] to this melody.
- a foot (part of something in contact with the underlying surface)
- fötterna på pallen
- the feet of the stool
- a foot (end opposite the head or the top)
- a foot (unit of length with various definitions)
Declension
Declension of fot 1-3
Declension of fot 4
Antonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- barfota
- fota
- fotabjället
- fotapall
- fotarbete
- fotavtryck
- fotbad
- fotbeklädnad
- fotblad
- fotboja
- fotboll (“soccer, football”)
- fotbroms
- fotdyna
- fotfel
- fotfolk
- fotfetisch
- fotfetischism
- fotfetischist
- fotfäste
- fotgängare (“pedestrian”)
- fotisättning
- fotknöl
- fotlapp
- fotled (“ankle”)
- fotlänk
- fotnot (“footnote”)
- fotpall
- fotparad
- fotpatrullering
- fotplatta
- fotriktig
- fotsack
- fotsbred
- fotsbredd
- fotsdjup
- fotsid
- fotskada
- fotskadad
- fotskrapa
- fotslång
- fotsoldat
- fotspår (“footprint, footstep”)
- fotsteg
- fotstjock
- fotställ
- fotställning
- fotstöd
- fotsula (“sole of the foot”)
- fotsvamp
- fotsvett
- fotterapeut
- fotvalv
- fotvandra
- fotvandring
- fotvård
- fotvårta
- fotvärmare
- fotända
- fotände
- fyrfota
- fäfot (“cow hoof”)
- gå till fots
- huvudfoting
- händer och fötter
- julgransfot (“a small pot in which a Christmas tree is placed”)
- lampfot
- koloss på lerfötter
- myntfot
- plattfot
- på stående fot
- pressarfot
- sidfot (“page footer”)
- stå på god fot med
- takfot
- trefot (“tripod”)
- tusenfoting
- versfot
- ömfot
- ömfotad
See also
References
Etymology
Noun
fot (nominative plural fots)
Declension
declension of fot
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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