Image:Foot-outside.jpg|thumb|A human foot.
English

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rank|duty|heavy|single|616|foot|beauty|attention|standing

Etymology
OE. f�t from Germanic *f�taz, PIE *pedo-.

Pronunciation
enPR|/fo�ot/, IPA|/f�t/, SAMPA|/fUt/
audio|en-us-foot.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�t

Noun
en-noun|feet

1. countable|Anatomy The part of a human�s body below the ankle. Used to stand and walk.
2. countable|Zoology The equivalent part of an animal�s body.
3. countable The bottom of anything; as, the foot of the stairs, the foot of a printed page.
4. countable A short projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it.
5. countable A unit of measure equal to twelve inches and one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
6. context|countable|prosody The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
7. countable|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.

1. Printing. the bottommost part of a type page or printed page
2. (used with the plural verb) foot soldiers; infantry.

Usage notes
The plural of the unit of measurement is properly "feet" but in colloquial speech it is sometimes "foot"

Derived terms
top3
a closed mouth gathers no feet
Bigfoot
clubfoot
footage
football
footboard
footboy
footbridge
footfall
foot fault
footgear
foothill
mid3
foothold
footing
footlights
footlocker
footloose
footman
footnote
footpad
footpath
foot-pound
footprint
footrest
mid3
footrope
foot soldier
footsore
footstep
footstone
footstool
footwear
footwork
footworn
four foot
itchy feet
put one's foot in one's mouth
shoot oneself in the foot
six foot

Latin: pes m
Latvian: p�da
Lithuanian: p�d�s
Mbabaram: jina
Norwegian: fot
Old English: fot
Persian: FAchar|پا (pâ)
Polish: stopa f
Portuguese: pé m
Powhatan: mesit
Romanian: picior n
Russian: нога (nogá) f, ���пн� (stupnjá) f
Sardinian (Campidanese): pei m
Scottish Gaelic: cas#Scottish Gaelic|cas f, bonn m
Serbian: stopalo n, podnožje n
Slovene: stopalo n
Spanish: pie m
Swahili: mguu (nc 7/8)
Swedish: fot c
Tagalog: paa
Tamazight: ⴰⴹⴰ� (a�ar) m
Telugu: పాదమ� (paadamu)
Tok Pisin: lek
Tupinambá: py
Turkish: ayak
Uzbek: oyoq
Welsh: troed
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trans-top|part of animal�s body
Breton: pav m, pavioù / pivier p
Danish: fod c, fødder p
Dutch: poot m, pootje n
Ewe: af�
Finnish: käpälä, jalka, tassu, kavio
French: patte f
Galician: pata m
Greek: ο�λή (oplé) f, ��δι (pódi) n
trans-mid
Irish: cos#Irish|cos
Italian: zampa f
Norwegian: pote labb
Persian: FAchar|پا (pâ)
Portuguese: pata f
Russian: нога (nogá) f
Scottish Gaelic: cas#Scottish Gaelic|cas f
Spanish: pata f
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trans-top|bottom of anything
Danish: fod c, fødder p
Finnish: juuri, tyvi, kanta, alaosa
Galician: pé m
Greek: ��δι (pódi) n
trans-mid
Persian: fa-Arab|ب��اد (bonyâd), fa-Arab|پا�� (pâye'), fa-Arab|پ� (pey)
Russian: низ (niz) m, подножие (podnóžije) n
Scottish Gaelic: bun#Scottish Gaelic|bun f, bonn m
Spanish: pie m
Telugu: పాదమ� (paadamu) / �డ��� (aDugu) (...depending on the context)
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trans-top|projection on equipment
Danish: fod c, fødder p
Dutch: poot m, pootje n (2)
French: pied m
trans-mid
Greek: ��δι (pódi) n
Kurdish: KUchar|�ا�
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trans-top|unit of measure
Danish: fod c, fod p
Dutch: voet m
Finnish: jalka
French: pied m
Galician: pé m
Greek: ��δι (pódi) n
trans-mid
Italian: piede m
Kurdish: KUchar|����گا�
Persian: fa-Arab|پا (pâ); fa-Arab|��ت (fut) s or p, fa-Arab|��ت (fit) p
Russian: ��� (fut) m
Slovene: �evelj m
Spanish: pie m
Swedish: fot c
Telugu: �డ��� (aDugu)
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trans-top|measure of rhythm
Danish: versefod/versfod c, versefødder/versfødder p
Finnish: poljento, runojalka
trans-mid
Russian: ��опа (stopá) f
Swedish: fot c
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trans-top|bottom edge of a sail
Finnish: alaliikki
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ttbc|Breton: treid / troadoù p (2), troatad m, troatadoù p (4)
ttbc|Polish: stopa f (4), nóżka f (2)
ttbc|Tok Pisin: lek
ttbc|Tupinambá: py

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
2. transitive To pay (a bill).

Translations
trans-top|kick
Danish: sparke
Norwegian: sparke
Dutch: stampen
Finnish: potkaista, kenkäistä
French: donner un coup de pied à
trans-mid
Korean: 차� (chada)
Swedish: sparka, kicka
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trans-top|pay
Danish: betale
Norwegian: betale
Dutch: betalen, voldoen
Finnish: maksaa
French: payer
German: bezahlen
trans-mid
Interlingua: pagar
Italian: pagare
Polish: buli�
Portuguese: pagar
Swedish: betala
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Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Breton: paeañ
ttbc|Guarani: epyme'ẽ (h-)
ttbc|Tok Pisin: gipim pe long
ttbc|Tupinambá: epyme'eng (s-)

Category:1000 English basic words

French

Noun
foot m

1. uncountable colloquial football (soccer)

#: Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde.
#: Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé.

Derived terms
ballon de foot

Category:French nouns
Category:Units of measure

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