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Added 2 October 2026

foot

/fʊt/ noun

In Latin: pēs Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about foot at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.
Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
Travel by walking.
We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.

verb

To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
To pay (a bill).
To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

Origin

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.

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