fot
See also: FOT, föt, and főt
Catalan
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ot
Verb
fot
- third-person singular present indicative form of fotre
- second-person singular imperative form of fotre
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foːt/
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):
- The foot (leg-like support) of a table or chair.
- The end of a bed or tomb (where the foot rests).
- (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
- fotbal
- foted
- foten
- fot hot
- fotles
- fotman
- fotynge
Descendants
- English: foot (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
- Yola: voote
References
- “fọ̄t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-17.
Norwegian Bokmål
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)
- (anatomy) a foot
- a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)
Derived terms
Terms derived from fot
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References
- “fot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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
- IPA(key): /fuːt/
Noun
fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føter, definite plural føtene)
- (anatomy) a foot
- a foot (unit of measurement: 12 inches)
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
Terms derived from fot
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References
- “fot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Mennisc fōt (līchamdǣl)
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
- IPA(key): /foːt/
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
- 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 fot (strong consonant stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fōt | fēt |
| accusative | fōt | fēt |
| genitive | fōtes | fōta |
| dative | fēt | fōtum |
Derived terms
- -fēte
- fōtlīċ
- fōtmǣlum
- hwītfōt
Descendants
- Middle English: fot, fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot
- English: foot (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
- Yola: voote
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun
fot m
- foot
Declension
Declension of fōt (masculine i-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fōt | fōt |
| accusative | fōt | fōt |
| genitive | fōties | fōtiō |
| dative | fōtie | fōtium |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: vôt
- Low German:
- German Low German: Voot
- Hamburgisch: Foot
- Westphalian:
- Lippisch: Féut m
- Ravensbergisch: Feot
- Westmünsterländisch: Foot
- Märkisch: Faut
- German Low German: Voot
- Plautdietsch: Foot
- Low German:
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuːt/
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Noun
fot c
- (anatomy) a foot; the body part touching the ground while standing or walking
- a foot; the part of something which is in contact with the underlying surface
- a foot; the end opposite to the head or the top
- a foot (length measurement unit; with various definitions)
Declension
| Declension of fot 1-3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fot | foten | fötter | fötterna |
| Genitive | fots | fotens | fötters | fötternas |
| Declension of fot 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | fot | fot | — | — |
| Genitive | fots | fots | — | — |
Antonyms
- huvud
- topp
Derived terms
Derived terms
- barfota
- fota
- fotabjället
- fotapall
- fotarbete
- fotavtryck
- fotbad
- fotbeklädnad
- fotblad
- fotboja
- fotboll (“soccer, football”)
- fotbroms
- fotdyna
- fotfel
- fotfolk
- 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
- 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 någon
- takfot
- trefot (“tripod”)
- tusenfoting
- versfot
- ömfot
- ömfotad
References
- fot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from French forêt.
Noun
fot (nominative plural fots)
- forest
Declension
declension of fot
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fot | fots |
| genitive | fota | fotas |
| dative | fote | fotes |
| accusative | foti | fotis |
| vocative 1 | o fot! | o fots! |
| predicative 2 | fotu | fotus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only