quadruped

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- +‎ -ped.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/

Noun

quadruped (plural quadrupeds)

A four-footed or four-legged animal.
- 2023 February 22, Stephen Roberts, “Reading... between the lines... to Wales”, in RAIL, number 977, page 56:
  Bradshaw knew nothing of the 'wind of change' that was coming in a century's time, so he contented himself with an exposition on the Vale of the White Horse, "deriving its singular denomination from the gigantic carving of that useful quadruped, on a high chalky hill beyond".
A mammal ambulating on all fours.

Synonyms

tetrapod

Derived terms

quadrupedal
quadrupedalism
quadrupedism
quadrupedy

Related terms

English terms suffixed with -ped

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-‎ (0 c, 48 e)

Translations

a four-footed or four-legged animal

Armenian: չորքոտանի (hy) (čʿorkʿotani)
Belarusian: чатырохно́гае n (čatyroxnóhaje)
Breton: pevarzroadeg m
Bulgarian: четириного (bg) n (četirinogo)
Catalan: quadrúpede m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 四足動物／四足动物 (sìzú dòngwù) (animal), 四足類／四足类 (sìzúlèi)
Czech: čtyřnožec (cs) m
Danish: firbenet dyr
Dutch: viervoeter (nl) m
Finnish: nelijalkainen
French: quadrupède (fr) m, tétrapode (fr) m
Friulian: cuadrupedi m
Galician: cuadrúpede (gl) m
Georgian: ოთხფეხა (otxpexa), ოთხფეხა ცხოველი (otxpexa cxoveli)
German: Vierfüßer m, Vierfüßerin f, Vierfüßler m, Vierfüßlerin f, Quadrupeder m, Quadrupede f, Vierbeiner (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: τετράπουν n (tetrápoun)
Hungarian: négylábú (hu)
Icelandic: ferfætlingur m
Italian: quadrupede (it) m
Japanese: 四肢動物 (ja) (ししどうぶつ, shishi dōbutsu)
Kazakh: төртаяқты (törtaäqty)
Lao: ສັດສີ່ຕີນ (sat sī tīn)
Latin: quadrupēs m or f
Maori: kīrehe
Navajo: naaldlooshii
Persian: چهارپا‎ (fa) (čahārpā)
Punjabi: ਚੁਪਾਇਆ m (cupāiā)
Polish: czworonóg (pl) m anim
Portuguese: quadrúpede (pt) m
Russian: четвероно́гое (живо́тное) (ru) n (četveronógoje (živótnoje)), тетрапо́д (ru) m (tɛtrapód)
Sanskrit: चतुष्पद् (sa) m or n (catuṣpad)
Shan: တူဝ်သီႇတိ်ၼ်
Spanish: cuadrúpedo (es) m, tetrápodo m
Swedish: fyrfotadjur n, tetrapod (sv) c, fyrfoting c
Tagalog: hayop na aapating-paa
Tajik: дубора (tg) (dubora)
Telugu: చతుష్పదము (te) (catuṣpadamu)
Thai: สัตว์สี่เท้า (th), จตุบท (th)
Tocharian B: śwerppewä
Turkish: dört ayaklı
Ukrainian: чотирино́ге n (čotyrynóhe)
Uzbek: toʻrt barobar
Volapük: follögaf (vo)
Welsh: pedwartroedyn m