fot

See also: FOT, föt, and főt

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ot

Verb

fot

1. inflection of fotre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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)

2. 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.)‎^[1], 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 […]

3. The use of one's feet (to move or stand).
4. An animal's track or prints.
5. One of a set of units of measurement:
   1. foot (unit for measuring length)
   2. square foot (unit for measuring area)
   3. (prosody) A metrical foot
6. The bottom or foundation of something (e.g. stairs):
   1. The foot (leg-like support) of a table or chair.
   2. The end of a bed or tomb (where the foot rests).
7. (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

• fot hot
• fotbal
• foted
• foten
• 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)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)

Derived terms

• flyttefot
• fotavtrykk
• fotball
• fotfeste
• fotgjenger
• fotnote
• fotspor
• fotsåle
• fottrinn
• fottur
• fottøy
• på frifot
• svømmefot
• til fots

 

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)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a foot (unit of measurement: 12 inches)

Inflection

Historical inflection of fot indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1 Fot Foten Føter Føterne 1901 føter (føtar) føterne (føtane) 1917 føter [føtter] føtene2 [føttene] 1938 (current) fot foten føter føtene 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

• flyttefot
• fotavtrykk
• fotball
• fotfeste
• fotgjengar
• fotnote
• fotspor
• fottur
• fottøy
• på frifot
• stå på god fot med
• svømmefot
• symjefot
• til fots

 

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)

1. a foot, in the following senses:
   1. (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").

   2. 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.

   1. the base or bottom of something

      Hīe wīcodon æt þæs beorges fēt.

      They camped at the foot of the mountain.

   2. (prosody) a metrical foot

Declension

Declension of fōt (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

1. 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

  • Plautdietsch: Foot

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vāt／vat.

Noun

fot m inan

1. barrel, vat

References

• 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

Swedish

fötter

fötter på fågel [feet of a bird]

Etymology

From Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fot c

1. (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]‎^[2]:

     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.

2. a foot (part of something in contact with the underlying surface)

   fötterna på pallen

   the feet of the stool

3. a foot (end opposite the head or the top)
4. a foot (unit of length with various definitions)

Declension

Declension of fot 1-3

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fot	fots
	definite	foten	fotens
plural	indefinite	fötter	fötters
	definite	fötterna	fötternas

Declension of fot 4

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fot	fots
	definite	fot	fots
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Antonyms

• huvud
• topp

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

• lilltå
• stortå

References

• fot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French forêt.

Noun

fot (nominative plural fots)

1. 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