Phrase guide

athlete's foot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fungal infection of the skin of the foot, usually between the toes, caused by pathogen fungi, such as Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton interdigitale, syn. Trichophyton mentagrophytes, or Epidermophyton floccosum

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

fungal infection of the feet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tinea pedis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tinea, ringworm, roundworm

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِعْفَة القَدَم — fungal infection
  • Arabic: القَدَم الرِيَاضِي (al-qadam ar-riyāḍī) — fungal infection
  • Armenian: ոտնաթաթի միկոզ (otnatʻatʻi mikoz) — fungal infection
  • Armenian: ոտնաթաթի դերմատոֆիտոզ (otnatʻatʻi dermatofitoz) — fungal infection
  • Armenian: ոտնաթաթի խուզող որքին (otnatʻatʻi xuzoġ orkʻin) — fungal infection
  • Chinese Cantonese: 香港腳 /香港脚 (hoeng1 gong2 goek3) — fungal infection
  • Chinese: 香港跤 (zh-min-nan) — fungal infection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腳氣 /脚气 (jiǎoqì) — fungal infection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香港腳 /香港脚 (Xiānggǎngjiǎo) — fungal infection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 足癬 /足癣 (zúxuǎn) — fungal infection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腳癬 /脚癣 (jiǎoxuǎn) — fungal infection
  • Czech: mykóza nohou — fungal infection
  • Danish: fodsvamp — fungal infection
  • Dutch: zwemmerseczeem — fungal infection
  • Dutch: voetschimmel — fungal infection
  • Finnish: jalkasieni — fungal infection
  • Finnish: jalkasilsa — fungal infection
  • French: mycose des pieds — fungal infection
  • French: pied d’athlète — fungal infection
  • French: intertrigo inter-orteils — fungal infection
  • Georgian: ათლეტის ტერფი (atleṭis ṭerpi) — fungal infection
  • German: Fußpilz — fungal infection
  • Greek: πόδι του αθλητή (pódi tou athlití) — fungal infection
  • Hebrew: פטרת כף הרגל — fungal infection
  • Hebrew: רגל האתלט — fungal infection
  • Hindi: पैर की दाद (pair kī dād) — fungal infection
  • Hungarian: lábgomba — fungal infection
  • Indonesian: kutu air — fungal infection
  • Indonesian: kaki atlet — fungal infection
  • Italian: piede dell'atleta — fungal infection
  • Italian: piede d'atleta — fungal infection
  • Japanese: 水虫 (mizumushi) — fungal infection
  • Japanese: 足白癬 (ashi hakusen) — fungal infection
  • Kari'na: kùmisako — fungal infection
  • Khmer: ដំបៅស៊ីជើង (dɑmbaw sii cəəng) — fungal infection
  • Korean: 무좀 (mujom) — fungal infection
  • Malay: kaki makan air — fungal infection
  • Māori: ihiwae — fungal infection
  • Mokilese: mwalang — fungal infection
  • Mongolian: хөлний мөөгөнцөр өвчин (xölnii möögöncör övčin) — fungal infection
  • Persian: پای ورزشکاران — fungal infection
  • Polish: grzybica stóp — fungal infection
  • Portuguese: pé de atleta — fungal infection
  • Portuguese: frieira — fungal infection
  • Romanian: picior de atlet — fungal infection
  • Russian: эпидермофити́я стопы́ (epidermofitíja stopý) — fungal infection
  • Russian: грибо́к стопы́ (gribók stopý) — fungal infection
  • Spanish: pie de atleta — fungal infection
  • Sranan Tongo: konsaka — fungal infection
  • Swedish: fotsvamp — fungal infection
  • Tagalog: alipunga — fungal infection
  • Tamil: சேற்றுப்புண் (cēṟṟuppuṇ) — fungal infection
  • Tamil: பாதப்படை (pātappaṭai) — fungal infection
  • Thai: ฮ่องกงฟุต (hɔ̂ng-gong-fút) — fungal infection
  • Thai: น้ํากัดเท้า (náam-gàt-táao) — fungal infection
  • Tooro: obugeregere class 14 — fungal infection
  • Turkish: ayak mantarı — fungal infection
  • Ukrainian: грибок стопи (hrybok stopy) — fungal infection
  • Unami: alësiteokàn — fungal infection
  • Vietnamese: nấm da chân — fungal infection
  • Welsh: tarwden y traed — fungal infection
  • Welsh: derwreinyn y traed — fungal infection
  • Yakan: abas — fungal infection