adj · adv · name · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈbɛɹfʊt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɛəfʊt/
obsolete:/ˈbɑːɹfʊt/
obsolete:/ˈbæɹfʊt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Wearing nothing on the feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
After taking off their shoes, socks and sandals at the doorway, the kids were barefoot.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, slang
Qualifier: CB radio
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adv
Meaning 4
Wearing nothing on the feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adv
Meaning 5
Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: CB radio slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
name
Meaning 6
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
name
Meaning 7
An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
without shoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the barefoot boy
shoeless Joe Jackson
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barefooted, shoeless
Antonyms: none provided
9
adverb
Meaning 9
without shoes on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he chased her barefoot across the meadow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barefooted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”), Yiddish באָרוועס (borves, “barefoot”).
A nickname, from barefoot.
Across languages
Translations
173 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kaalvoet
— wearing nothing on the feet
Arabic:
حَافٍ
(ḥāfin)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Arabic:
حَافِي
(ḥāfī)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Arabic:
حافي
(ḥāfi)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Arabic:
حفيان
(ḥafyān)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Arabic:
حفيان
(ḥafyān)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Armenian:
բոբիկ
(bobik)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Aromanian:
discultsu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Aromanian:
discults
— wearing nothing on the feet
Azerbaijani:
ayaqyalın
— wearing nothing on the feet
Azerbaijani:
yalınayaq
— wearing nothing on the feet
Azerbaijani:
ayağı çılpaq
— wearing nothing on the feet
Bashkir:
ялан аяҡ
(yalan ayaq)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Basque:
onutsik
— wearing nothing on the feet
Belarusian:
бо́сы
(bósy)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Belarusian:
басано́гі
(basanóhi)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Belarusian:
неабу́ты
(njeabúty)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Breton:
diarc'hen
— wearing nothing on the feet
Breton:
divotoù
— wearing nothing on the feet
Bulgarian:
бос
(bos)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Bulgarian:
необу́т
(neobút)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Catalan:
descalç
— wearing nothing on the feet
Chinese Mandarin:
赤腳 /赤脚
(chìjiǎo)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Chinese Mandarin:
光腳 /光脚
(guāngjiǎo)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Corsican:
scalzu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Czech:
bosý
— wearing nothing on the feet
Danish:
barfodet
— wearing nothing on the feet
Dutch:
barrevoets
— wearing nothing on the feet
Dutch:
blootsvoets
— wearing nothing on the feet
Esperanto:
nudpieda
— wearing nothing on the feet
Faroese:
berføttur
— wearing nothing on the feet
Faroese:
berbeinaður
— wearing nothing on the feet
Faroese:
berleggjaður
— wearing nothing on the feet
Finnish:
paljasjalkainen
— wearing nothing on the feet
French:
pieds nus
— wearing nothing on the feet
Friulian:
discolç
— wearing nothing on the feet
Galician:
descalzo
— wearing nothing on the feet
Gallo:
déchaou
— wearing nothing on the feet
Georgian:
ფეხშიშველა
(pexšišvela)
— wearing nothing on the feet
German:
barfuß
— wearing nothing on the feet
German:
barfüßig
— wearing nothing on the feet
German:
barfießich
— wearing nothing on the feet
Greek:
ξυπόλυτος
(xypólytos)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Ancient Greek:
ἀνυπόδητος
(anupódētos)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Hebrew:
יָחֵף
(yakhéf)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Hindi:
नंगे पाँव
(naṅge pā̃v)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Hungarian:
mezítlábas
— wearing nothing on the feet
Icelandic:
berfættur
— wearing nothing on the feet
Indonesian:
telanjang kaki
— wearing nothing on the feet
Ingrian:
kengätä
— wearing nothing on the feet
Irish:
cosnochta
— wearing nothing on the feet
Italian:
scalzo
— wearing nothing on the feet
Italian:
a piedi nudi
— wearing nothing on the feet
Japanese:
裸足
(hadashi)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Japanese:
素足
(suashi)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Kazakh:
жалаңаяқ
(jalañaäq)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Korean:
맨발의
(maenbar-ui)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Northern Kurdish:
xwas
— wearing nothing on the feet
Northern Kurdish:
lingxwas
— wearing nothing on the feet
Northern Kurdish:
nigxwas
— wearing nothing on the feet
Northern Kurdish:
pêxwas
— wearing nothing on the feet
Northern Kurdish:
pîxwas
— wearing nothing on the feet
Kyrgyz:
жыңайлак
(jıŋaylak)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Kyrgyz:
жыңалаяк
(jıŋalayak)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Ladin:
deschëuz
— wearing nothing on the feet
Luxembourgish:
baarbes
— wearing nothing on the feet
Macedonian:
бос
(bos)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Macedonian:
босоног
(bosonog)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Malay:
kaki ayam
— wearing nothing on the feet
Maltese:
ħafi
— wearing nothing on the feet
Maltese:
ħafja
— wearing nothing on the feet
Maltese:
ħafjin
— wearing nothing on the feet
Māori:
kore hū
— wearing nothing on the feet
Navajo:
ké tʼáágééd
— wearing nothing on the feet
Neapolitan:
scauzo
— wearing nothing on the feet
Norwegian Bokmål:
barbeint
— wearing nothing on the feet
Old East Slavic:
босъ
(bosŭ)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Old English:
bærfōt
— wearing nothing on the feet
Persian:
پابرهنه
(pâberahne)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Plautdietsch:
boaft
— wearing nothing on the feet
Polabian:
bösĕ
— wearing nothing on the feet
Polish:
bosy
— wearing nothing on the feet
Portuguese:
descalço
— wearing nothing on the feet
Portuguese:
descalça
— wearing nothing on the feet
Romanian:
desculț
— wearing nothing on the feet
Russian:
босо́й
(bosój)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Russian:
необу́тый
(neobútyj)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Russian:
босоно́гий
(bosonógij)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Russian:
бо́сый
(bósyj)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sardinian:
iscultzu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sardinian:
isciurtzu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sardinian:
iscurtzu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sardinian:
iscúlciu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sardinian:
iscrutzu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sardinian:
iscursu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sardinian:
iscurtu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Scots:
barefit
— wearing nothing on the feet
Scottish Gaelic:
casruisgte
— wearing nothing on the feet
Serbo-Croatian:
бо̑с
— wearing nothing on the feet
Serbo-Croatian:
босо̀ног
— wearing nothing on the feet
Serbo-Croatian:
bȏs
— wearing nothing on the feet
Serbo-Croatian:
bosònog
— wearing nothing on the feet
Sicilian:
scàusu
— wearing nothing on the feet
Slovak:
bosý
— wearing nothing on the feet
Slovene:
bos
— wearing nothing on the feet
Slovene:
bosonog
— wearing nothing on the feet
Lower Sorbian:
bósy
— wearing nothing on the feet
Lower Sorbian:
bósučki
— wearing nothing on the feet
Tashelhit:
azir
— wearing nothing on the feet
Tashelhit:
tabatiḥt (Souss-Massa)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Spanish:
descalzo
— wearing nothing on the feet
Spanish:
chuña
— wearing nothing on the feet
Spanish:
a pies pelados
— wearing nothing on the feet
Spanish:
shutudo (Americanism)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Spanish:
patalsuelo
— wearing nothing on the feet
Swahili:
pekupeku
— wearing nothing on the feet
Swedish:
barfota
— wearing nothing on the feet
Tagalog:
yapak
— wearing nothing on the feet
Tajik:
побараҳна
(pobarahna)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Tajik:
пойлуч
(poyluč)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Tashelhit:
ⵃⴼⵢⴰⵏ
(ḥfyan)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Tibetan:
རྐང་རྗེན་མ
(rkang rjen ma)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Turkish:
yalın ayak
— wearing nothing on the feet
Turkmen:
ýalaňaç
— wearing nothing on the feet
Ukrainian:
бо́сий
(bósyj)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Ukrainian:
босоно́гий
(bosonóhyj)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Ukrainian:
невзу́тий
(nevzútyj)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Urdu:
ننگے پیر
(nãṅge pair)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Uyghur:
يالاڭئاياق
(yalang'ayaq)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Uzbek:
yalangoyoq
— wearing nothing on the feet
Venetan:
descalso
— wearing nothing on the feet
Venetan:
descalço
— wearing nothing on the feet
Venetan:
descals
— wearing nothing on the feet
Venetan:
descolzh
— wearing nothing on the feet
Venetan:
descolz
— wearing nothing on the feet
Vietnamese:
chân đất
— wearing nothing on the feet
Vietnamese:
chân không
— wearing nothing on the feet
Vietnamese:
chân trần
— wearing nothing on the feet
Volapük:
nüdafutik
— wearing nothing on the feet
Walloon:
a pîs dischås
— wearing nothing on the feet
Walloon:
a pîs dschås
— wearing nothing on the feet
Welsh:
troednoeth
— wearing nothing on the feet
Woiwurrung:
yearrnjenong
— wearing nothing on the feet
Yiddish:
באָרוועס
(borves)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Albanian:
zbathur
— wearing nothing on the feet
Arabic:
حافي القدمين
— wearing nothing on the feet
Basque:
oin-has
— wearing nothing on the feet
Belarusian:
басано́ж
(basanóž)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Chuvash:
ҫарран
(śarran)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Czech:
bosky
— wearing nothing on the feet
Dutch:
op blote voeten
— wearing nothing on the feet
Esperanto:
nudpiede
— wearing nothing on the feet
Finnish:
paljain jaloin
— wearing nothing on the feet
Finnish:
avojaloin
— wearing nothing on the feet
Greek:
ξυπόλητα
(xypólita)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Greek:
ανυπόδετα
(anypódeta)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Hungarian:
mezítláb
— wearing nothing on the feet
Icelandic:
berfættur
— wearing nothing on the feet
Icelandic:
berum fótum
— wearing nothing on the feet
Japanese:
裸足で
(hadashi de)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Japanese:
素足で
(suashi de)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Korean:
맨발로
(maenbal-lo)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Malay:
berkaki ayam
— wearing nothing on the feet
Polish:
boso
— wearing nothing on the feet
Polish:
na bosaka
— wearing nothing on the feet
Russian:
босико́м
(bosikóm)
— wearing nothing on the feet
Slovak:
boso
— wearing nothing on the feet
Slovak:
bosky
— wearing nothing on the feet
Slovak:
naboso
— wearing nothing on the feet
Turkish:
yalınayak
— wearing nothing on the feet
Ukrainian:
босо́ніж
(bosóniž)
— wearing nothing on the feet