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footbridge

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfʊtˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pedestrian bridge

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a bridge designed for pedestrians

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overcrossing, pedestrian bridge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bridge, span

Narrower terms: gangplank, gangboard, gangway, jet bridge

History

Etymology

From Middle English fot-brigge, equivalent to foot + bridge.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: passarel·la — bridge for pedestrians
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天橋 /天桥 (tiānqiáo) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Czech: lávka — bridge for pedestrians
  • Danish: gangbro — bridge for pedestrians
  • Danish: fodgængerbro — bridge for pedestrians
  • Dutch: voetgangersbrug — bridge for pedestrians
  • Estonian: purre — bridge for pedestrians
  • Estonian: jalakäijate sild — bridge for pedestrians
  • Faroese: gongubrúgv — bridge for pedestrians
  • Finnish: jalankulkusilta — bridge for pedestrians
  • French: passerelle — bridge for pedestrians
  • Old French: plat — bridge for pedestrians
  • German: Fußgängerbrücke — bridge for pedestrians
  • Greek: πεζογέφυρα (pezogéfyra) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Greek: γεφυράκι (gefyráki) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Hungarian: gyalogoshíd — bridge for pedestrians
  • Hungarian: gyaloghíd — bridge for pedestrians
  • Icelandic: göngubrú — bridge for pedestrians
  • Indonesian: jembatan kaki — bridge for pedestrians
  • Indonesian: jembatan pejalan kaki — bridge for pedestrians
  • Irish: droichead coise — bridge for pedestrians
  • Irish: droichead coisithe — bridge for pedestrians
  • Italian: passerella — bridge for pedestrians
  • Italian: ponte pedonale — bridge for pedestrians
  • Italian: palancola — bridge for pedestrians
  • Japanese: 歩道橋 (hodōkyō) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Korean: 인도교 (indogyo) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Korean: 육교(陸橋))) (yukgyo) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Korean: 보도교 (bodogyo) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Latgalian: laipa — bridge for pedestrians
  • Latvian: laipa — bridge for pedestrians
  • Malayalam: നടപ്പാലം (naṭappālaṁ) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gangbro — bridge for pedestrians
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gangbru — bridge for pedestrians
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fotgjengerbro — bridge for pedestrians
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fotgjengerbru — bridge for pedestrians
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gangbru — bridge for pedestrians
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fotgjengarbru — bridge for pedestrians
  • Plautdietsch: Stajch — bridge for pedestrians
  • Polish: kładka — bridge for pedestrians
  • Portuguese: passarela — bridge for pedestrians
  • Quechua: uruya — bridge for pedestrians
  • Romanian: punte — bridge for pedestrians
  • Russian: пешехо́дный мо́стик/мост (pešexódnyj móstik/most) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Russian: мо́стик (móstik) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Russian: мостки́ (mostkí) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Russian: схо́дни (sxódni) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Serbo-Croatian: moštanica — bridge for pedestrians
  • Spanish: puente peatonal — bridge for pedestrians
  • Spanish: pasarela — bridge for pedestrians
  • Swedish: gångbro — bridge for pedestrians
  • Thai: สะพานลอย (sà-paan-lɔɔi) — bridge for pedestrians
  • Welsh: pompren — bridge for pedestrians
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