noun
Meaning 1
A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
footstool
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noun
Meaning 2
Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: footrest, ottoman, tuffet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stool
History
Etymology
From foot + stool.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: voetstoel — a low stool
- Afrikaans: skabel — a low stool
- Afrikaans: voetbankie — a low stool
- Afrikaans: stofie — a low stool
- Old Armenian: պատուանդան (patuandan) — a low stool
- Azerbaijani: ayaq altlığı — a low stool
- Azerbaijani: ayaqaltı kətil — a low stool
- Catalan: reposapeus — a low stool
- Catalan: escambell — a low stool
- Chinese Cantonese: 腳凳 /脚凳 — a low stool
- Chinese Mandarin: 腳台 (jiǎotái) — a low stool
- Chinese Mandarin: 腳凳 /脚凳 (jiǎodèng) — a low stool
- Czech: podnožka — a low stool
- Danish: fodskammel — a low stool
- Danish: skammel — a low stool
- Dutch: voetbankje — a low stool
- Esperanto: piedbenketo — a low stool
- Esperanto: skabelo — a low stool
- Estonian: jalajäri — a low stool
- Finnish: rahi — a low stool
- Finnish: jalkajakkara — a low stool
- French: repose-pied — a low stool
- German: Schemel — a low stool
- German: Fußbank — a low stool
- German: Fußschemel — a low stool
- Gothic: 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd) — a low stool
- Greek: υποπόδιο (ypopódio) — a low stool
- Ancient Greek: ὑποπόδιον (hupopódion) — a low stool
- Ancient Greek: σφέλας (sphélas) — a low stool
- Ancient Greek: θρῆνυς (thrênus) — a low stool
- Hebrew: הֲדוֹם (hadóm) — a low stool
- Hungarian: zsámoly — a low stool
- Icelandic: fótskemill — a low stool
- Icelandic: fótaskemill — a low stool
- Icelandic: skemill — a low stool
- Indonesian: sandaran kaki — a low stool
- Italian: sgabello — a low stool
- Italian: poggiapiedi — a low stool
- Japanese: 足載せ台 (ashinosedai) — a low stool
- Latin: scabellum — a low stool
- Macedonian: ко́клица (kóklica) — a low stool
- Macedonian: табуре́тка (taburétka) — a low stool
- Māori: tūrangawaewae — a low stool
- Middle English: schamel — a low stool
- Norwegian Bokmål: krakk — a low stool
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krakk — a low stool
- Old English: fōtsċamol — a low stool
- Old English: sċamol — a low stool
- Old Norse: skemill — a low stool
- Polish: podnóżek — a low stool
- Portuguese: escabelo — a low stool
- Russian: скаме́ечка для ног (skaméječka dlja nog) — a low stool
- Russian: подста́вка для ног (podstávka dlja nog) — a low stool
- Spanish: reposapiés — a low stool
- Spanish: escabel — a low stool
- Spanish: banqueta — a low stool
- Spanish: silletín — a low stool
- Spanish: alzapié — a low stool
- Spanish: taburete — a low stool
- Swahili: kibao — a low stool
- Swedish: fotpall — a low stool
- Tagalog: timbanin — a low stool
- Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎄𐎎 (hdm) — a low stool