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footwear

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F UH1 T W EH2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

covering for a person's feet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: footgear

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: covering

Narrower terms: boot, clog, geta, patten, sabot, flats, overshoe, shoe, slipper, carpet slipper

3

noun

Meaning 3

clothing worn on a person's feet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment

Narrower terms: hosiery, hose

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English foot Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English footwear From foot + -wear.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: këpucë — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Southern Altai: ӧдӱк (ödük) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Southern Altai: ӧдӱк-кийим (ödük-kiyim) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Arabic: حِذَاء (ḥiḏāʔ) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Arabic: مَشَّايَة (maššāya) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Armenian: կոշկեղեն (koškeġen) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Armenian: կոշիկ (košik) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Azerbaijani: ayaqqabılar — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Bashkir: аяҡ кейеме (ayaq keyeme) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Basque: oinetako — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Belarusian: абу́так (abútak) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Bulgarian: обу́вки (obúvki) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Bulgarian: обу́вка (obúvka) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Catalan: calçat — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞋類 /鞋类 (xiélèi) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞋子 (xiézi) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞋襪 /鞋袜 (xiéwà) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞋履 (xiélǚ) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Czech: obuv — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Danish: fodtøj — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Danish: skotøj — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Dutch: schoeisel — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Estonian: jalats — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Estonian: jalanõu — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Finnish: jalkine — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • French: souliers — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • French: chaussures — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Georgian: ფეხსაცმელი (pexsacmeli) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • German: Schuhwerk — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Ancient Greek: ὑπόδημα (hupódēma) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Hungarian: lábbeli — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Icelandic: skófatnaður — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Indonesian: alas kaki — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Irish: coisbheart — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Italian: calzatura — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Japanese: 履物 (hakimono) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Japanese: 履き物 (hakimono) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Kazakh: аяқ киім (aäq kiım) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Kyrgyz: бут кийим (but kiyim) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Latgalian: apave — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Latvian: apavs — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Latvian: apavi — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Lithuanian: avalynė — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Macedonian: о́бувки (óbuvki) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Macedonian: о́бувка (óbuvka) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Malayalam: പാദരക്ഷ (pādarakṣa) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Mongolian: гутал (gutal) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Norman: caûchement — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fottøy — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skotøy — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fottøy — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skotøy — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Occitan: cauçadura — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Persian: پاافزار (pâ-afzâr) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Polish: obuwie — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Portuguese: calçado — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Romanian: încălțăminte — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Russian: о́бувь (óbuvʹ) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀бућа — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: òbuća — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Shor: азақ кеби (azaq kebi) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Slovak: obuv — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Slovene: obutev — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Spanish: calzado — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Swedish: skodon — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Tajik: пойафзол (poyafzol) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Tamil: காலணி (kālaṇi) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Telugu: పాదరక్షలు (pādarakṣalu) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Turkish: ayakkabılar — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Turkmen: aýakgap — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Ukrainian: взуття́ (vzuttjá) — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Uzbek: oyoq kiyim — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Uzbek: poyafzal — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Vietnamese: giày dép — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
  • Volapük: jukem — item of clothing that is worn on the foot
Real reading context

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