noun · verb · 8 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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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ɡeɪt/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/ɡæɪt/
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Scotland:/ɡet/
Wales:/ɡeit/without the pane–pain merger
rhymes with -eɪt
homophone: gate (pane–pain merger)
CMU ARPABET:G EY1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rate
Narrower terms: quick time, double time
History
Etymology
From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bashkir:
йөрөш
(yöröş)
— manner of walking
Bashkir:
атлау
(atlaw)
— manner of walking
Bashkir:
аҙым
(aźım)
— manner of walking
Belarusian:
хада́
(xadá)
— manner of walking
Belarusian:
ступа́
(stupá)
— manner of walking
Belarusian:
пахо́дка
(paxódka)
— manner of walking
Belarusian:
ход
(xod)
— manner of walking
Belarusian:
крок
(krok)
— manner of walking
Bulgarian:
похо́дка
(pohódka)
— manner of walking
Catalan:
caminar
— manner of walking
Catalan:
pas
— manner of walking
Catalan:
aire
— manner of walking
Catalan:
manera de caminar
— manner of walking
Chinese Mandarin:
步態 /步态
(bùtài)
— manner of walking
Czech:
chůze
— manner of walking
Danish:
gang
— manner of walking
Danish:
gangart
— manner of walking
Dutch:
gang m pas m loop
— manner of walking
Esperanto:
marŝo
— manner of walking
Estonian:
kõnnak
— manner of walking
Finnish:
käynti
— manner of walking
Finnish:
astunta
— manner of walking
French:
démarche
— manner of walking
Georgian:
სიარული
(siaruli)
— manner of walking
Georgian:
სვლა
(svla)
— manner of walking
German:
Gang
— manner of walking
German:
Gangart
— manner of walking
German:
Gangweise
— manner of walking
German:
Gehweise
— manner of walking
Ancient Greek:
βάδισμα
(bádisma)
— manner of walking
Hungarian:
járás
— manner of walking
Icelandic:
göngulag
— manner of walking
Irish:
siúl
— manner of walking
Italian:
camminata
— manner of walking
Italian:
andamento
— manner of walking
Italian:
postura
— manner of walking
Italian:
portamento
— manner of walking
Japanese:
足取り
(ashidori)
— manner of walking
Korean:
걸음걸이
(georeumgeori)
— manner of walking
Central Kurdish:
لارولەنجە
(larulence)
— manner of walking
Latin:
incessus
— manner of walking
Macedonian:
од
(od)
— manner of walking
Norwegian Bokmål:
gange
— manner of walking
Norwegian Bokmål:
ganglag
— manner of walking
Polish:
chód
— manner of walking
Polish:
krok
— manner of walking
Portuguese:
andar
— manner of walking
Portuguese:
andadura
— manner of walking
Portuguese:
porte
— manner of walking
Romanian:
pas
— manner of walking
Romanian:
mers
— manner of walking
Russian:
похо́дка
(poxódka)
— manner of walking
Russian:
по́ступь
(póstupʹ)
— manner of walking
Russian:
ходьба́
(xodʹbá)
— manner of walking
Russian:
шаг
(šag)
— manner of walking
Sanskrit:
गति
(gati)
— manner of walking
Sanskrit:
प्रगामन्
(pragāman)
— manner of walking
Scottish Gaelic:
gluasad
— manner of walking
Serbo-Croatian:
хо̑д
— manner of walking
Serbo-Croatian:
hȏd
— manner of walking
Slovak:
chôdza
— manner of walking
Slovak:
krok
— manner of walking
Spanish:
zancada
— manner of walking
Spanish:
andadura
— manner of walking
Spanish:
andares
— manner of walking
Spanish:
andar
— manner of walking
Spanish:
caminar
— manner of walking
Spanish:
caminado
— manner of walking
Spanish:
paso
— manner of walking
Spanish:
marcha
— manner of walking
Swedish:
gång
— manner of walking
Swedish:
gångstil
— manner of walking
Swedish:
gångart
— manner of walking
Tamil:
நடை
(naṭai)
— manner of walking
Lower Tanana:
goɬ
— manner of walking
Ukrainian:
похі́д
(poxíd)
— manner of walking
Ukrainian:
похода́
(poxodá)
— manner of walking
Ukrainian:
похо́да
(poxóda)
— manner of walking
Ukrainian:
хід
(xid)
— manner of walking
Ukrainian:
крок
(krok)
— manner of walking
Ukrainian:
хода́
(xodá)
— manner of walking
Ukrainian:
ходьба́
(xodʹbá)
— manner of walking
Armenian:
քայլք
(kʻaylkʻ)
— horse's way of moving
Bulgarian:
конски ход
(konski hod)
— horse's way of moving
Catalan:
anadura
— horse's way of moving
Chinese Mandarin:
步法
(bùfǎ)
— horse's way of moving
Dutch:
gang
— horse's way of moving
Finnish:
askellaji
— horse's way of moving
French:
allure
— horse's way of moving
Georgian:
ალური
(aluri)
— horse's way of moving
German:
Gangart
— horse's way of moving
German:
Gangbild
— horse's way of moving
Hungarian:
járás
— horse's way of moving
Icelandic:
gangtegund
— horse's way of moving
Italian:
andatura
— horse's way of moving
Italian:
falcata
— horse's way of moving
Norwegian Bokmål:
gangart
— horse's way of moving
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gangart
— horse's way of moving
