Phrase guide

on foot

prep_phrase · 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.

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The pub's not far: let's go on foot.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: on the hoof

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 2

On the move; astir.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

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Meaning 3

In progress or in preparation; active, in operation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English on fote, from Old English on fōte (“on foot”), equivalent to on + foot.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَاشِيًا (māšiyan) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Armenian: ոտքով (otkʻov) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Armenian: հետիոտն (hetiotn) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Asturian: pedestre — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Asturian: a pie — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Avar: лъелго (lselgo) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Azerbaijani: piyada — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Azerbaijani: gəzə-gəzə — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Bashkir: йәйәү (yəyəw) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Belarusian: пе́шшу (pjéššu) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Belarusian: пяшко́м (pjaškóm) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Belarusian: пехато́й (pjexatój) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Bulgarian: пеш (peš) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Bulgarian: пеша́ (pešá) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Catalan: a peu — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Chechen: гӏаш (ğaš) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 徒步 (túbù) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走路 (zǒulù) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 步行 (bùxíng) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Crimean Tatar: cayav — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Czech: pěšky — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Danish: til fods — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Dutch: te voet — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Esperanto: piede — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Estonian: jala — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Finnish: jalan — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Finnish: jalkaisin — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • French: à pied — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Galician: a pé — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Georgian: ფეხით (pexit) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Georgian: ქვეითად (kveitad) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • German: zu Fuß — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • German: auf Schusters Rappen — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Greek: με τα πόδια (me ta pódia) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Ancient Greek: πεζῇ (pezēî) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Hebrew: בָּרֶגֶל (barégel) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Hebrew: רַגְלִי (raglí) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Hindi: पैदल (paidal) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Hungarian: gyalog — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Icelandic: ganga — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Icelandic: fótgangandi — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Ido: pedirante — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Ingrian: jalkaisin — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Irish: de chois — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Irish: de shiúl cos — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Irish: de shiúl na gcos — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Italian: a piedi — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Japanese: 歩いて (aruite) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Japanese: 徒歩で (toho de) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Kalmyk: йовһар (yovğar) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Kazakh: жаяу (jaäu) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Kazakh: жаяулап (jaäulap) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Korean: 걸어서 (georeoseo) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Kyrgyz: жөө (jöö) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Latin: pedes — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Latvian: kājām — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Lithuanian: pėsčiomis — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Macedonian: пешки (peški) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Manx: ry-chosh — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Māori: pakituri — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Māori: haere pakituri — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Mapudungun: namutu — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: til fots — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: til fots — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Old English: on fōtum — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пешо (pešo) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Persian: پیاده (pyâde) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Polish: pieszo — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Polish: na piechotę — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Polish: piechotą — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Portuguese: a pé — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Romani: telal — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Romanian: pe jos — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Russian: пешко́м (peškóm) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Russian: пешо́чком (pešóčkom) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Serbo-Croatian: пе̏шке̄ — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Serbo-Croatian: пје̏шке̄ — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȅškē — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Serbo-Croatian: pjȅškē — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Sicilian: a pedi — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Slovak: pešo — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Slovene: peš — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Lower Sorbian: pěšy — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Spanish: a pie — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Spanish: a patatín — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Spanish: pedestremente — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Swedish: till fots — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Tajik: пиёда (piyoda) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Tatar: җәяү (cäyäw) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Telugu: నడుస్తూ (naḍustū) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Turkish: yayan — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Turkmen: pyýada — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Ukrainian: пі́шки (píšky) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Ukrainian: піхо́тою (pixótoju) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Ukrainian: пі́хом (píxom) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Urdu: پیدل (paidal) — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Uzbek: yayov — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Uzbek: piyoda — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Vietnamese: đi bộ — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Vietnamese: đi chân — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Vietnamese: cuốc bộ — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Welsh: ar eich deudroed — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
  • Welsh: ar gerdded — walking, jogging, running — see also afoot