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pedestrianize

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Our trade has increased significantly since they pedestrianized the High Street.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To walk; to travel on foot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To traverse on foot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, transitive

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English pedestrian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English pedestrianize From pedestrian + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: piyadalaşdırmaq — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Catalan: vianantitzar — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Catalan: convertir en zona per a vianants — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Catalan: peatonalitzar — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • French: piétonniser — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • French: piétoniser — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Galician: peonalizar — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • German: in eine Fußgängerzone umwandeln — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • German: zur Fußgängerzone umwandeln — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Greek: πεζοδρομώ (pezodromó) — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Italian: pedonalizzare — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Portuguese: peadonizar — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Portuguese: pedestrianizar — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Spanish: peatonalizar — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Spanish: peatonizar — restrict access to a street to pedestrians only