adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/
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General-American:/ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/
General-American:[ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d]
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: digitigrade
4
noun
Meaning 4
an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh2-n̥t-eh2, from *pleh2- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
който ходи на цяло стъпало
(kojto hodi na cjalo stǎpalo)
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Bulgarian:
плоскостъпен
(ploskostǎpen)
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Catalan:
plantígrad
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
French:
plantigrade
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Greek:
πελματοβάμων
(pelmatovámon)
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Hungarian:
talponjáró
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Ido:
plantigrada
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Indonesian:
plantigrad
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Irish:
bonnsiúlach
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Italian:
plantigrado
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Japanese:
蹠行の
(shokō no)
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Russian:
стопоходя́щий
(stopoxodjáščij)
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Russian:
плоскосто́пный
(ploskostópnyj)
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Spanish:
plantígrado
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Swedish:
plantigrad
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Swedish:
hälgående
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Welsh:
gwadnrodiol
— walking with the entire sole of the foot
Breton:
palvgerzher
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Catalan:
plantígrad
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Dutch:
zoolganger
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Finnish:
kanta-astuja
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
French:
plantigrade
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
German:
Fersengänger
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
German:
Sohlengänger
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Greek:
πελματοβάμονα
(pelmatovámona)
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Hungarian:
talponjáró
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Ido:
plantigrado
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Indonesian:
plantigrad
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Italian:
plantigrado
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Japanese:
蹠行動物
(shokō dōbutsu)
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Spanish:
plantígrado
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Swedish:
hälgångare
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Welsh:
gwadnrodiwr
— animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot