adj
Meaning 1
Walking on four feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quadrupedal
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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/ˌkwɑdʒɹəˈpiːdəl/
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adjective
Meaning 2
having four feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quadruped, four-footed
Antonyms: bipedal
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kwetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kwetru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kwetrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English quadrupedal From quadruped + -al.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: чатырохно́гі (čatyroxnóhi) — walking on four feet
- Catalan: quadrúpede — walking on four feet
- Dutch: viervoetig — walking on four feet
- Finnish: neljällä jalalla kulkeva — walking on four feet
- Finnish: neljällä jalalla kävelevä — walking on four feet
- Finnish: nelijalkainen — walking on four feet
- French: quadrupède — walking on four feet
- West-Frisian: fjouwerfuottich — walking on four feet
- Georgian: ოთხფეხა (otxpexa) — walking on four feet
- German: vierfüßig — walking on four feet
- German: vierbeinig — walking on four feet
- Ancient Greek: τετράπους (tetrápous) — walking on four feet
- Irish: ceathairchosach — walking on four feet
- Latin: quadrupēs — walking on four feet
- Lithuanian: keturkojis — walking on four feet
- Low German: veerbeent — walking on four feet
- Malay: berkaki empat — walking on four feet
- Polish: czworonożny — walking on four feet
- Portuguese: quadrúpede — walking on four feet
- Russian: четвероно́гий (četveronógij) — walking on four feet
- Swedish: fyrbent — walking on four feet
- Swedish: fyrfota — walking on four feet
- Swedish: fyrfotad — walking on four feet
- Ukrainian: четвероно́гий (četveronóhyj) — walking on four feet
- Volapük: folfutik — walking on four feet
- Welsh: pedwartroed — walking on four feet
- Volapük: folfutafik — of or pertaining to a quadruped
- Volapük: hifolfutafik — of or pertaining to a quadruped
- Volapük: jifolfutafik — of or pertaining to a quadruped