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sidewalk

noun · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/
  • US: /ˈsaɪdwɔk/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈsaɪdwɑk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪdwɔːk
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 D W AO2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Philippines, US

Examples

  • Stay on the sidewalk.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trottoir, pavement, footpath, banquette

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pavement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk, walkway, paseo

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English walk English sidewalk From side + walk.

Across languages

Translations

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sypaadjie — paved footpath
  • Albanian: lëmaqe — paved footpath
  • Albanian: trotuar — paved footpath
  • Arabic: رَصِيف (raṣīf) — paved footpath
  • Arabic: طَوَار (ṭawār) — paved footpath
  • Arabic: طُوَار (ṭuwār) — paved footpath
  • Libyan Arabic: مرشبيدي (maršapèdé) — paved footpath
  • Armenian: մայթ (maytʻ) — paved footpath
  • Armenian: լրիկ (lrik) — paved footpath
  • Armenian: տրոտուար (trotuar) — paved footpath
  • Azerbaijani: səki — paved footpath
  • Azerbaijani: küçə səkisi — paved footpath
  • Basque: espaloi — paved footpath
  • Belarusian: тратуа́р (tratuár) — paved footpath
  • Belarusian: хо́днік (xódnik) — paved footpath
  • Bengali: ফুটপাথ (phuṭpath) — paved footpath
  • Bulgarian: тротоа́р (trotoár) — paved footpath
  • Bulgarian: пло́чник (plóčnik) — paved footpath
  • Burmese: ပလက်ဖောင်း (pa.lakhpaung:) — paved footpath
  • Catalan: vorera — paved footpath
  • Catalan: voravia — paved footpath
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行人徑 /行人径 (hang4 jan4 ging3) — paved footpath
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行人路 (hang4 jan4 lou6) — paved footpath
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人行道 (rénxíngdào) — paved footpath
  • Chinese Mandarin: 步道 (bùdào) — paved footpath
  • Czech: chodník — paved footpath
  • Danish: fortov — paved footpath
  • Dutch: stoep — paved footpath
  • Dutch: trottoir — paved footpath
  • Dutch: voetpad — paved footpath
  • Esperanto: trotuaro — paved footpath
  • Estonian: sillutis — paved footpath
  • Finnish: jalkakäytävä — paved footpath
  • Finnish: katukäytävä — paved footpath
  • French: trottoir — paved footpath
  • Galician: beirarrúa — paved footpath
  • Galician: paseo — paved footpath
  • Galician: calzada — paved footpath
  • Georgian: ტროტუარი (ṭroṭuari) — paved footpath
  • German: Bürgersteig — paved footpath
  • German: Gehweg — paved footpath
  • German: Gehsteig — paved footpath
  • German: Trottoir — paved footpath
  • German: Fußgängerweg — paved footpath
  • German: Gangsteig — paved footpath
  • German: Trottoir — paved footpath
  • Greek: πεζοδρόμιο (pezodrómio) — paved footpath
  • Greenlandic: aqqutissiaq — paved footpath
  • Hebrew: מִדְרָכָה (midrakhá) — paved footpath
  • Hindi: फ़ुटपाथ (fuṭpāth) — paved footpath
  • Hindi: फुटपाथ (phuṭpāth) — paved footpath
  • Hindi: पटरी (paṭrī) — paved footpath
  • Hungarian: járda — paved footpath
  • Hungarian: gyalogjáró — paved footpath
  • Icelandic: gangstétt — paved footpath
  • Icelandic: fortóv — paved footpath
  • Ido: trotuaro — paved footpath
  • Indonesian: trotoar — paved footpath
  • Interlingua: trottoir — paved footpath
  • Irish: cosán — paved footpath
  • Italian: marciapiede — paved footpath
  • Japanese: 歩道 (hodō) — paved footpath
  • Japanese: 舗道 (hodō) — paved footpath
  • Japanese: 舗装 (hosō) — paved footpath
  • Japanese: 人道 (jindō) — paved footpath
  • Kazakh: аяқжол (aäqjol) — paved footpath
  • Kazakh: тротуар (trotuar) — paved footpath
  • Khmer: ចិញ្ចើមថ្នល់ (cəñcaəm thnɑl) — paved footpath
  • Korean: 보도 (bodo) — paved footpath
  • Korean: 인도 (indo) — paved footpath
  • Northern Kurdish: peyarê — paved footpath
  • Kyrgyz: жанжол (janjol) — paved footpath
  • Kyrgyz: тротуар (trotuar) — paved footpath
  • Lao: ທາງຍ່າງ (thāng nyāng) — paved footpath
  • Lao: ທາງເທົ້າ (thāng thao) — paved footpath
  • Latvian: trotuārs — paved footpath
  • Latvian: ietve — paved footpath
  • Lithuanian: danga — paved footpath
  • Macedonian: тротоа́р (trotoár) — paved footpath
  • Macedonian: допат (dopat) — paved footpath
  • Macedonian: пешачник (pešačnik) — paved footpath
  • Macedonian: плочник (pločnik) — paved footpath
  • Malay: laluan jalan kaki — paved footpath
  • Malay: trotoar — paved footpath
  • Maltese: bankina — paved footpath
  • Mongolian: явган зам (javgan zam) — paved footpath
  • Norman: pavé — paved footpath
  • Norman: trottouaithe — paved footpath
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fortau — paved footpath
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fortau — paved footpath
  • Pashto: پياده رو (pyāda ráw) — paved footpath
  • Pashto: پلي لار (pǝ́lilãr) — paved footpath
  • Dari: پِیَادَهرَو (piyāda-raw) — paved footpath
  • Iranian Persian: پِیادِهرُو (piyâde-row) — paved footpath
  • Polish: chodnik — paved footpath
  • Portuguese: calçada — paved footpath
  • Portuguese: passeio — paved footpath
  • Romanian: trotuar — paved footpath
  • Romanian: caldarâm — paved footpath
  • Romanian: pavaj — paved footpath
  • Russian: тротуа́р (trotuár) — paved footpath
  • Russian: мостова́я (mostovája) — paved footpath
  • Scottish Gaelic: cabhsair — paved footpath
  • Serbo-Croatian: трото̀а̄р — paved footpath
  • Serbo-Croatian: пло̏чнӣк — paved footpath
  • Serbo-Croatian: trotòār — paved footpath
  • Serbo-Croatian: plȍčnīk — paved footpath
  • Sicilian: banchina — paved footpath
  • Slovak: chodník — paved footpath
  • Slovene: pločnik — paved footpath
  • Spanish: acera — paved footpath
  • Spanish: andén — paved footpath
  • Spanish: banqueta — paved footpath
  • Spanish: escarpa — paved footpath
  • Spanish: vereda — paved footpath
  • Spanish: hacera — paved footpath
  • Swedish: trottoar — paved footpath
  • Tagalog: bangketa — paved footpath
  • Tajik: пиёдараҳа (piyodaraha) — paved footpath
  • Tajik: пайраха (payraxa) — paved footpath
  • Tajik: пиёдагард (piyodagard) — paved footpath
  • Tajik: пиёдарав (piyodarav) — paved footpath
  • Telugu: కాలిబాట (kālibāṭa) — paved footpath
  • Tetum: trotoár — paved footpath
  • Thai: ทางเท้า (taang-táao) — paved footpath
  • Thai: บาทวิถี (bàat-wí-tǐi) — paved footpath
  • Thai: ฟุตบาท (fút-bàat) — paved footpath
  • Turkish: kaldırım — paved footpath
  • Ukrainian: хідни́к (xidnýk) — paved footpath
  • Ukrainian: тротуа́р (trotuár) — paved footpath
  • Unami: pëmichi tëmakanëtët — paved footpath
  • Urdu: فَرْش (farś) — paved footpath
  • Urdu: فُوٹ پاتھ (fūṭ pāth) — paved footpath
  • Urdu: فُٹ پاتھ (fuṭ pāth) — paved footpath
  • Uzbek: trotuar — paved footpath
  • Uzbek: yoʻlka — paved footpath
  • Venetan: marciapìe — paved footpath
  • Vietnamese: vỉa hè — paved footpath
  • Welsh: palmant — paved footpath
  • Welsh: seri — paved footpath
  • West Frisian: stoepe — paved footpath
  • West Frisian: trottoir — paved footpath
  • Yiddish: טראָטואַר (trotuar) — paved footpath