Foot in Different Languages
Discover 'Foot' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Foot
Afrikaans voet | ||
Albanian këmbë | ||
Amharic እግር | ||
Arabic قدم | ||
Armenian ոտք | ||
Assamese ফুট | ||
Aymara kayu | ||
Azerbaijani ayaq | ||
Bambara sen | ||
Basque oina | ||
Belarusian ступня | ||
Bengali পা | ||
Bhojpuri गोड़ | ||
Bosnian stopalo | ||
Bulgarian крак | ||
Catalan peu | ||
Cebuano tiil | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 脚丫子 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 腳丫子 | ||
Corsican pede | ||
Croatian noga | ||
Czech chodidlo | ||
Danish fod | ||
Dhivehi ފައިތިލަ | ||
Dogri पैर | ||
Dutch voet | ||
English foot | ||
Esperanto piedo | ||
Estonian jalg | ||
Ewe afᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) paa | ||
Finnish jalka | ||
French pied | ||
Frisian foet | ||
Galician pé | ||
Georgian ფეხი | ||
German fuß | ||
Greek πόδι | ||
Guarani py | ||
Gujarati પગ | ||
Haitian Creole pye | ||
Hausa ƙafa | ||
Hawaiian wāwae | ||
Hebrew כף רגל | ||
Hindi पैर | ||
Hmong ko taw | ||
Hungarian láb | ||
Icelandic fótur | ||
Igbo ụkwụ | ||
Ilocano saka | ||
Indonesian kaki | ||
Irish chos | ||
Italian piede | ||
Japanese 足 | ||
Javanese sikil | ||
Kannada ಪಾದ | ||
Kazakh аяқ | ||
Khmer ជើង | ||
Kinyarwanda ikirenge | ||
Konkani पांय | ||
Korean 발 | ||
Krio fut | ||
Kurdish ling | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێ | ||
Kyrgyz бут | ||
Lao ຕີນ | ||
Latin pes | ||
Latvian kāju | ||
Lingala likolo | ||
Lithuanian pėda | ||
Luganda ekigere | ||
Luxembourgish fouss | ||
Macedonian нога | ||
Maithili पएर | ||
Malagasy tongotra | ||
Malay kaki | ||
Malayalam കാൽ | ||
Maltese sieq | ||
Maori waewae | ||
Marathi पाऊल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯣꯡ | ||
Mizo ke | ||
Mongolian хөл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခြေထောက် | ||
Nepali खुट्टा | ||
Norwegian fot | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) phazi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପାଦ | ||
Oromo miilla | ||
Pashto پښه | ||
Persian پا | ||
Polish stopa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) pé | ||
Punjabi ਪੈਰ | ||
Quechua chaki | ||
Romanian picior | ||
Russian фут | ||
Samoan vae | ||
Sanskrit पादः | ||
Scots Gaelic chas | ||
Sepedi leoto | ||
Serbian нога | ||
Sesotho leoto | ||
Shona tsoka | ||
Sindhi پير | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පාදය | ||
Slovak noha | ||
Slovenian stopala | ||
Somali cag | ||
Spanish pie | ||
Sundanese suku | ||
Swahili mguu | ||
Swedish fot | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) paa | ||
Tajik пой | ||
Tamil கால் | ||
Tatar аяк | ||
Telugu అడుగు | ||
Thai เท้า | ||
Tigrinya እግሪ | ||
Tsonga nenge | ||
Turkish ayak | ||
Turkmen aýak | ||
Twi (Akan) anamɔn | ||
Ukrainian стопа | ||
Urdu پاؤں | ||
Uyghur foot | ||
Uzbek oyoq | ||
Vietnamese chân | ||
Welsh troed | ||
Xhosa unyawo | ||
Yiddish פֿיס | ||
Yoruba ẹsẹ | ||
Zulu unyawo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "voet" (foot) comes from Dutch "voet" meaning "foot" but "voet" can also mean "base" or "foundation". |
| Albanian | Këmbë, meaning "leg" or "ankle" in Albanian, can also mean "stalk" (of a plant) or "pedestal". |
| Amharic | The word 'እግር' ('foot') in Amharic also means 'leg' or 'limb' and is derived from the Proto-Ethiopic root 'ʾgʾr' meaning 'leg' or 'to jump'. |
| Arabic | The word "قدم" in Arabic also refers to a unit of measurement of length equivalent to the length of a man's foot. |
| Armenian | The word "ոտք" ("foot") in Armenian can also refer to the leg or the paw of an animal. |
| Azerbaijani | "Ayak" also means "month" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Oina" also means "ball" or "round object" in some Basque dialects. |
| Belarusian | The word "ступня" in Belarusian originally meant "base, support" and comes from the Proto-Slavic root "*stepnь" with the same meaning. |
| Bengali | "পা" also means 'a quarter' (a measure of volume) in Bengali, which is cognate with 'paad' in Sanskrit. |
| Bosnian | Stopalo is a Slavic word, originally referring to the space that can be covered by a single human step. |
| Bulgarian | The word "крак" (foot) in Bulgarian shares its Proto-Slavic root with the word "круг" (circle), possibly referencing the rounded shape of the feet. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "peu" may also refer to the base of a mountain or a tree's trunk, or figuratively, to a foundation or starting point. |
| Cebuano | Tiil is also called 'tapak' when referring to the sole of the foot. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 脚丫子 or jiao ya zi literally means "foot baby" and is a more colloquial term for 脚 or jiao which means "foot". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 腳丫 "丫" originally referred to the big toe and is a diminutive particle. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "pede" comes from the Latin word "pedis", and it can refer to the human feet, the foot of a mountain, or even a pawn on a chessboard. |
| Croatian | The word 'noga' also refers to the leg or the bottom part of a piece of furniture or a mountain |
| Czech | In Czech, "chodidlo" also refers to a vehicle as the means of movement. |
| Danish | The Danish word "fod" has a homonym which is an obsolete form of the noun "food", and the compound form "fodfolk", which is an old-fashioned and derogatory term for "infantry". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "voet" is cognate with the English word "foot" and can also refer to a unit of measurement (roughly 30.5 centimeters). |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, 'piedo' also refers to a unit of poetic measure, consisting of eight syllables. |
| Estonian | In addition to its literal meaning, "jalg" can also refer to the stand of a table or chair, or the base of a tree. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word 'jalka' also means 'infantry' or 'a soldier on foot'. |
| French | The word "pied" in French can also refer to a base, foundation, or pedestal. |
| Frisian | In some Frisian dialects, "foet" can also refer to the end of a fishing net, or the place where a fishing net is thrown out. |
| Galician | The Galician word "pé" can also mean "leg" or "pace". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word for "foot," ფეხი, also holds the meanings "leg" and "base" |
| German | "Fuß" can also mean a unit of length, about 30 centimeters, or can refer to the pedestal of a statue. |
| Greek | In modern Greek, the term 'πόδι' is sometimes also applied to the leg |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "પગ" can also refer to a "step" or a "leg". |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "pye" is derived from French, and also refers to a unit of measurement used to describe length (approx. 13 inches). |
| Hausa | Hausa 'ƙafa' can also refer to a 'foot' as a measure of length, approximately equal to one yard. |
| Hawaiian | Wāwae in Hawaiian refers to the area between the knee and ankle as well as the whole foot. |
| Hebrew | "כף" can also mean "spoon", possibly from the way it fits in the hand like a foot. |
| Hindi | पैर also means 'base or foundation' in Hindi and is related to the English word 'ped-' seen in 'pedestal'. |
| Hmong | The word "ko taw" can also be used to refer to the leg from the knee to the ankle. |
| Hungarian | "Láb" means "leg" in Hungarian, while the "foot" is "talp" and "paw" means "mancs". |
| Icelandic | "Fótur" also means "the letter F" and can refer to a piece of luggage. |
| Igbo | The Igbo term "ụkwụ" also refers to the base or foundation of an object or structure. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "kaki" not only means "foot," but also can refer to a "leg" or the "base" of something. |
| Irish | Irish "chos" (foot) comes from the Celtic "*kʷod-es_", also the Proto-Germanic root of "*fōt-az" (foot). |
| Italian | "Piede" also means the base of a tree, a mountain, or a slope, and in music, it's the time signature." |
| Japanese | The kanji "足" means "leg" in Japanese and is used in the word "足あと" (footprint), which literally means "leg mark." |
| Javanese | "Sikil" is also used to refer to the legs of other animals or even objects resembling feet, like the base of a table. |
| Kannada | ಪಾದ also means 'a place to keep or rest something'. |
| Kazakh | "Аяқ" also means "measure of length" in Kazakh, equivalent to about 30 cm. |
| Khmer | The word "ជើង" can also refer to the base or support of something, or to the leg of an animal. |
| Korean | The word |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "ling" (foot) also refers to the bottom, base, or foundation of something, conveying a sense of support and stability. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word "бут" also has the alternate meaning of "base" or "foundation". |
| Lao | The word 'ຕີນ' has different meanings in Lao, including the foot of a person or animal, the foot of a plant, or the base of something. |
| Latin | In Latin, the word "pes" can also refer to an infantryman or a paw. |
| Latvian | "Kāju" also refers to the "lower leg" or "shank". |
| Lithuanian | "Pėda" also means "measure" which is related to the Latin word "pes" meaning "foot". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Fouss" can also refer to the base or pedestal of an object. |
| Macedonian | "Нога" is connected to "step" in Albanian, "nog" in Persian, "nakha" in Coptic and "nog" in Sanskrit. |
| Malagasy | The word "tongotra" also means "leg" and is related to the Proto-Austronesian word for "foot or leg," *qaqad. |
| Malay | The word kaki in the Malay language can also refer to a male friend or companion. |
| Malayalam | "കാൽ" is also used to denote a measurement of length, equalling the distance from the tip of the toe to the fold of the knee or the distance from the tip of the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. |
| Maltese | "Sieq" also means "small alley" in Maltese, deriving from the Arabic word "siqa" with the same meaning. |
| Maori | The Maori word "waewae" can also be used to describe the base or foundation of something. |
| Marathi | "पाऊल" is also used as a metaphor in Marathi to describe a step or stage in a process or journey. |
| Mongolian | The word "хөл" can also refer to the base or foundation of something, such as a mountain or building. |
| Nepali | The name is derived from the verb खुट्ट्याउनु 'to stumble'. The khut is used in other Indo-Aryan languages, such as खूंट in Hindi for peg in the floor to tie an animal. |
| Norwegian | Although it's not obvious, the word fot is related to the word "fat" which in the old times meant both pace and measurement (as in "two-fat-long", a measure used for ships). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "phazi" can also refer to a step or a pace, and is likely derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-phaj-," meaning "to step." |
| Pashto | In the Pashto language, "پښه" (pronounced "paʂa") not only means "foot" but also refers to the "base" or "bottom" of an object, such as the bottom of a mountain or the foot of a tree. |
| Persian | The Persian word "پا" can also mean "foundation", "support", or "leg". |
| Polish | "Stopa" is also the Polish word for "footprint", "footing", "trace", and "step". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), "pé" is also a unit of weight equal to 300 grams |
| Punjabi | ਪੈਰ (pair) in Punjabi also means 'foot' in Persian. |
| Romanian | The word "picior" in Romanian is derived from the Latin "pes", meaning "foot", and shares cognates with other Romance languages like French "pied" and Italian "piede". |
| Russian | 'Фут' can also mean 'a unit of length equal to 30.5 centimeters' in Russian. |
| Samoan | From Proto-Samoan *vae “foot” which is cognate with Tongan vae “foot” and Maori wae “foot”. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scottish Gaelic word 'chas' is related to the Irish 'cos' (foot) and the Welsh 'coes' (leg). In addition to meaning 'foot', 'chas' can also refer to the base or bottom of something. |
| Serbian | "Нога" (foot) derives from Proto-Slavic "nogъ", meaning "foot" or "leg". |
| Sesotho | The word "leoto" in Sesotho also means "base" or "foundation". |
| Shona | The word 'tsoka' in Shona not only refers to body part but also means 'to walk' or 'to travel'. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "پير" not only means "foot" but also refers to a spiritual guide or elder. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "පාදය" (pādaya) also refers to a pedestal, base or support, and the foot of a mountain. |
| Slovak | Noha can also refer to the base, trunk or foot of a plant or tree |
| Slovenian | In some dialects stopala also means 'leg', 'calf' or 'feet'. |
| Somali | The etymology of "cag" remains obscure, and it also carries a number of extended or metaphorical meanings. |
| Spanish | The word "pie" in Spanish also means "the measure of a foot" and "the end of a verse or stanza." |
| Sundanese | In Indonesian, "suku" may also refer to ethnic group or tribe. |
| Swahili | In Chaga, the word 'mguu' also means 'hand'. |
| Swedish | The word "fot" comes from the Old Norse word "fótr" and originally meant "a measurement of length equal to 12 inches." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "paa" in Tagalog (Filipino) also means "step" or "pace", and is cognate with the Malay word "kaki" and the Javanese word "pangkake", all of which mean "foot" or "leg". |
| Tajik | The word "пой" in Tajik can also mean "leg" or "paw". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "கால்" (foot) shares its root with the word "காலம்" (time) and in ancient Tamil texts was used to refer to both concepts. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "అడుగు" (foot) shares its etymology with the Sanskrit word "pad" and the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-, both meaning "to go". |
| Thai | The Thai word “เท้า” can also refer to a unit of measure equal to about 30.48 centimeters. |
| Turkish | "Ayak" can also mean "leg" and "the lower part of anything" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "стопа" also means "foot of a verse line; poetic meter; verse" and "foot; base; foundation". |
| Urdu | 'پاؤں' is derived from Sanskrit 'पाद' meaning 'foot' and also denotes 'measure' or 'step'. |
| Uzbek | "Oyoq" also means the lower part of something, such as a mountain or a tree. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chân" also has the alternate meaning of "leg" and derives from Middle Chinese "tiän". |
| Welsh | The word "troed" is derived from a Proto-Celtic root meaning "base" or "path". It also has alternate meanings such as "measure" and "step". |
| Xhosa | "Unyawo" is also used as a term of endearment for a child. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פֿיס" (fuss) also means "trip" or "tour" when used in the context of travel. |
| Yoruba | Ẹ̀sẹ̀ is a homophone that can also refer to a 'trace' (as a mark left behind) or a 'mark' made by a tool. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "unyawo" is derived from the Proto-Bantu term "-nyawi", meaning "foot, leg, or thigh". |
| English | The word 'foot' originates from the Proto-Indo-European root '*ped-' meaning 'to go' or 'to step'. |