gait

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: ɡeɪt
• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Homophones: gate

Etymology

gate, from Old Norse gata (road).

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait.

2. (horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Translations

manner of walking

Chinese: Mandarin: 步態 (zh), 步态 (zh) (bùtài) Czech: chůze (cs) f. Dutch: gang (nl) m. Esperanto: marŝo (eo) Finnish: käynti (fi), astunta (fi) French: démarche (fr) f. German: Gang (de) m. Irish: siúl (ga) m.

Japanese: 足取り (ja) (あしどり, ashidori) Kurdish: لاروله‌نجه‌ Norwegian: ganglag (no) n. Bokmål: gange (no) c. Romanian: pas (ro) Russian: походка (ru) (poxódka) f. Spanish: zancada (es) f. Swedish: gång (sv), gångstil (sv)

horse's way of moving

Chinese: Mandarin: 步法 (zh) (bùfǎ) Finnish: askellaji (fi) French: allure (fr) m.

German: Gangart (de) f. Russian: аллюр (ru) (alljúr) m. Swedish: gångart (sv)

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Anagrams

• Gita, taig