footpath

English

Etymology

From Middle English foot path, footpath; equivalent to foot +‎ path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ/
• (US, Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/

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Noun

footpath (plural footpaths)

1. Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.

   Synonyms: footpad, footway, walkway

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160:

     I felt refreshed after the short rest, and bade the old man farewell and started for town in company with the scared lad, following the footpath below the Grefsen hill.

2. (Australia, New Zealand, India) A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.

   Synonyms: trottoir, (UK) pavement, (US) sidewalk

Translations

path to be used by people walking

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: oinezko bide
• Belarusian: пешахо́дная даро́жка f (pješaxódnaja daróžka)
• Bulgarian: тротоар m (trotoar), пътека (bg) f (pǎteka)
• Catalan: senda f, sendera f, sender m, viarany (ca) m, corriol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人行道 (zh) (rénxíngdào), 步道 (zh) (bùdào), 小徑／小径 (zh) (xiǎojìng)

• Czech: pěšina (cs) f
• Danish: gangsti (da) c
• Darkinjung: muru
• Dutch: voetpad (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: jalgrada
• Finnish: polku (fi), kinttupolku (fi)
• French: sentier (fr) m, chemin pédestre
• Galician: beirarrúa (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Fußweg (de) m, Fußpfad (de) m
• Greek: μονοπάτι (el) n (monopáti)
• Hebrew: משעול (he) m (mish'ól)
• Hungarian: sétány (hu)
• Icelandic: tá (is) n
• Ingrian: jalkatroppa
• Japanese: 小道 (ja) (こみち, komichi), 歩道 (ja) (ほどう, hodō), 歩行者道 (ほこうしゃどう, hokōshadō)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 보도 (ko) (bodo)
• Latin: trāmes m, sēmita f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: നടപ്പാത (naṭappāta)
• Maori: ara takahi, ara hīkoi
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: marchépid m (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gangsti m, gangvei m, gangveg m, (pavement) fortau n

  Nynorsk: gangstig m, gangsti m, gangveg m, (pavement) fortau n

• Polish: ścieżka (pl) f, dróżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: senda (pt) f, trilha (pt) f
• Romanian: cărare (ro) f, potecă (ro) f
• Russian: пешехо́дная доро́жка f (pešexódnaja doróžka), тротуа́р (ru) m (trotuár)
• Saterland Frisian: Foutwai
• Scottish Gaelic: frith-rathad m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: sćažka f

  Upper Sorbian: šćežka f, pućik m

• Spanish: acera (es) f
• Swedish: gångväg (sv) c, gångstig (sv)
• Tagalog: daanan ng tao
• Telugu: కాలిబాట (te) (kālibāṭa)
• Thai: ทางเท้า (th) (taang-táao), บาทวิถี (th) (bàat-wí-tǐi), ฟุตบาท (fút-bàat)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: пішохі́дна дорі́жка f (pišoxídna dorížka)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: pazea (wa) m, pî-sinte (wa) f
• Welsh: llwybr (cy) m, llwybr troed m, troedlwybr m, troedffordd f

sidewalk — see sidewalk

Further reading

• footpath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia