fot

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See also: FOT, föt, and főt

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fot

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of fotre
  2. second-person singular imperative form of fotre

Middle English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fot (plural feet or fot or (rare) fotes)

  2. A foot (appendage used for motion and support)
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:17, page 117v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      ⁊ whanne I hadde ſeyn hym .· I felde doun at his feet as deed / ⁊ he puttide his riȝthond on me .· ⁊ ſeide / nyle þou dꝛede I am þe firſte ⁊ þe laſte […]
      And when I saw him, I fell down at his feet like I was dead. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid; I am the first and the last […]
  3. The use of one's feet (to move or stand).
  4. An animal's track or prints.
  5. One of a set of units of measurement:
    1. foot (unit for measuring length)
    2. square foot (unit for measuring area)
    3. (prosody) A metrical foot
  6. The bottom or foundation of something (e.g. stairs):
    1. The foot (leg-like support) of a table or chair.
    2. The end of a bed or tomb (where the foot rests).
  7. (figuratively) An individual; a human.

Usage notes[edit]

By far the most common plural form is feet; fotes is relatively rare, and fot is usually only used for the unit of length.

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: foot (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
  • Yola: voote

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun[edit]

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føtter, definite plural føttene)

  1. (anatomy) a foot
  2. a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from fot

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Akin to English foot, Latin pēs, and Ancient Greek πούς (poús).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føter, definite plural føtene)

  1. (anatomy) a foot
  2. a foot (unit of measurement: 12 inches)

Inflection[edit]

Historical inflection of fot
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Fot Foten Føter Føterne
1901 føter (føtar) føterne (føtane)
1917 føter [føtter] føtene2 [føttene]
1938 (current) fot foten føter føtene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form had been allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from fot

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Old English[edit]

Mennisc fōt (līchamdǣl)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *fōt.

Cognates:
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fōt, Old Saxon fōt (Dutch voet), Old High German fuoz (German Fuß), Old Norse fótr (Danish fod, Swedish fot), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (poús) (genitive ποδός (podós)); Doric πῶς (pôs), Latin pēs (genitive pedis).

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Noun[edit]

fōt m (nominative plural fēt)

  1. a foot, in the following senses:
    1. (anatomy) an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion
      Iċ dypte mīnne fōt on þæt wæter.
      I dipped my foot into the water.
      Wē ongunnon þæt þorp ġenēahlǣċan on fōtum.
      We tried to reach the village on foot (literally "on feet").
    2. a unit of length, especially a third of a yard
      Þæt wæter is þrītiġ fōta dēop.
      The water is thirty feet deep.
      Hēo is fīf fōta lang and þrēora ynċa.
      She is five foot, three inches tall.
    3. the base or bottom of something
      Hīe wīcodon æt þæs beorges fēt.
      They camped at the foot of the mountain.
    4. (prosody) a metrical foot

Declension[edit]

Declension of fot (strong consonant stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fōt fēt
accusative fōt fēt
genitive fōtes fōta
dative fēt fōtum

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Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun[edit]

fot m

  1. foot

Declension[edit]

Declension of fōt (masculine i-stem)
singular plural
nominative fōt fōt
accusative fōt fōt
genitive fōties fōtiō
dative fōtie fōtium
instrumental — —


Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Low German: vôt
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Voot
        Hamburgisch: Foot
        Westphalian:
        Lippisch: Féut m
        Ravensbergisch: Feot
        Westmünsterländisch: Foot
        Märkisch: Faut
    • Plautdietsch: Foot

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fuːt/
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Noun[edit]

fot c

  1. (anatomy) a foot; the body part touching the ground while standing or walking
  2. a foot; the part of something which is in contact with the underlying surface
  3. a foot; the end opposite to the head or the top
  4. a foot (length measurement unit; with various definitions)

Declension[edit]

Declension of fot 1-3
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fot foten fötter fötterna
Genitive fots fotens fötters fötternas
Declension of fot 4
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative fot fot — —
Genitive fots fots — —

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Derived terms

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Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French forêt.

Noun[edit]

fot (nominative plural fots)

  1. forest

Declension[edit]

declension of fot
singular plural
nominative fot fots
genitive fota fotas
dative fote fotes
accusative foti fotis
vocative 1 o fot! o fots!
predicative 2 fotu fotus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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