English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English on fote, from Old English on fōte (“on foot”), equivalent to on + foot.
Prepositional phrase[edit]
on foot
- On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. [from 10th c.]
- The pub's not far: let's go on foot.
- (now rare, chiefly hunting) On the move; astir. [from 14th c.]
- In progress or in preparation; active, in operation. [from 16th c.]
1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 113:[W]ithin a short time it was generally believed at Naples, that a treaty of marriage was on foot between Zeluco and the young lady in question […] .
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
walking, jogging, running
- Arabic: مَاشِيًا (māšiyan)
- Armenian: ոտքով (otkʿov), հետիոտն (hy) (hetiotn)
- Avar: лъелго (lˢelgo)
- Azerbaijani: piyada (az), gəzə-gəzə
- Bashkir: йәйәү (yäyäw)
- Belarusian: пе́шшу (pjéššu), пяшко́м (pjaškóm), пехато́й (pjexatój)
- Bulgarian: пеш (bg) (peš), пеша́ (bg) (pešá)
- Catalan: a peu
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 徒步 (zh) (túbù), 走路 (zh) (zǒulù), 步行 (zh) (bùxíng)
- Crimean Tatar: cayav
- Czech: pěšky (cs)
- Danish: til fods
- Dutch: te voet
- Esperanto: piede (eo)
- Estonian: jala
- Finnish: jalan (fi), jalkaisin (fi)
- French: à pied (fr)
- Galician: a pé
- Georgian: ფეხით (pexit), ქვეითად (kveitad)
- German: zu Fuß (de), auf Schusters Rappen (de)
- Greek: με τα πόδια (el) (me ta pódia)
- Ancient: πεζῇ (pezêi)
- Hebrew: בָּרֶגֶל (barégel), רַגְלִי (he) (raglí)
- Hindi: पैदल (hi) (paidal)
- Hungarian: gyalog (hu)
- Icelandic: ganga (is), fótgangandi (is)
- Ido: pedirante (io)
- Irish: de chois, de shiúl cos, de shiúl na gcos
- Italian: a piedi (it)
- Japanese: 歩いて (ja) (あるいて, aruite), 徒歩で (ja) (とほで, toho de)
- Kalmyk: йовһар (yovğar)
- Kazakh: жаяу (kk) (jaäu), жаяулап (jaäulap)
- Korean: 걸어서 (ko) (georeoseo)
- Kyrgyz: жөө (ky) (jöö)
- Latin: pedes (la)
- Latvian: kājām (lv)
- Lithuanian: pėsčiomis
- Macedonian: пешки (peški)
- Manx: ry-chosh
- Maori: pakituri, haere pakituri
- Mapudungun: namutu
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: til fots
- Nynorsk: til fots
- Old English: on fōtum
- Persian: پیاده (fa) (pyâde)
- Polish: pieszo (pl), na piechotę, piechotą
- Portuguese: a pé (pt)
- Romanian: pe jos
- Russian: пешко́м (ru) (peškóm), пешо́чком (ru) (pešóčkom) (colloquial)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пе̏шке̄, пје̏шке̄
- Roman: pȅškē (sh), pjȅškē (sh)
- Sicilian: a pedi (scn)
- Slovak: pešo
- Slovene: peš (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: pěšy
- Spanish: a pie (es)
- Swedish: till fots (sv)
- Tajik: пиёда (tg) (piyoda)
- Tatar: җәяү (cäyaw)
- Turkish: yayan (tr)
- Turkmen: pyýada
- Ukrainian: пі́шки (píšky), піхо́тою (pixótoju), пі́хом (píxom)
- Urdu: پیدل (paidal)
- Uzbek: yayov (uz), piyoda (uz)
- Vietnamese: đi bộ (vi), đi chân, cuốc bộ (colloquial)
- Welsh: ar eich deudroed, ar gerdded
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