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English[edit]
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 2008, p. 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 […] .
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Translations[edit]
walking, jogging, running
- Arabic: مَاشِيًا (māšiyan)
- Armenian: ոտքով (otkʿov), հետիոտն (hy) (hetiotn)
- Avar: лъелго (łelgo)
- Bashkir: йәйәү (yäyäw)
- Belarusian: пе́шшу (pjéššu)
- Bulgarian: пеш (bg) (peš)
- Catalan: a peu
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 徒步 (zh) (túbù), 走路 (zh) (zǒulù), 步行 (zh) (bùxíng)
- Czech: pěšky (cs)
- Danish: til fods
- Dutch: te voet
- Esperanto: piede (eo)
- Estonian: jala
- Finnish: jalan (fi), jalkaisin (fi)
- French: à pied (fr)
- 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)
- 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 (とほで, toho de)
- Kalmyk: йовһар (yovhar)
- Korean: 걸어서 (ko) (georeoseo)
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