sidewalk

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ

Old English sīde

Middle English side

English side

English walk

English sidewalk

From side + walk.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪdwɔk/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪdwɑk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪdwɔːk

Noun

sidewalk (plural sidewalks)

1. (US, Canada, Philippines) A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.

   Synonyms: (archaic) trottoir, (British English, South Africa) pavement, (Australia, New Zealand, India) footpath, (Louisiana, Texas) banquette

   Stay on the sidewalk.

   • 2024 January 21, Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, “Icy conditions make for hazardous travel across central US, but warmer air is on the horizon”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Morning commuters in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas discovered slick sidewalks and icy roadways Monday.

   • 2024 August 13, Emma Tucker and Cindy Von Quednow, “Ferguson police release videos showing officer pushed to sidewalk during protests marking decade since Michael Brown killing”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle said body camera video and footage from a nearby business appear to show the suspect charge at officer Travis Brown near a sidewalk during the Friday night protests.

2. (US, by extension) Any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road.

Hyponyms

• moving sidewalk
• slidewalk

Derived terms

• roll up the sidewalks
• sidewalk artist
• sidewalk cafe, sidewalk café
• sidewalk chalk
• sidewalk elevator
• sidewalk library
• sidewalk shed
• sidewalk superintendent

Related terms

• front walk

Descendants

• → Cebuano: saydwok

Translations

paved footpath

• Afrikaans: sypaadjie sg
• Albanian: lëmaqe, trotuar (sq) m
• Arabic: رَصِيف m (raṣīf), طَوَار m (ṭawār), طُوَار m (ṭuwār)

  Libyan Arabic: مرشبيدي (maršapèdé)

• Armenian: մայթ (hy) (maytʻ), լրիկ (hy) (lrik), տրոտուար (hy) (trotuar)
• Azerbaijani: səki (az), küçə səkisi
• Basque: espaloi
• Belarusian: тратуа́р m (tratuár), хо́днік m (xódnik)
• Bengali: ফুটপাথ (bn) (phuṭpath)
• Bulgarian: тротоа́р m (trotoár), пло́чник m (plóčnik)
• Burmese: ပလက်ဖောင်း (my) (pa.lakhpaung:)
• Catalan: vorera (ca) f, voravia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 行人徑 / 行人径 (hang⁴ jan⁴ ging³), 行人路 (hang⁴ jan⁴ lou⁶)

  Mandarin: 人行道 (zh) (rénxíngdào), 步道 (zh) (bùdào)

• Czech: chodník (cs) m
• Danish: fortov (da) n
• Dutch: stoep (nl) f or m, trottoir (nl) n, voetpad (nl) n
• Esperanto: trotuaro
• Estonian: sillutis
• Finnish: jalkakäytävä (fi), katukäytävä
• French: trottoir (fr) m
• Galician: beirarrúa (gl) f, paseo m, calzada f
• Georgian: ტროტუარი (ka) (ṭroṭuari)
• German: Bürgersteig (de) m, Gehweg (de) m, Gehsteig (de) m, Trottoir (de) n (Switzerland, SW Germany), Fußgängerweg (de) m, Gangsteig (de) m

  Alemannic German: Trottoir n

• Greek: πεζοδρόμιο (el) n (pezodrómio)
• Greenlandic: aqqutissiaq
• Hebrew: מִדְרָכָה (he) f (midrakhá)
• Hindi: फ़ुटपाथ m (fuṭpāth), फुटपाथ (hi) m (phuṭpāth), पटरी (hi) f (paṭrī)
• Hungarian: járda (hu), gyalogjáró (hu)
• Icelandic: gangstétt f, fortóv n
• Ido: trotuaro (io)
• Indonesian: trotoar (id)
• Interlingua: trottoir
• Irish: cosán m
• Italian: marciapiede (it) m
• Japanese: 歩道 (ja) (ほどう, hodō), 舗道 (ja) (ほどう, hodō), 舗装 (ja) (ほそう, hosō), 人道 (ja) (じんどう, jindō)
• Kazakh: аяқжол (aäqjol), тротуар (trotuar)
• Khmer: ចិញ្ចើមថ្នល់ (cəñcaəm thnɑl)
• Korean: 보도(步道) (ko) (bodo), 인도(人道) (ko) (indo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: peyarê (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: жанжол (janjol), тротуар (ky) (trotuar)
• Lao: ທາງຍ່າງ (thāng nyāng), ທາງເທົ້າ (thāng thao)
• Latvian: trotuārs m, ietve f
• Lithuanian: danga (lt) f
• Macedonian: тротоа́р m (trotoár), допат m (dopat), пешачник m (pešačnik), плочник m (pločnik)
• Malay: laluan jalan kaki, trotoar
• Maltese: bankina f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: явган зам (javgan zam)

• Norman: pavé m, trottouaithe m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fortau n

  Nynorsk: fortau n

• Pashto: پياده رو (ps) m (pyāda ráw), پلي لار f (pǝ́lilãr)
• Persian:

  Dari: پِیَادَه‌رَو (piyāda-raw)

  Iranian Persian: پِیادِه‌رُو (piyâde-row)

• Polish: chodnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: calçada (pt) f, passeio (pt) m
• Romanian: trotuar (ro) n, caldarâm (ro) n, pavaj (ro) n
• Russian: тротуа́р (ru) m (trotuár), мостова́я (ru) f (mostovája)
• Scottish Gaelic: cabhsair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трото̀а̄р m, пло̏чнӣк m

  Latin: trotòār (sh) m, plȍčnīk (sh) m

• Sicilian: banchina f
• Slovak: chodník (sk) m
• Slovene: pločnik (sl) m
• Spanish: acera (es) f, andén (es) m, banqueta (es) f, escarpa (es) f, vereda (es) f, hacera (es) f
• Swedish: trottoar (sv)
• Tagalog: bangketa (tl)
• Tajik: пиёдараҳа (piyodaraha), пайраха (payraxa), пиёдагард (tg) (piyodagard), пиёдарав (piyodarav)
• Telugu: కాలిబాట (te) (kālibāṭa)
• Tetum: trotoár
• Thai: ทางเท้า (th) (taang-táao), บาทวิถี (th) (bàat-wí-tǐi), ฟุตบาท (th) (fút-bàat)
• Turkish: kaldırım (tr)
• Ukrainian: хідни́к m (xidnýk), тротуа́р m (trotuár)
• Unami: pëmichi tëmakanëtët
• Urdu: فَرْش m (farś), فُوٹ پاتھ m (fūṭ pāth), فُٹ پاتھ m (fuṭ pāth)
• Uzbek: trotuar (uz), yoʻlka (uz)
• Venetan: marciapìe (vec) m
• Vietnamese: vỉa hè (vi)
• Welsh: palmant (cy) m, seri m
• Yiddish: טראָטואַר m (trotuar)