sidewalk

English

Etymology

From side +‎ walk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

sidewalk (plural sidewalks)

1. (US) a footpath, usually paved, at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians; a pavement (UK) or footpath (Australia, New Zealand)
2. (US, by extension) any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road

Synonyms

• (paved footpath): footpath, footway, platform, pavement

Descendants

• → Cebuano: saydwok

Translations

paved footpath

• Arabic: رَصِيف m (raṣīf), طَوَار m (ṭawār), طُوَار m (ṭuwār)
• Armenian: մայթ (hy) (maytʻ)
• Basque: espaloi
• Belarusian: тратуа́р m (tratuár)
• Bulgarian: тротоа́р m (trotoár)
• Catalan: vorera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  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)
• French: trottoir (fr) m
• Galician: beirarrúa (gl) f
• Georgian: ტროტუარი (ṭroṭuari)
• German: Bürgersteig (de) m, Gehweg (de) m, Gehsteig (de) m, Trottoir (de) n (Switzerland, SW Germany)
• Greek: πεζοδρόμιο (el) n (pezodrómio)
• Greenlandic: aqqutissiaq
• 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 (ほそう, hosō), 人道 (ja) (じんどう, jindō)
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• Korean: 보도 (ko) (bodo) (步道 (ko)), 인도 (ko) (indo)
• Latvian: trotuārs m, ietve f
• Lithuanian: danga (lt) f
• Macedonian: тротоа́р m (trotoár), допат m (dopat)
• Malay: laluan jalan kaki, trotoar
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fortau n

  Nynorsk: fortau n

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

  Cyrillic: тротоар m, плочник m

  Latin: trotoar (sh) m, pločnik (sh) m

• Slovak: chodník m
• Spanish: acera (es) f, andén (es) m (Colombia), banqueta (es) f (Guatemala, Mexico), escarpa (es) f (Southeastern Mexico), vereda (es) f (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• Swedish: trottoar (sv)
• Tagalog: bangketa (tl)
• Thai: ทางเท้า (th) (taang-táao), บาทวิถี (th) (bàat-wí-tǐi), ฟุตบาท (fút-bàat)
• Turkish: kaldırım (tr)
• Ukrainian: тротуа́р m (trotuár)
• Venetian: marciapìe (vec) m
• Vietnamese: vỉa hè (vi)
• Welsh: palmant (cy) m
• Yiddish: טראָטואַר m (trotuar)

See also

• roadway and verge