trottoir
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See also: Trottoir
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French trottoir.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /tɹɒtˈwɑː(ɹ)/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /tɹɒtˈwɔː(ɹ)/[1]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
trottoir (plural trottoirs)
- (archaic) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
- Synonyms: (American English) sidewalk, (British English) pavement, (Australia, New Zealand and India) footpath
- 1869, William Maxwell Blackburn, Admiral Coligny, and the Rise of the Huguenots:
- Head-less bodies were trailed along the trottoirs.
Translations[edit]
sidewalk — see sidewalk
References[edit]
- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.571, page 304.
Further reading[edit]
- “trottoir”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French trottoir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
trottoir n (plural trottoirs, diminutive trottoirtje n)
Descendants[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trottoir m (plural trottoirs)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Alemannic German: Trottuar
- → Bulgarian: тротоар (trotoar)
- → Dutch: trottoir
- → Esperanto: trotuaro
- → Central Franconian: Trottwa, Trottewa
- → German: Trottoir
- → Georgian: ტროტუარი (ṭroṭuari)
- → Ladino: trotuar
- → Luxembourgish: Trottoir, Trëttoir
- → Polish: trotuar
- → Romanian: trotuar
- → Rhine Franconian: Trottwa, Trottewa
- → Russian: тротуа́р (trotuár)
- → Serbo-Croatian: trotòār, трото̀а̄р
- → Swedish: trottoar
- → Turkish: tretuvar
- → Yiddish: טראָטואַר (trotuar)
Further reading[edit]
- “trottoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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