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foot·path

(fo͝ot′păth′, -päth′)

A narrow path for persons on foot.

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footpath

(ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ)

1. a narrow path for walkers only

2. (Civil Engineering) chiefly Brit and Austral and NZ another word for pavement

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foot•path

(ˈfʊtˌpæθ, -ˌpɑθ)

n., pl. -paths (-ˌpæðz, -ˌpɑðz, -ˌpæθs, -ˌpɑθs)

a path for people going on foot.

[1520–30]

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Noun

footpath - a trodden path

pathway

path - a way especially designed for a particular use

footpath

noun (Austral.) pavement, sidewalk (U.S. & Canad.) A car mounted the footpath and demolished the fence.

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Translations

طَريق ضَيِّقطَرِيقٌ لِلمَارَّة

pěšina

gangsti

Fußweg Pfad

μονοπάτι

sendero

polku

sentier sentier pédestre

pješačka staza

gyalogút

göngustígur

sentiero

歩行者用の小道

보도

voetpad

gangsti

chodnik

caminho para peões trilha

пешеходная дорожка

pešpot

gångstig

ทางเดิน

patika

đường đi bộ

人行道小路

footpath

[ˈfʊtpɑːθ] N (= track) → sendero m, vereda f; (= pavement) → acera f, vereda f (Andes, S. Cone), andén m (CAm, Col), banqueta f (Mex)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

footpath

[ˈfʊtpɑːθ] n

(in countryside) → sentier m
Jane followed the footpath through the forest → Jane a suivi le sentier à travers la forêt.
a public footpath → un sentier public

(in street) → trottoir mfoot patrol n → patrouille f à pied

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

footpath

[ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ] n (track) → sentiero

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

foot

(fut) – plural feet (fiːt) – noun

1. the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks. My feet are very sore from walking so far.

2. the lower part of anything. at the foot of the hill.

3. (plural often foot ; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm). He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.

ˈfooting noun

1. balance. It was difficult to keep his footing on the narrow path.

2. foundation. The business is now on a firm footing.

ˈfootball noun

1. a game played by kicking a large ball. The children played football; (also adjective) a football fan.

2. the ball used in this game.

ˈfoothill noun

a small hill at the foot of a mountain. the foothills of the Alps.

ˈfoothold noun

a place to put one's feet when climbing. to find footholds on the slippery rock.

ˈfootlight noun

(in a theatre) a light which shines on the actors etc from the front of the stage.

ˈfootman – plural ˈfootmen – noun

a male servant wearing a uniform. The footman opened the door.

ˈfootmark noun

a footprint. He left dirty footmarks.

ˈfootnote noun

a note at the bottom of a page. The footnotes referred to other chapters of the book.

ˈfootpath noun

a path or way for walking, not for cars, bicycles etc. You can go by the footpath.

ˈfootprint noun

the mark or impression of a foot. She followed his footprints through the snow.

ˈfootsore adjective

with painful feet from too much walking. He arrived, tired and footsore.

ˈfootstep noun

the sound of a foot. She heard his footsteps on the stairs.

ˈfootwear noun

boots, shoes, slippers etc. He always buys expensive footwear.

follow in someone's footsteps

to do the same as someone has done before one. When he joined the police force he was following in his father's footsteps.

foot the bill

to be the person who pays the bill.

on foot

walking. She arrived at the house on foot.

put one's foot down

to be firm about something. I put my foot down and refused.

put one's foot in it

to say or do something stupid. I really put my foot in it when I asked about his wife – she had just run away with his friend!

footpath

→ طَرِيقٌ لِلمَارَّة pěšina gangsti Fußweg μονοπάτι sendero polku sentier pješačka staza sentiero 歩行者用の小道 보도 voetpad gangsti chodnik caminho para peões, trilha пешеходная дорожка gångstig ทางเดิน patika đường đi bộ 小路

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'In the grounds before the house.--Them that the footpath crosses.'

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"Straight out at the back; by our threshing floor, my dear, and hemp patches; there's a little footpath." Stepping carefully with her sunburnt, bare feet, the old woman conducted Levin, and moved back the fence for him by the threshing floor.

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Past the old church, and down the footpath, pottered the old man and the child hand-in-hand early on the afternoon of the day before the feast, and wandered all round the ground, which was already being occupied by the "cheap Jacks," with their green- covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of fairings and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians.

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And of those who in this way beat out a footpath such as these gentlemen have just been complaining about, which are the real offenders, the workers or the people who are simply amusing themselves?

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Then she plunged into the footpath through the trees.

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In the foreground near a pond and a group of white beeches is leading a footpath animated by travelers."

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I walked among the trees trying to find the footpath. It was very dark indeed in the wood, for the lightning was now becoming infrequent, and the hail, which was pouring down in a torrent, fell in columns through the gaps in the heavy foliage.

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Her cheeks never grew a shade deeper when his name was mentioned; she felt no thrill when she saw him passing along the causeway by the window, or advancing towards her unexpectedly in the footpath across the meadow; she felt nothing, when his eyes rested on her, but the cold triumph of knowing that he loved her and would not care to look at Mary Burge.

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We now approached a stile communicating with a footpath that conducted to a farm-house, where, I suppose, Mr.

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A footpath ran through our field, and very often the great boys passing through would fling stones to make us gallop.

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As we went by the footpath and beside the gateposts and the unfinished lodge, we kept looking back at the house of my fathers.

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As a blind one did I once walk in blessed ways: then did ye cast filth on the blind one's course: and now is he disgusted with the old footpath.