footpath
UK/ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ//ˈfʊtˌpæθ/
footpath noun: any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
Noun
footpath (plural footpaths)
- Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
- I felt refreshed after the short rest, and bade the old man farewell and started for town in company with the scared lad, following the footpath below the Grefsen hill.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160
- A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
footpath meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
footpath in Hindi
- path to be used by people walking
- पगडंडी pagḍaṇḍī
footpath in Tamil
- நடைபாதை
footpath in Marathi
- पायवाटा
footpath in Urdu
- فٹ پاتھ
More languagesFewer languages
- footpath in Bengali
- ফুটপাত
- footpath in Telugu
- కాలిబాట kālibāṭa
- footpath in Malayalam
- നടപ്പാത naṭappāta
- footpath in Kannada
- ಕಿರಿದಾರಿ, ನಡೆಹಾದಿ, ಕಾಲುದಾರಿ, ಕಾಲ್ವಟ್ಟೆ
- footpath in Punjabi
- ਫੁੱਟਪਾਥ, ਫੁਟਪਾਥ
- footpath in Gujarati
- ફૂટપાથ
- footpath in Odia
- ଫୁଟପାଥ୍
- footpath in Nepali
- पेटी peṭī
- footpath in Tagalog
- daanan ng tao
- footpath in Arabic
- مَمْشًى mamšan, مَسار الْشَاة masār al-šāh
- footpath in Indonesian
- jalan setapak
- footpath in Thai
- ทางเท้า taang-táao, บาทวิถี bàat-wí-tǐi, ฟุตบาท fút-bàat
- footpath in Vietnamese
- đường mòn
Examples of footpath in a sentence
- The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
- The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
- A footpath leads alongside a stream, then winds up to a car park above the garden.
Synonyms of footpath
Forms of footpath
| plural | footpaths |
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Origin of footpath
From Middle English foot path, footpath; equivalent to foot + path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”).
Words formed from footpath
Questions about footpath
- What does footpath mean?
- Footpath means any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
- What is footpath in Hindi?
- Footpath in Hindi is पगडंडी (pagḍaṇḍī). See Footpath meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is footpath?
- Footpath is a noun.
- How do you pronounce footpath?
- Footpath is pronounced /ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of footpath?
- The plural of footpath is footpaths.
Words near footpath in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: footpath (page history and authors); footpath (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); footpath (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); footpath (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); footpath (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); footpath (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); footpath (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); footpath (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); footpath (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पेटी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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