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geta

geta noun: a Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.

geta: a Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono
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Noun

geta (plural getas or geta)

  1. A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
    • Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3
    • The Japanese geta or wooden sandal is a superb, though little-utilized, tool for training in the martial arts.[…]The geta are flat, wooden sandals raised on vertical slats.1982 July, Robert Dillon, “Geta As A Karate Training Tool”, in Black Belt, page 70
  2. (go) A technique for capturing stones by enclosing them in a “net” preventing them from escaping in any direction.
    Synonyms:
    net

Proper noun capitalized: Geta

Geta

  1. A Roman emperor who ruled from 209 to 211 C.E.

geta meaning in Thai

geta in Thai

Japanese raised wooden clogs
เกี๊ยะ gía

Synonyms of geta

Forms of geta

pluralgetas
pluralgeta

Origin of geta

Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).

Borrowed from Latin Geta.

Words formed from geta

Phrases with geta

Questions about geta

What does geta mean?
Geta means a Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
What is geta in Thai?
Geta in Thai is เกี๊ยะ (gía). See Geta meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is geta?
Geta can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of geta?
The plural of geta is getas.

Words near geta in the dictionary

  1. get-together
  2. get-togethers
  3. get-up
  4. get-up-and-go
  5. get-ups
  6. geta
  7. geta mark
  8. geta marks
  9. getable
  10. Getachew
  11. Getachews

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: geta (page history and authors); Geta (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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