footpath

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ/
(US, Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

footpath (plural footpaths)

Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
Synonyms: footpad, footway, walkway
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160:
  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.
(Australia, New Zealand, India) A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
Synonyms: trottoir, (UK) pavement, (US) sidewalk

Translations

path to be used by people walking

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: oinezko bide
Belarusian: пешахо́дная даро́жка f (pješaxódnaja daróžka)
Bulgarian: тротоар m (trotoar), пътека (bg) f (pǎteka)
Catalan: senda f, sendera f, sender m, viarany (ca) m, corriol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人行道 (zh) (rénxíngdào), 步道 (zh) (bùdào), 小徑／小径 (zh) (xiǎojìng)
Czech: pěšina (cs) f
Danish: gangsti (da) c
Darkinjung: muru
Dutch: voetpad (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: jalgrada
Finnish: polku (fi), kinttupolku (fi)
French: sentier (fr) m, chemin pédestre
Galician: beirarrúa (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Fußweg (de) m, Fußpfad (de) m
Greek: μονοπάτι (el) n (monopáti)
Hebrew: משעול (he) m (mish'ól)
Hungarian: sétány (hu)
Icelandic: tá (is) n
Ingrian: jalkatroppa
Japanese: 小道 (ja) (こみち, komichi), 歩道 (ja) (ほどう, hodō), 歩行者道 (ほこうしゃどう, hokōshadō)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 보도 (ko) (bodo)
Latin: trāmes m, sēmita f
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: നടപ്പാത (naṭappāta)
Maori: ara takahi, ara hīkoi
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: marchépid m (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gangsti m, gangvei m, gangveg m, (pavement) fortau n

Nynorsk: gangstig m, gangsti m, gangveg m, (pavement) fortau n
Polish: ścieżka (pl) f, dróżka (pl) f
Portuguese: senda (pt) f, trilha (pt) f
Romanian: cărare (ro) f, potecă (ro) f
Russian: пешехо́дная доро́жка f (pešexódnaja doróžka), тротуа́р (ru) m (trotuár)
Saterland Frisian: Foutwai
Scottish Gaelic: frith-rathad m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: sćažka f

Upper Sorbian: šćežka f, pućik m
Spanish: acera (es) f
Swahili: njia ya miguu
Swedish: gångväg (sv) c, gångstig (sv)
Tagalog: daanan ng tao
Telugu: కాలిబాట (te) (kālibāṭa)
Thai: ทางเท้า (th) (taang-táao), บาทวิถี (th) (bàat-wí-tǐi), ฟุตบาท (fút-bàat)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: пішохі́дна дорі́жка f (pišoxídna dorížka)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: pazea (wa) m, pî-sinte (wa) f
Welsh: llwybr (cy) m, llwybr troed m, troedlwybr m, troedffordd f

sidewalk — see sidewalk