feet

CEFRA1

/ˈfiːt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The plural of foot, a body part used for standing and walking.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Fact; performance; feat.

Examples

  • She likes to walk around in bare feet.

  • You are old enough to stand on your own feet.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɪi̯t]

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In context

  • On your feet, children!

  • There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).