foot vs hoof what difference
what is difference between foot and hoof
English
Alternative forms
- foote (obsolete)
- (plural): feets (dialectal); foots (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes and pous.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fo͝ot, IPA(key): /fʊt/, [fʊt]
- (General American) IPA(key): [fʊt̚]
- (UK) IPA(key): [fʊt̚], [fʊtʰ], [fɵʔt]
- (Canada) IPA(key): [fʊt̚], [fʷʊt̚]
- (Cape Flats; Indian South African) IPA(key): [fɤt]
- (Estuary) IPA(key): [fʉ̞ʔt]
- Rhymes: -ʊt
Noun
foot (plural feet)
- A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
- The base or bottom of anything.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
- (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
- (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
- (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
- (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher
- Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
- 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
- As to his being on the foot of a servant.
- May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
Usage notes
- (unit of length):
- The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is feet, but in many contexts, foot itself may be used (“he is six foot two”). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.
- It is sometimes abbreviated ‘, such as in tables, lists or drawings.
Synonyms
- pes
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- (unit of length): inch, yard, mile
- (end of a table): head, sides
- (bottom of a page): head, body
- (bottom edge of a sail): head, leech, luff
- (molecular domain): head, cleft, neck
- (infantry): horse
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: futu
Translations
See also
- pedal, relating to the foot
Verb
foot (third-person singular simple present foots, present participle footing, simple past and past participle footed)
- (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- (transitive) To pay (a bill).
- To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
- There’s time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
- To walk.
- To tread.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tickell to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
Derived terms
- foot the bill
Translations
References
Anagrams
- foto, ooft, toof
French
Etymology
Clipping of football.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fut/
Noun
foot m (uncountable)
- (colloquial) association football; football, soccer
Derived terms
- ballon de foot
- footeuse
- footeux
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English fōt.
Noun
foot
- Alternative form of fot
Etymology 2
From fot (noun).
Verb
foot
- Alternative form of footen
English
Etymology
From Middle English hoof, hof, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan ???????????????? (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ho͝of, ho͞of, IPA(key): /hʊf/, /huːf/
- Rhymes: -ʊf, -uːf
Noun
hoof (plural hoofs or hooves)
- The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
- (slang) The human foot.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 110):
- He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 110):
- (geometry, dated) An ungula.
Derived terms
Related terms
- hoofed
Translations
Verb
hoof (third-person singular simple present hoofs, present participle hoofing, simple past and past participle hoofed)
- To trample with hooves.
- (colloquial) To walk.
- (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
- (colloquial, football (soccer), transitive) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
- Synonym: boot
Derived terms
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch hoofd, Middle Dutch hovet, from Old Dutch hōvit, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą. Doublet of sjef.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦʊə̯f/
Noun
hoof (plural hoofde)
- head
Derived terms
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hof, from Old Dutch hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą.
Noun
hoof m
- garden (an outdoor area containing one or more types of plants)