"on tiptoe" meaning in All languages combined

See on tiptoe on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on tiptoe, {{en-PP}} on tiptoe
  1. Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes. Synonyms: atiptoe [adverbial], en pointe (english: ballet) [adverbial], tiptoeingly [adverbial, rare], atiptoe [adjectival], tiptoeing [adjectival]
    Sense id: en-on_tiptoe-en-prep_phrase-bQsh9Cwm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 92 8
  2. Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes. Translations (moving carefully): на пръсти (na prǎsti) (Bulgarian), de puntetes (Catalan), piedfingropinte (Esperanto), varpaisillaan (Finnish), sur la pointe des pieds (French), à pas feutrés (French), ακροποδητί (akropodití) (Greek), lábujjhegyen (Hungarian), ar na barraicíní (Irish), на цыпочках (na cypočkax) (Russian), air corra-biod (Scottish Gaelic), de puntillas (Spanish), en puntas de pie (Spanish), de puntitas (Spanish), nakatigda (Tagalog), patiyad (Tagalog), nakatiyad (Tagalog), so ses tchåssetes (Walloon), ar flaenau'r traed (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-on_tiptoe-en-prep_phrase-krdOA6m9 Disambiguation of 'moving carefully': 7 93
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        "Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes."
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          "toe",
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          "word": "atiptoe"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "english": "ballet",
          "tags": [
            "adverbial"
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          "word": "en pointe"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tiptoeingly"
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          "word": "atiptoe"
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          "roman": "na prǎsti",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "на пръсти"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "de puntetes"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "piedfingropinte"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "varpaisillaan"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "sur la pointe des pieds"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "à pas feutrés"
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "akropodití",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "ακροποδητί"
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "lábujjhegyen"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "ar na barraicíní"
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          "roman": "na cypočkax",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "на цыпочках"
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          "sense": "moving carefully",
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          "sense": "moving carefully",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "moving carefully",
          "word": "nakatigda"
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          "sense": "moving carefully",
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          "word": "so ses tchåssetes"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "piedfingropinte"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "varpaisillaan"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "sur la pointe des pieds"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "à pas feutrés"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akropodití",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "ακροποδητί"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "lábujjhegyen"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "ar na barraicíní"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na cypočkax",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "на цыпочках"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "air corra-biod"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "de puntillas"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "en puntas de pie"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "nakatigda"
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      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "patiyad"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "moving carefully",
      "word": "nakatiyad"
    },
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      "word": "so ses tchåssetes"
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