"foothold" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfʊthoʊld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foothold.wav [Southern-England] Forms: footholds [plural]
Etymology: foot + hold Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|hold}} foot + hold Head templates: {{en-noun}} foothold (plural footholds)
  1. (climbing) A solid grip with the feet. Categories (topical): Climbing Translations (a solid grip with the feet): опора (opora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fodfæste (Danish), jalansija (Finnish), point d’appui (French), Halt (German), fester Stand (German), βάση (vási) [feminine] (Greek), lán coise [masculine] (Irish), ста́пка (stápka) [feminine] (Macedonian), по́тпора (pótpora) [feminine] (Macedonian), fotfeste [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fotfeste [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), apoio para os pés [masculine] (Portuguese), опо́ра для ноги́ (opóra dlja nogí) [feminine] (Russian), punto de apoyo [masculine] (Spanish), fotfäste [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foothold-en-noun-6rQVKU2J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'a solid grip with the feet': 97 1 2
  2. (by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged. Tags: broadly Translations ((by extension) a secure position): jalansija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-foothold-en-noun-xBbo5O6t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of '(by extension) a secure position': 7 86 7
  3. (military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement. Categories (topical): Military Translations (beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement): плацдарм (placdarm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), предмостие (predmostie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), jalansija (Finnish), sillanpää (Finnish), βάση (vási) [feminine] (Greek), мо́стобран (móstobran) [masculine] (Macedonian), плацда́рм (placdárm) [masculine] (Russian), опо́рный пункт (opórnyj punkt) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-foothold-en-noun-IAbcF9DS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 27 46 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 27 29 44 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement': 7 6 87
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  "word": "foothold"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.