"tiptoe" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/ [UK], [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰəʊ̯] [UK], /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/ [US], [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰoʊ̯] [US] Audio: En-us-tiptoe.ogg , en-au-tiptoe.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪptəʊ Etymology: From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tipto}} Middle English tipto, {{compound|en|tip|toe}} tip + toe Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tiptoe (not comparable)
  1. Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Gaits
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  2. Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-tiptoe-en-adj-9nv3IP5H Disambiguation of Gaits: 43 19 0 38
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Synonyms: tip-toe, tippytoe, tippy-toe Derived forms: atiptoe

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/ [UK], [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰəʊ̯] [UK], /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/ [US], [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰoʊ̯] [US] Audio: En-us-tiptoe.ogg , en-au-tiptoe.ogg Forms: tiptoes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪptəʊ Etymology: From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tipto}} Middle English tipto, {{compound|en|tip|toe}} tip + toe Head templates: {{en-noun}} tiptoe (plural tiptoes)
  1. (usually in the plural) The tip of the toe. Tags: plural-normally Derived forms: on tiptoe Translations (tips of one's toes): رُؤُوسُ أَصَابِع (ruʔūsu ʔaṣābiʕ) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), върха на пръстите на краката (vǎrha na prǎstite na krakata) (Bulgarian), punteta [feminine] (Catalan), 腳尖 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚尖 (jiǎojiān) (Chinese Mandarin), špička [feminine] (Czech), varpaankärjet [plural] (Finnish), pointe des pieds [feminine] (French), palpexo [masculine] (Galician), punta do pé [masculine] (Galician), Zehenspitze [feminine] (German), lábujjhegy (Hungarian), barraicín [masculine] (Irish), punta dei piedi (Italian), 爪先 (tsumasaki) (alt: つまさき) (Japanese), өлмий (ölmii) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), 爪先 (chimisara) (alt: ちみさら) (Okinawan), цы́почки (cýpočki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), цы́пки (cýpki) [dated, feminine, plural] (Russian), ко́нчики па́льцев ног (kónčiki pálʹcev nog) [masculine, plural] (Russian), corra-biod [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), špička [feminine] (Slovak), punta del pie [feminine] (Spanish), tåspets [common-gender] (Swedish), blaen troed [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tip-toe, tippytoe, tippy-toe Derived forms: atiptoe

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/ [UK], [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰəʊ̯] [UK], /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/ [US], [ˈtʰɪpˌtʰoʊ̯] [US] Audio: En-us-tiptoe.ogg , en-au-tiptoe.ogg Forms: tiptoes [present, singular, third-person], tiptoeing [participle, present], tiptoed [participle, past], tiptoed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪptəʊ Etymology: From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tipto}} Middle English tipto, {{compound|en|tip|toe}} tip + toe Head templates: {{en-verb}} tiptoe (third-person singular simple present tiptoes, present participle tiptoeing, simple past and past participle tiptoed)
  1. (intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Derived forms: tiptoe around, tiptoeingly, tiptoer Translations (to walk quietly): ходя на пръсти (hodja na prǎsti) (Bulgarian), caminar de puntetes (Catalan), chodit po špičkách [imperfective] (Czech), op de tippen lopen (Dutch), iri piedpinte (Esperanto), kikivarvul käima (Estonian), hiipiä varpaisillaan (Finnish), sipsuttaa (Finnish), tepsuttaa (Finnish), marcher sur la pointe des pieds (French), auf den Zehenspitzen gehen (German), περπατώ ακροποδητί (perpató akropodití) (Greek), kepsaa (Ingrian), kepsuttaa (Ingrian), camminare in punta di piedi (Italian), оди на прсти (odi na prsti) (Macedonian), hītekiteki (Maori), hītengitengi (Maori), iść na palcach [imperfective] (Polish), pójść na palcach [perfective] (Polish), andar na ponta dos pés (Portuguese), hink'iy (Quechua), merge pe vârfuri (Romanian), merge tiptil (Romanian), ходи́ть на цы́почках (xodítʹ na cýpočkax) (Russian), ísť po špičkách [imperfective] (Slovak), caminar de puntillas (Spanish), gå på tå (Swedish), tumiyad (Tagalog), parmak ucunda yürümek (Turkish), nhón (Vietnamese), gıst sero şiyen (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-tiptoe-en-verb-lgJOV20~ Disambiguation of Gaits: 43 19 0 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tip-toe, tippytoe, tippy-toe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "barraicín"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "punta dei piedi"
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      "sense": "tips of one's toes",
      "word": "爪先"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "өлмий"
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      "alt": "ちみさら",
      "code": "ryu",
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      "word": "ко́нчики па́льцев ног"
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      "code": "es",
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "cy",
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      ],
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          "text": "We went tip-toeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.",
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          "text": "Tiptoe through the window / By the window, that is where I'll be / Come tiptoe through the tulips with me / Tiptoe from your pillow / To the shadow of the willow tree / And tiptoe through the tulips with me.",
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        "(intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hodja na prǎsti",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "ходя на пръсти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "caminar de puntetes"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
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      "word": "chodit po špičkách"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "op de tippen lopen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "iri piedpinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ee",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "kikivarvul käima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "hiipiä varpaisillaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "sipsuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "tepsuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "marcher sur la pointe des pieds"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "auf den Zehenspitzen gehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perpató akropodití",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "περπατώ ακροποδητί"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "kepsaa"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "kepsuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "camminare in punta di piedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "odi na prsti",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "оди на прсти"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "hītekiteki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "hītengitengi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "iść na palcach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pójść na palcach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "andar na ponta dos pés"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "hink'iy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "merge pe vârfuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "merge tiptil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xodítʹ na cýpočkax",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "ходи́ть на цы́почках"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ísť po špičkách"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "caminar de puntillas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "gå på tå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "tumiyad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "parmak ucunda yürümek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "nhón"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to walk quietly",
      "word": "gıst sero şiyen"
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  "word": "tiptoe"
}

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