"on foot" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Etymology: From Middle English on fote, from Old English on fōte (“on foot”), equivalent to on + foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|on fote}} Middle English on fote, {{inh|en|ang|on fōte|t=on foot}} Old English on fōte (“on foot”), {{af|en|on|foot|nocat=1}} on + foot Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on foot
  1. On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. Synonyms (walking, jogging or running): by foot, afoot Translations (walking, jogging, running): πεζῇ (pezêi) (Ancient Greek), مَاشِيًا (māšiyan) (Arabic), ոտքով (otkʻov) (Armenian), հետիոտն (hetiotn) (Armenian), лъелго (lˢelgo) (Avar), piyada (Azerbaijani), gəzə-gəzə (Azerbaijani), йәйәү (yəyəw) (Bashkir), пе́шшу (pjéššu) (Belarusian), пяшко́м (pjaškóm) (Belarusian), пехато́й (pjexatój) (Belarusian), пеш (peš) (Bulgarian), пеша́ (pešá) (Bulgarian), a peu (Catalan), 徒步 (túbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 走路 (zǒulù) (Chinese Mandarin), 步行 (bùxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), cayav (Crimean Tatar), pěšky (Czech), til fods (Danish), te voet (Dutch), piede (Esperanto), jala (Estonian), jalan (Finnish), jalkaisin (Finnish), à pied (French), a pé (Galician), ფეხით (pexit) (Georgian), ქვეითად (kveitad) (Georgian), zu Fuß (German), auf Schusters Rappen (German), με τα πόδια (me ta pódia) (Greek), בָּרֶגֶל (barégel) (Hebrew), רַגְלִי (raglí) (Hebrew), पैदल (paidal) (Hindi), gyalog (Hungarian), ganga (Icelandic), fótgangandi (Icelandic), pedirante (Ido), jalkaisin (Ingrian), de chois (Irish), de shiúl cos (Irish), de shiúl na gcos (Irish), a piedi (Italian), 歩いて (aruite) (alt: あるいて) (Japanese), 徒歩で (toho de) (alt: とほで) (Japanese), йовһар (yovğar) (Kalmyk), жаяу (jaäu) (Kazakh), жаяулап (jaäulap) (Kazakh), 걸어서 (georeoseo) (Korean), жөө (jöö) (Kyrgyz), pedes (Latin), kājām (Latvian), pėsčiomis (Lithuanian), pěšy (Lower Sorbian), пешки (peški) (Macedonian), ry-chosh (Manx), pakituri (Maori), haere pakituri (Maori), namutu (Mapudungun), til fots (Norwegian Bokmål), til fots (Norwegian Nynorsk), on fōtum (Old English), پیاده (pyâde) (Persian), pieszo (Polish), na piechotę (Polish), piechotą (Polish), a pé (Portuguese), pe jos (Romanian), пешко́м (peškóm) (Russian), пешо́чком (pešóčkom) [colloquial] (Russian), пе̏шке̄ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), пје̏шке̄ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pȅškē [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pjȅškē [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), a pedi (Sicilian), pešo (Slovak), peš (Slovene), a pie (Spanish), till fots (Swedish), пиёда (piyoda) (Tajik), җәяү (cäyaw) (Tatar), yayan (Turkish), pyýada (Turkmen), пі́шки (píšky) (Ukrainian), піхо́тою (pixótoju) (Ukrainian), пі́хом (píxom) (Ukrainian), پیدل (paidal) (Urdu), yayov (Uzbek), piyoda (Uzbek), đi bộ (Vietnamese), đi chân (Vietnamese), cuốc bộ [colloquial] (Vietnamese), ar eich deudroed (Welsh), ar gerdded (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-on_foot-en-prep_phrase-Y6T6aLl1 Disambiguation of 'walking, jogging or running': 91 6 3 Disambiguation of 'walking, jogging, running': 90 6 4
  2. (now rare, chiefly hunting) On the move; astir. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-on_foot-en-prep_phrase-rXh38YKD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 53 33 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  3. In progress or in preparation; active, in operation.
    Sense id: en-on_foot-en-prep_phrase-y8fYIoDz

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          "ref": "1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408",
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          "word": "йәйәү"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjéššu",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "пе́шшу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "word": "пяшко́м"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "a peu"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "túbù",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "徒步"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "roman": "zǒulù",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "走路"
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        {
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          "roman": "bùxíng",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "步行"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "cayav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pěšky"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "til fods"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "te voet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "piede"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "jala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "jalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "jalkaisin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "à pied"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "a pé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pexit",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "ფეხით"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "kveitad",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "ქვეითად"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "zu Fuß"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "auf Schusters Rappen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "me ta pódia",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "με τα πόδια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pezêi",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "πεζῇ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "barégel",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "בָּרֶגֶל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "raglí",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "רַגְלִי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "paidal",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "पैदल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "gyalog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "ganga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "fótgangandi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pedirante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "jalkaisin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "de chois"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "de shiúl cos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "de shiúl na gcos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "a piedi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "alt": "あるいて",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aruite",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "歩いて"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "alt": "とほで",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toho de",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "徒歩で"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "yovğar",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "йовһар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jaäu",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "жаяу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jaäulap",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "жаяулап"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "georeoseo",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "걸어서"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jöö",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "жөө"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pedes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "kājām"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pėsčiomis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "peški",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "пешки"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "ry-chosh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pakituri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "haere pakituri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "arn",
          "lang": "Mapudungun",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "namutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "til fots"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "til fots"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "on fōtum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pyâde",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "پیاده"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pieszo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "na piechotę"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "piechotą"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "a pé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pe jos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "peškóm",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "пешко́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pešóčkom",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "пешо́чком"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "пе̏шке̄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "пје̏шке̄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "pȅškē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "pjȅškē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "a pedi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pešo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "peš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "dsb",
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          "word": "a pie"
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          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "till fots"
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          "word": "җәяү"
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          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "yayan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "pyýada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "píšky",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "пі́шки"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pixótoju",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "піхо́тою"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "roman": "píxom",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "пі́хом"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "roman": "paidal",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "پیدل"
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          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "yayov"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "piyoda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "đi bộ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "đi chân"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
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          "word": "cuốc bộ"
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          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "ar eich deudroed"
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          "_dis1": "90 6 4",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
          "word": "ar gerdded"
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        "(now rare, chiefly hunting) On the move; astir."
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          "ref": "1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 113",
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English prepositional phrases",
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    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English"
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          "ref": "1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "māšiyan",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "مَاشِيًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "otkʻov",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "ոտքով"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hetiotn",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "հետիոտն"
    },
    {
      "code": "av",
      "lang": "Avar",
      "roman": "lˢelgo",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "лъелго"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "piyada"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "gəzə-gəzə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yəyəw",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "йәйәү"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjéššu",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пе́шшу"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjaškóm",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пяшко́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjexatój",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пехато́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "peš",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пеш"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pešá",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пеша́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "a peu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "túbù",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "徒步"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǒulù",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "走路"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùxíng",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "步行"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "cayav"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pěšky"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "til fods"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "te voet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "piede"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "jala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "jalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "jalkaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "à pied"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "a pé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pexit",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "ფეხით"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kveitad",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "ქვეითად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "zu Fuß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "auf Schusters Rappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "me ta pódia",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "με τα πόδια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pezêi",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "πεζῇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "barégel",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "בָּרֶגֶל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "raglí",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "רַגְלִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paidal",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "पैदल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "gyalog"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "ganga"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "fótgangandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pedirante"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "jalkaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "de chois"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "de shiúl cos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "de shiúl na gcos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "a piedi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あるいて",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aruite",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "歩いて"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とほで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toho de",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "徒歩で"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "yovğar",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "йовһар"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jaäu",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "жаяу"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jaäulap",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "жаяулап"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "georeoseo",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "걸어서"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jöö",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "жөө"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pedes"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "kājām"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pėsčiomis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "peški",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пешки"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "ry-chosh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pakituri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "haere pakituri"
    },
    {
      "code": "arn",
      "lang": "Mapudungun",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "namutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "til fots"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "til fots"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "on fōtum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pyâde",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "پیاده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pieszo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "na piechotę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "piechotą"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "a pé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pe jos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peškóm",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пешко́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pešóčkom",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "пешо́чком"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пе̏шке̄"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пје̏шке̄"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pȅškē"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pjȅškē"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "a pedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pešo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "peš"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pěšy"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "a pie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "till fots"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "piyoda",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пиёда"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "cäyaw",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "җәяү"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "yayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "pyýada"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "píšky",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пі́шки"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pixótoju",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "піхо́тою"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "píxom",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "пі́хом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "paidal",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "پیدل"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "yayov"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "piyoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "đi bộ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "đi chân"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "cuốc bộ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "ar eich deudroed"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "walking, jogging, running",
      "word": "ar gerdded"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on foot"
}

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