Meanings
nounathlete's foot (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA fungal infection of the skin of the foot, usually between the toes, caused by pathogen fungi, such as Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton interdigitale, syn. Trichophyton mentagrophytes, or Epidermophyton floccosum
Synonyms: tinea pedis, Hong Kong foot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fungal infection of the skin of the foot, usually between the toes, caused by pathogen fungi, such as Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton interdigitale, syn. Trichophyton mentagrophytes, or Epidermophyton floccosum
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Translations
Arabic سِعْفَة القَدَم, القَدَم الرِيَاضِي
- سِعْفَة القَدَمfungal infection
- القَدَم الرِيَاضِي (al-qadam ar-riyāḍī)fungal infection
Chinese Cantonese 香港腳 /香港脚
- 香港腳 /香港脚 (hoeng¹ gong² goek³)fungal infection
Chinese Mandarin 腳氣 /脚气, 香港腳 /香港脚
- 腳氣 /脚气 (jiǎoqì)fungal infection
- 香港腳 /香港脚 (Xiānggǎngjiǎo)fungal infection
- 足癬 /足癣 (zúxuǎn)fungal infection
- 腳癬 /脚癣 (jiǎoxuǎn)fungal infection
Czech mykóza nohou
- mykóza nohoufungal infection
Danish fodsvamp
- fodsvampfungal infection
Dutch zwemmerseczeem, voetschimmel
- zwemmerseczeemfungal infection
- voetschimmelfungal infection
Finnish jalkasieni, jalkasilsa
- jalkasienifungal infection
- jalkasilsafungal infection
French mycose des pieds, pied d’athlète
- mycose des piedsfungal infection
- pied d’athlètefungal infection
- intertrigo inter-orteilsfungal infection
German Fußpilz
- Fußpilzfungal infection
Greek πόδι του αθλητή
- πόδι του αθλητή (pódi tou athlití)fungal infection
Hebrew פטרת כף הרגל, רגל האתלט
- פטרת כף הרגלfungal infection
- רגל האתלטfungal infection
Hindi पैर की दाद
- पैर की दाद (pair kī dād)fungal infection
Hungarian lábgomba
- lábgombafungal infection
Indonesian kutu air, kaki atlet
- kutu airfungal infection
- kaki atletfungal infection
Italian piede dell'atleta, piede d'atleta
- piede dell'atletafungal infection
- piede d'atletafungal infection
Japanese 水虫, 足白癬
- 水虫 (mizumushi)fungal infection
- 足白癬 (ashi hakusen)fungal infection
Korean 무좀
- 무좀 (mujom)fungal infection
Malay kaki makan air
- kaki makan airfungal infection
Māori ihiwae
- ihiwaefungal infection
Persian پای ورزشکاران
- پای ورزشکارانfungal infection
Polish grzybica stóp
- grzybica stópfungal infection
Portuguese pé de atleta, frieira
- pé de atletafungal infection
- frieirafungal infection
Romanian picior de atlet
- picior de atletfungal infection
Russian эпидермофити́я стопы́, грибо́к стопы́
- эпидермофити́я стопы́ (epidermofitíja stopý)fungal infection
- грибо́к стопы́ (gribók stopý)fungal infection
Spanish pie de atleta
- pie de atletafungal infection
Swedish fotsvamp
- fotsvampfungal infection
Tagalog alipunga
- alipungafungal infection
Tamil சேற்றுப்புண், பாதப்படை
- சேற்றுப்புண் (cēṟṟuppuṇ)fungal infection
- பாதப்படை (pātappaṭai)fungal infection
Thai ฮ่องกงฟุต, น้ำกัดเท้า
- ฮ่องกงฟุต (hɔ̂ng-gong-fút)fungal infection
- น้ำกัดเท้า (náam-gàt-táao)fungal infection
Turkish ayak mantarı
- ayak mantarıfungal infection
Ukrainian грибок стопи
- грибок стопи (hrybok stopy)fungal infection
Vietnamese nấm da chân
- nấm da chânfungal infection
Welsh tarwden y traed, derwreinyn y traed
- tarwden y traedfungal infection
- derwreinyn y traedfungal infection
Cite this entry
APA
athlete's foot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athlete's%20foot
MLA
“athlete's foot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athlete's%20foot. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “athlete's foot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athlete's%20foot.
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