Meanings
nounfootbridge (plural footbridges)
plural footbridges
- A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
The girder bridge at the head of the pass is used as a footbridge, and is roughly decked.
1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 409Synonyms: pedestrian bridge
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nounA bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
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Origin
- Middle Englishfot-brigge
- Englishfootbridge
From Middle English fot-brigge, equivalent to foot + bridge.
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Catalan passarel·la
- passarel·labridge for pedestrians
Chinese Mandarin 天橋 /天桥
- 天橋 /天桥 (tiānqiáo)bridge for pedestrians
Czech lávka
- lávkabridge for pedestrians
Danish gangbro, fodgængerbro
- gangbrobridge for pedestrians
- fodgængerbrobridge for pedestrians
Dutch voetgangersbrug
- voetgangersbrugbridge for pedestrians
Estonian purre, jalakäijate sild
- purrebridge for pedestrians
- jalakäijate sildbridge for pedestrians
Finnish jalankulkusilta
- jalankulkusiltabridge for pedestrians
French passerelle
- passerellebridge for pedestrians
German Fußgängerbrücke
- Fußgängerbrückebridge for pedestrians
Greek πεζογέφυρα, γεφυράκι
- πεζογέφυρα (pezogéfyra)bridge for pedestrians
- γεφυράκι (gefyráki)bridge for pedestrians
Hungarian gyalogoshíd, gyaloghíd
- gyalogoshídbridge for pedestrians
- gyaloghídbridge for pedestrians
Icelandic göngubrú
- göngubrúbridge for pedestrians
Indonesian jembatan kaki, jembatan pejalan kaki
- jembatan kakibridge for pedestrians
- jembatan pejalan kakibridge for pedestrians
Irish droichead coise, droichead coisithe
- droichead coisebridge for pedestrians
- droichead coisithebridge for pedestrians
Italian passerella, ponte pedonale
- passerellabridge for pedestrians
- ponte pedonalebridge for pedestrians
- palancolabridge for pedestrians
Japanese 歩道橋
- 歩道橋 (hodōkyō)bridge for pedestrians
Korean 인도교, 육교(陸橋)))
- 인도교 (indogyo)bridge for pedestrians
- 육교(陸橋))) (yukgyo)bridge for pedestrians
- 보도교 (bodogyo)bridge for pedestrians
Latvian laipa
- laipabridge for pedestrians
Norwegian Bokmål gangbro, gangbru
- gangbrobridge for pedestrians
- gangbrubridge for pedestrians
- fotgjengerbrobridge for pedestrians
- fotgjengerbrubridge for pedestrians
Polish kładka
- kładkabridge for pedestrians
Portuguese passarela
- passarelabridge for pedestrians
Romanian punte
- puntebridge for pedestrians
Russian пешехо́дный мо́стик/мост, мо́стик
- пешехо́дный мо́стик/мост (pešexódnyj móstik/most)bridge for pedestrians
- мо́стик (móstik)bridge for pedestrians
- мостки́ (mostkí)bridge for pedestrians
- схо́дни (sxódni)bridge for pedestrians
Spanish puente peatonal, pasarela
- puente peatonalbridge for pedestrians
- pasarelabridge for pedestrians
Swedish gångbro
- gångbrobridge for pedestrians
Tagalog taytay
- taytaybridge for pedestrians
Thai สะพานลอย
- สะพานลอย (sà-paan-lɔɔi)bridge for pedestrians
Welsh pompren
- pomprenbridge for pedestrians
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APA
footbridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footbridge
MLA
“footbridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footbridge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footbridge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footbridge.
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