Meanings
footer1
plural footers
- archaicA footgoer; pedestrian
- computingA line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)
- in compoundsSomeone who has a preference for using a certain foot.
a right-footer
footer2
plural footers
- UKcountableslangA football.
[…] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.
2016, John Owens, A Month of Sundays
footer3
present singular third person footers · participle present footering · participle past footered · past footered · alternative foutre · alternative fouter
- IrelandScotlandslangTo meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.
Synonyms: fidget, fuss, trifle, arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.
antonym(s) of “computing sense”
More synonyms by meaning
nouna printed note placed below the text on a printed page
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
footer · noun
- Middle Englishfooter
- Englishfooter
From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →footer · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*ped-
- Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
- Proto-Germanic*fōts
- Proto-West Germanic*fōt
- Old Englishfōt
- Middle Englishfot
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Germanic*balluz
- Old English*beall
- Middle Englishbal
- Middle Englishfotbal
- Englishfootball
- Englishfooter
From football + -er (“Oxford -er”).
Full word history & related roots →footer · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-“to hit”
- Latinfutuere
- Frenchfoutre“to fuck”
- Englishfooter
18th century. From fouter, foutre (“valueless thing”), possibly from French foutre (“to fuck”), from Latin futuere. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 頁脚
- 頁脚 (yèjiǎo)line of information at the bottom of a page
Czech zápatí
- zápatíline of information at the bottom of a page
Dutch voettekst
- voettekstline of information at the bottom of a page
Esperanto paĝopiedo
- paĝopiedoline of information at the bottom of a page
Estonian jalus
- jalusline of information at the bottom of a page
Finnish alatunniste, -jalkainen
- alatunnisteline of information at the bottom of a page
- -jalkainensomething that is a stated number of feet in some dimension
- futisslang: soccer
- hengaillaslang: to meddle
- chillaillaslang: to meddle
French pied de page, foot
- pied de pageline of information at the bottom of a page
- footslang: soccer
- glanderslang: to meddle
- glandouillerslang: to meddle
German Fußzeile
- Fußzeileline of information at the bottom of a page
Hungarian lábléc, élőláb
- láblécline of information at the bottom of a page
- élőlábline of information at the bottom of a page
- focislang: soccer
Indonesian sukuan, kaki
- sukuanline of information at the bottom of a page
- kakiline of information at the bottom of a page
- bola kakislang: soccer
Italian piè
- pièline of information at the bottom of a page
Malay pengaki
- pengakiline of information at the bottom of a page
Māori hiku
- hikuline of information at the bottom of a page
Norwegian Bokmål bunntekst
- bunntekstline of information at the bottom of a page
Polish stopka
- stopkaline of information at the bottom of a page
Russian ни́жний колонти́тул
- ни́жний колонти́тул (nížnij kolontítul)line of information at the bottom of a page
Spanish pie de página, perder el tiempo
- pie de páginaline of information at the bottom of a page
- perder el tiemposlang: to meddle
Swedish sidfot
- sidfotline of information at the bottom of a page
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with footer
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Cite this entry
footer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footer
“footer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footer.
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