Meanings
nounfoothill (plural foothills)
plural foothills
- A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway.
2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ped-
- Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
- Proto-Germanic*fōts
- Proto-West Germanic*fōt
- Old Englishfōt
- Middle Englishfot
- Englishfoot
- Englishhill
- Englishfoothill
Translations
Ancient Greek σφυρόν
- σφυρόν (sphurón)hill at the base of a mountain
Arabic سَفْح
- سَفْح (safḥ)hill at the base of a mountain
Bulgarian подножие
- подножие (podnožie)hill at the base of a mountain
Chinese Mandarin 山麓, 山腳 /山脚
- 山麓 (shānlù)hill at the base of a mountain
- 山腳 /山脚 (shānjiǎo)hill at the base of a mountain
Czech podhůří
- podhůříhill at the base of a mountain
Finnish aluskukkula
- aluskukkulahill at the base of a mountain
French contrefort, piémont
- contreforthill at the base of a mountain
- piémonthill at the base of a mountain
German Vorberg
- Vorberghill at the base of a mountain
Hindi तलहटी
- तलहटी (talahṭī)hill at the base of a mountain
Japanese 前山, 山裾
- 前山 (zenzan)hill at the base of a mountain
- 山裾 (yamasuso)hill at the base of a mountain
Russian предго́рье, подно́жие
- предго́рье (predgórʹje)hill at the base of a mountain
- подно́жие (podnóžije)hill at the base of a mountain
Spanish piedemonte, faldeo
- piedemontehill at the base of a mountain
- faldeohill at the base of a mountain
Tagalog paambundok
- paambundokhill at the base of a mountain
Cite this entry
APA
foothill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foothill
MLA
“foothill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foothill. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foothill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foothill.
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