Meanings
nounfootpath (plural footpaths)
plural footpaths
- Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
I felt refreshed after the short rest, and bade the old man farewell and started for town in company with the scared lad, following the footpath below the Grefsen hill.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
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Origin
- Middle Englishfoot path
- Englishfootpath
From Middle English foot path, footpath; equivalent to foot + path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”).
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Arabic مَمْشًى, مَسار الْشَاة
- مَمْشًى (mamšan)path to be used by people walking
- مَسار الْشَاة (masār al-šāh)path to be used by people walking
Basque oinezko bide
- oinezko bidepath to be used by people walking
Bulgarian тротоа́р, пъте́ка
- тротоа́р (trotoár)path to be used by people walking
- пъте́ка (pătéka)path to be used by people walking
Catalan senda, sendera
- sendapath to be used by people walking
- senderapath to be used by people walking
- senderpath to be used by people walking
- viaranypath to be used by people walking
- corriolpath to be used by people walking
Chinese Mandarin 人行道, 步道
- 人行道 (rénxíngdào)path to be used by people walking
- 步道 (bùdào)path to be used by people walking
- 小徑 /小径 (xiǎojìng)path to be used by people walking
Czech pěšina
- pěšinapath to be used by people walking
Danish gangsti
- gangstipath to be used by people walking
Dutch voetpad
- voetpadpath to be used by people walking
Esperanto piedvojo
- piedvojopath to be used by people walking
Estonian jalgrada
- jalgradapath to be used by people walking
Finnish polku, kinttupolku
- polkupath to be used by people walking
- kinttupolkupath to be used by people walking
French sentier, chemin pédestre
- sentierpath to be used by people walking
- chemin pédestrepath to be used by people walking
German Fußweg, Fußpfad
- Fußwegpath to be used by people walking
- Fußpfadpath to be used by people walking
Greek μονοπάτι
- μονοπάτι (monopáti)path to be used by people walking
Hebrew מִשְׁעוֹל
- מִשְׁעוֹל (mish'ól)path to be used by people walking
Hindi पगडंडी
- पगडंडी (pagḍaṇḍī)path to be used by people walking
Hungarian sétány
- sétánypath to be used by people walking
Icelandic tá
- tápath to be used by people walking
Indonesian jalan setapak
- jalan setapakpath to be used by people walking
Japanese 小道, 歩道
- 小道 (komichi)path to be used by people walking
- 歩道 (hodō)path to be used by people walking
- 歩行者道 (hokōshadō)path to be used by people walking
Korean 보도
- 보도 (bodo)path to be used by people walking
Latin trāmes, sēmita
- trāmespath to be used by people walking
- sēmitapath to be used by people walking
Latvian taka
- takapath to be used by people walking
Lithuanian takas
- takaspath to be used by people walking
Māori ara takahi, ara hīkoi
- ara takahipath to be used by people walking
- ara hīkoipath to be used by people walking
Norwegian Bokmål gangsti, gangvei
- gangstipath to be used by people walking
- gangveipath to be used by people walking
- gangvegpath to be used by people walking
- fortaupath to be used by people walking
Polish ścieżka, dróżka
- ścieżkapath to be used by people walking
- dróżkapath to be used by people walking
- szlakpath to be used by people walking
Portuguese senda, trilha
- sendapath to be used by people walking
- trilhapath to be used by people walking
Romanian cărare, potecă
- cărarepath to be used by people walking
- potecăpath to be used by people walking
Russian пешехо́дная доро́жка, тротуа́р
- пешехо́дная доро́жка (pešexódnaja doróžka)path to be used by people walking
- тротуа́р (trotuár)path to be used by people walking
Scottish Gaelic frith-rathad
- frith-rathadpath to be used by people walking
Slovak chodník, cestička
- chodníkpath to be used by people walking
- cestičkapath to be used by people walking
Spanish acera, vía peatonal
- acerapath to be used by people walking
- vía peatonalpath to be used by people walking
Swahili njia ya miguu
- njia ya miguupath to be used by people walking
Swedish gångväg, gångstig
- gångvägpath to be used by people walking
- gångstigpath to be used by people walking
Tagalog daanan ng tao
- daanan ng taopath to be used by people walking
Thai ทางเท้า, บาทวิถี
- ทางเท้า (taang-táao)path to be used by people walking
- บาทวิถี (bàat-wí-tǐi)path to be used by people walking
- ฟุตบาท (fút-bàat)path to be used by people walking
Turkish patika, kaldırım
- patikapath to be used by people walking
- kaldırımpath to be used by people walking
Ukrainian пішохі́дна дорі́жка
- пішохі́дна дорі́жка (pišoxídna dorížka)path to be used by people walking
Vietnamese đường mòn
- đường mònpath to be used by people walking
Welsh llwybr, llwybr troed
- llwybrpath to be used by people walking
- llwybr troedpath to be used by people walking
- troedlwybrpath to be used by people walking
- troedfforddpath to be used by people walking
Cite this entry
APA
footpath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footpath
MLA
“footpath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footpath. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footpath,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footpath.
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