Meanings
gait1
noungait (plural gaits)
plural gaits
- equestrianismOne of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
verbgait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)
present singular third person gaits · participle present gaiting · participle past gaited · past gaited
gait2
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*gatwǭ“passageway, street”
- Old Norsegata“path, lane, alley, road”
- Middle Englishgate“way, path, road, street”
- Englishgait
From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.
More words from Middle English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βάδισμα
- βάδισμα (bádisma)manner of walking
Bulgarian похо́дка, конски ход
- похо́дка (pohódka)manner of walking
- конски ход (konski hod)horse's way of moving
Catalan caminar, pas
- caminarmanner of walking
- pasmanner of walking
- airemanner of walking
- manera de caminarmanner of walking
- anadurahorse's way of moving
Chinese Mandarin 步態 /步态, 步法
- 步態 /步态 (bùtài)manner of walking
- 步法 (bùfǎ)horse's way of moving
Czech chůze
- chůzemanner of walking
Danish gang, gangart
- gangmanner of walking
- gangartmanner of walking
Dutch gang m pas m loop, gang
- gang m pas m loopmanner of walking
- ganghorse's way of moving
Esperanto marŝo
- marŝomanner of walking
Estonian kõnnak
- kõnnakmanner of walking
Finnish käynti, astunta
- käyntimanner of walking
- astuntamanner of walking
- askellajihorse's way of moving
French démarche, allure
- démarchemanner of walking
- allurehorse's way of moving
German Gang, Gangart
- Gangmanner of walking
- Gangartmanner of walking
- Gangweisemanner of walking
- Gehweisemanner of walking
- Gangarthorse's way of moving
- Gangbildhorse's way of moving
Hungarian járás, járás
- járásmanner of walking
- járáshorse's way of moving
Icelandic göngulag, gangtegund
- göngulagmanner of walking
- gangtegundhorse's way of moving
Irish siúl
- siúlmanner of walking
Italian camminata, andamento
- camminatamanner of walking
- andamentomanner of walking
- posturamanner of walking
- portamentomanner of walking
- andaturahorse's way of moving
- falcatahorse's way of moving
Japanese 足取り
- 足取り (ashidori)manner of walking
Korean 걸음걸이
- 걸음걸이 (georeumgeori)manner of walking
Latin incessus
- incessusmanner of walking
Norwegian Bokmål gange, ganglag
- gangemanner of walking
- ganglagmanner of walking
- gangarthorse's way of moving
Polish chód, krok
- chódmanner of walking
- krokmanner of walking
- chódhorse's way of moving
Portuguese andar, andadura
- andarmanner of walking
- andaduramanner of walking
- portemanner of walking
- portehorse's way of moving
Romanian pas, mers
- pasmanner of walking
- mersmanner of walking
Russian похо́дка, по́ступь
- похо́дка (poxódka)manner of walking
- по́ступь (póstupʹ)manner of walking
- ходьба́ (xodʹbá)manner of walking
- шаг (šag)manner of walking
- аллю́р (alljúr)horse's way of moving
Scottish Gaelic gluasad
- gluasadmanner of walking
Slovak chôdza, krok
- chôdzamanner of walking
- krokmanner of walking
Spanish zancada, andadura
- zancadamanner of walking
- andaduramanner of walking
- andaresmanner of walking
- andarmanner of walking
- caminarmanner of walking
- caminadomanner of walking
- pasomanner of walking
- marchamanner of walking
Swedish gång, gångstil
- gångmanner of walking
- gångstilmanner of walking
- gångartmanner of walking
- gångarthorse's way of moving
Tamil நடை
- நடை (naṭai)manner of walking
Ukrainian похі́д, похода́
- похі́д (poxíd)manner of walking
- похода́ (poxodá)manner of walking
- похо́да (poxóda)manner of walking
- хід (xid)manner of walking
- крок (krok)manner of walking
- хода́ (xodá)manner of walking
- ходьба́ (xodʹbá)manner of walking
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gait
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All rhymes →Sounds the same
gate (pane–pain merger)gate (pane–pain merger)gate (pane–pain merger)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
gait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gait
MLA
“gait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gait. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gait,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gait.
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