pedestrianise

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A form of pedestrianize — To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbpedestrianise (third-person singular simple present pedestrianises, present participle pedestrianising, simple past and past participle pedestrianised)

present singular third person pedestrianises · participle present pedestrianising · participle past pedestrianised · past pedestrianised

  1. BritishNon OxfordNon-Oxford British form of pedestrianize.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  3. Proto-Italic*pets
  4. Latinpēs
  5. Latinpedes
  6. Latinpedester
  7. Englishpedestrian
  8. Englishpedestrianise

From pedestrian + -ise.

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APA

pedestrianise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianise

MLA

“pedestrianise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedestrianise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianise.

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