pedestrianize

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verb

To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists

“Our trade has increased significantly since they pedestrianized the High Street.”

OriginEnglish pedestrian ← Latin pedester ← Proto-Italic *pets →
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Meanings

verbpedestrianize (third-person singular simple present pedestrianizes, present participle pedestrianizing, simple past and past participle pedestrianized)

present singular third person pedestrianizes · participle present pedestrianizing · participle past pedestrianized · past pedestrianized · alternative pedestrianise

  1. transitiveTo restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists

    Our trade has increased significantly since they pedestrianized the High Street.

    1 more example

    It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd listed buildings house fabulous independents – speciality food stores, cafes, antique shops, clothing boutiques.

    2022 November 25, Sarah Baxter et al., “Britain's 15 best high streets – where Christmas shopping is a pleasure”, in The Telegraph
  2. datedintransitiveTo walk; to travel on foot.
  3. datedtransitiveTo traverse on foot.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ambulateraikscampershankslogwalk

Origin

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

From pedestrian + -ize.

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Translations

Catalan vianantitzar, convertir en zona per a vianants
  • vianantitzarrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • convertir en zona per a vianantsrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • peatonalitzarrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
French piétonniser, piétoniser
  • piétonniserrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • piétoniserrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
German in eine Fußgängerzone umwandeln, zur Fußgängerzone umwandeln
  • in eine Fußgängerzone umwandelnrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • zur Fußgängerzone umwandelnrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
Greek πεζοδρομώ
  • πεζοδρομώ (pezodromó)restrict access to a street to pedestrians only
Italian pedonalizzare
  • pedonalizzarerestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
Portuguese peadonizar, pedestrianizar
  • peadonizarrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • pedestrianizarrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
Spanish peatonalizar, peatonizar
  • peatonalizarrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
  • peatonizarrestrict access to a street to pedestrians only
Cite this entry
APA

pedestrianize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianize

MLA

“pedestrianize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedestrianize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrianize.

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