pedicure

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Canada/ˈpɛ.dɪ.kjʊɹ/

noun

A cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails.

OriginFrench pédicure ← Latin pes →
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Meanings

nounpedicure (plural pedicures)

plural pedicures

  1. A cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails.
  2. datedA pedicurist.
verbpedicure (third-person singular simple present pedicures, present participle pedicuring, simple past and past participle pedicured)

present singular third person pedicures · participle present pedicuring · participle past pedicured · past pedicured

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo apply such a treatment to the feet.

Origin

  1. Latinpes“foot”
  2. Frenchpédicure
  3. Englishpedicure

From French pédicure, from Latin pes (“foot”).

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Translations

Bulgarian педикюр
  • педикюр (pedikjur)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Chinese Mandarin 修腳甲 /修脚甲, 修腳 /修脚
  • 修腳甲 /修脚甲 (xiūjiǎojiǎ)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • 修腳 /修脚 (xiūjiǎo)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • 足療 /足疗 (zúliáo)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Czech pedikúra
  • pedikúrasuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Danish fodpleje
  • fodplejesuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Estonian pediküür
  • pediküürsuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Finnish pedikyyri
  • pedikyyrisuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
French pédicure
  • pédicuresuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
German Pediküre, Fußpflege
  • Pediküresuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • Fußpflegesuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Greek πεντικιούρ
  • πεντικιούρ (pentikioúr)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Hungarian pedikűr
  • pedikűrsuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Indonesian pedikur
  • pedikursuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Japanese ペディキュア
  • ペディキュア (pedikyua)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Korean 페디큐어
  • 페디큐어 (pedikyueo)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Norwegian Bokmål pedikyr, fotpleie
  • pedikyrsuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • fotpleiesuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Persian پدیکور
  • پدیکور (pedikur)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Polish pedicure, pedikiur
  • pedicuresuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • pedikiursuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Portuguese pedicure
  • pedicuresuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Russian педикю́р
  • педикю́р (pedikjúr)superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Spanish pedicura, pediquiur
  • pedicurasuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • pediquiursuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • pedicuresuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Swedish pedikyr, fotvård
  • pedikyrsuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
  • fotvårdsuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Vietnamese sửa móng chân
  • sửa móng chânsuperficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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