Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
nounan animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
- Latinplanta“sole of the foot”
- Frenchplantigrade
- Englishplantigrade
From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).
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Bulgarian който ходи на цяло стъпало, плоскостъпен
- който ходи на цяло стъпало (kojto hodi na cjalo stăpalo)walking with the entire sole of the foot
- плоскостъпен (ploskostăpen)walking with the entire sole of the foot
Catalan plantígrad, plantígrad
- plantígradwalking with the entire sole of the foot
- plantígradanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Dutch zoolganger
- zoolgangeranimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Finnish kanta-astuja
- kanta-astujaanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
French plantigrade, plantigrade
- plantigradewalking with the entire sole of the foot
- plantigradeanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
German Fersengänger, Sohlengänger
- Fersengängeranimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
- Sohlengängeranimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Greek πελματοβάμων, πελματοβάμονα
- πελματοβάμων (pelmatovámon)walking with the entire sole of the foot
- πελματοβάμονα (pelmatovámona)animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Hungarian talponjáró, talponjáró
- talponjárówalking with the entire sole of the foot
- talponjáróanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Indonesian plantigrad, plantigrad
- plantigradwalking with the entire sole of the foot
- plantigradanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Irish bonnsiúlach
- bonnsiúlachwalking with the entire sole of the foot
Italian plantigrado, plantigrado
- plantigradowalking with the entire sole of the foot
- plantigradoanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Japanese 蹠行の, 蹠行動物
- 蹠行の (shokō no)walking with the entire sole of the foot
- 蹠行動物 (shokō dōbutsu)animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Russian стопоходя́щий, плоскосто́пный
- стопоходя́щий (stopoxodjáščij)walking with the entire sole of the foot
- плоскосто́пный (ploskostópnyj)walking with the entire sole of the foot
Spanish plantígrado, plantígrado
- plantígradowalking with the entire sole of the foot
- plantígradoanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Swedish plantigrad, hälgående
- plantigradwalking with the entire sole of the foot
- hälgåendewalking with the entire sole of the foot
- hälgångareanimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Welsh gwadnrodiol, gwadnrodiwr
- gwadnrodiolwalking with the entire sole of the foot
- gwadnrodiwranimal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
Cite this entry
plantigrade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantigrade
“plantigrade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantigrade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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