Meanings
- uncountableA medical condition which can affect the feet when they are constantly cold and wet, similar to frostbite.
1 more example
Every year I can, I go to the Glastonbury Festival and pick up a T-shirt or two as a memento. But last year's souvenir was unexpected and certainly unwelcome. I came home with trench foot. […] Trench foot - or Immersion Foot as it is more properly known - occurs when blood vessels restrict their flow to extremities to conserve heat for the body.
2008 June 23, Andy Sully, “I got trench foot at Glastonbury”, in BBC NewsSynonyms: immersion foot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medical condition which can affect the feet when they are constantly cold and wet, similar to frostbite.
More synonyms by meaning
nounresembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From its prevalence during the trench warfare of World War I.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish skyttegravsfod
- skyttegravsfodmedical condition
Dutch loopgravenvoeten
- loopgravenvoetenmedical condition
Estonian kaevikpöid
- kaevikpöidmedical condition
French pied de tranchée
- pied de tranchéemedical condition
German Immersionsfuß
- Immersionsfußmedical condition
Greek πους των χαρακωμάτων, πόδι των χαρακωμάτων
- πους των χαρακωμάτων (pous ton charakomáton)medical condition
- πόδι των χαρακωμάτων (pódi ton charakomáton)medical condition
Polish stopa okopowa, stopa immersyjna
- stopa okopowamedical condition
- stopa immersyjnamedical condition
Russian транше́йная стопа́
- транше́йная стопа́ (tranšéjnaja stopá)medical condition
Spanish pie de trinchera
- pie de trincheramedical condition
Cite this entry
trench foot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trench%20foot
“trench foot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trench%20foot. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trench foot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trench%20foot.
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