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feet¹

  • /ˈfiːt/
  • [ˈfɪi̯t]

Sounds like feat · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

noun

  1. plural plural of foot There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

feet²

noun

  1. obsolete Fact; performance; feat.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: walk, step, kick, toe, legs, heels, bars, laurels, doorstep, down, apartment, pitchfork, meter, fest, sideburns, wings

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"feet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/feet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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feet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/feet

Chicago

"feet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/feet.

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@misc{feet_2026,
  title = {feet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}