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footer¹

  • /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ʊtə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot + -er.

noun footers

  1. archaic A footgoer; pedestrian
  2. A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)
  3. in compounds Something that measures a stated number of feet in some dimension. The new boat is a six-footer.
  4. in compounds Someone who has a preference for using a certain foot. a right-footer

Opposite: header

footer²

  • /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ʊtə(ɹ)

noun footers

  1. UK, slang, uncountable Football / soccer.
  2. UK, countable, slang A football. […] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.

footer³

  • /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ʊtə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

18th century. From fouter, foutre (“valueless thing”), possibly from French foutre (“to fuck”), from Latin futuere. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”).

verb footers · footering · footered · foutre · fouter

  1. Ireland, Scotland, slang To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.

    Similar: fidget, fuss, trifle, arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dally, dawdle, dick about

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: walker, pedestrian, footing, rise, toe, upright, standing, bottom, low, vernier, footnote, stem, freestanding, pious, cip, leg

noun

Opposite: header

Translations

Every language

noun slang: soccer

Françaisfoot

noun line of information at the bottom of a page

Españolpie de página
中文頁脚 yèjiǎo
Françaispied de page
DeutschFußzeile
Italianopiè
Русскийни́жний колонти́тул nížnij kolontítul

verb slang: to meddle

Españolperder el tiempo
Françaisglander, glandouiller

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@misc{footer_2026,
  title = {footer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/footer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}