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footfall

/ˈfʊtfɔːl/ UK
/ˈfɵtfoːl/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈfʊtfɔl/ US
/ˈfʊtfɑl/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈfʊtfɒl/ Canada
/ˈfʊtfoːl/ Australia, New Zealand
/fʉtfɔl/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

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From foot (“part of the human leg below the ankle”) + fall (“act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity”, noun).

noun footfalls · foot-fall

countable The sound made by a footstep; also, the footstep or step itself. [L]ike Hedg-hogs vvhich / Lye tumbling in my bare-foote vvay, and mount / Their pricks at my foot-fall: ſometime am I / All vvound vvith Adders, vvho vvith clouen tongues / Doe hiſſe me into madneſſe: […]
Malaysia, uncountable The number of pedestrians going into or passing through a place (especially a commercial venue such as a shop) during a specified time period; also, the pedestrians in a particular place regarded collectively; foot traffic. However, footfall is still below pre-Covid levels while there is also a surge of incoming supply. - "Are There Too Many Retail Malls In Malaysia?", BFM 89.9

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noun sound made by a footstep

Русский	то́пот tópot

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@misc{footfall_2026,
  title = {footfall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/footfall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}