barefoot en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ (General-American)
- /ˈbɛəfʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɑːɹfʊt/ (obsolete)
- (US) audio
- /ˈbæɹfʊt/ (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”), Yiddish באָרוועס (borves, “barefoot”).
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Wearing nothing on the feet.
After taking off their shoes, socks and sandals at the doorway, the kids were barefoot.
[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: […]
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 9, column 1:It was firm enough to walk on, but Bradly took off his boots to preserve the leather from sea-water, and for the pleasure of barefoot walking on cool sand.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 60:
- (informal, not-comparable) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
- (not-comparable, qualifier:CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
Deriveds
barefoot doctor · barefoot and pregnant · Barefoot Bay · barefooter · pregnant and barefoot · barefoot all over · barefoot shoe · barefooting
Relateds
Synonyms
unshod · barefooted · unshoed · discalced · shoeless
Translations (144)
sh bȏs (wearing nothing on the feet) · nb barbeint (wearing nothing on the feet) · es chuña (wearing nothing on the feet) · ky жыңайлак (wearing nothing on the feet) · br divotoù (wearing nothing on the feet) · sh босо̀ног (wearing nothing on the feet) · sc isciurtzu (wearing nothing on the feet) · is berfættur (wearing nothing on the feet) · kmr pîxwas (wearing nothing on the feet) · cmn 赤腳 /赤脚 (wearing nothing on the feet) · gl descalzo (wearing nothing on the feet) · dsb bósy (wearing nothing on the feet) · sv barfota (wearing nothing on the feet) · nap scauzo (wearing nothing on the feet) · uk босоно́гий (wearing nothing on the feet) · fo berleggjaður (wearing nothing on the feet) · eo nudpieda (wearing nothing on the feet) · shi azir (wearing nothing on the feet) · mk бос (wearing nothing on the feet) · cy troednoeth (wearing nothing on the feet) · cmn 光腳 /光脚 (wearing nothing on the feet) · be бо́сы (wearing nothing on the feet) · vec descals (wearing nothing on the feet) · ru босо́й (wearing nothing on the feet) · eu onutsik (wearing nothing on the feet) · ms kaki ayam (wearing nothing on the feet) · uz yalangoyoq (wearing nothing on the feet) · hy բոբիկ (wearing nothing on the feet) · tk ýalaňaç (wearing nothing on the feet) · sc iscrutzu (wearing nothing on the feet) · da barfodet (wearing nothing on the feet) · wa a pîs dischås (wearing nothing on the feet) · vec descolzh (wearing nothing on the feet) · bo རྐང་རྗེན་མ (wearing nothing on the feet) · ru босоно́гий (wearing nothing on the feet) · pt descalça (wearing nothing on the feet) · vi chân đất (wearing nothing on the feet) · fo berbeinaður (wearing nothing on the feet) · co scalzu (wearing nothing on the feet) · vec descalso (wearing nothing on the feet) · grc ἀνυπόδητος (wearing nothing on the feet) · nl barrevoets (wearing nothing on the feet) · uk невзу́тий (wearing nothing on the feet) · hi नंगे पाँव (wearing nothing on the feet) · es a pies pelados (wearing nothing on the feet) · vi chân trần (wearing nothing on the feet) · af kaalvoet (wearing nothing on the feet) · sw pekupeku (wearing nothing on the feet) · az yalınayaq (wearing nothing on the feet) · sc iscultzu (wearing nothing on the feet) · wa a pîs dschås (wearing nothing on the feet) · acw حفيان (wearing nothing on the feet) · uk бо́сий (wearing nothing on the feet) · fa پابرهنه (wearing nothing on the feet) · mt ħafi (wearing nothing on the feet) · kk жалаңаяқ (wearing nothing on the feet) · de barfuß (wearing nothing on the feet) · sc iscurtu (wearing nothing on the feet) · nl blootsvoets (wearing nothing on the feet) · pdt boaft (wearing nothing on the feet) · sl bosonog (wearing nothing on the feet) · cs bosý (wearing nothing on the feet) · vec descolz (wearing nothing on the feet) · kmr nigxwas (wearing nothing on the feet) · kmr pêxwas (wearing nothing on the feet) · pl bosy (wearing nothing on the feet) · ru бо́сый (wearing nothing on the feet) · sk bosý (wearing nothing on the feet) · scn scàusu (wearing nothing on the feet) · de barfüßig (wearing nothing on the feet) · shi tabatiḥt (Souss-Massa) (wearing nothing on the feet) · ky жыңалаяк (wearing nothing on the feet) · mk босоног (wearing nothing on the feet) · wyi yearrnjenong (wearing nothing on the feet) · roa-gal déchaou (wearing nothing on the feet) · ro desculț (wearing nothing on the feet) · he יָחֵף (wearing nothing on the feet) · mt ħafja (wearing nothing on the feet) · ba ялан аяҡ (wearing nothing on the feet) · sl bos (wearing nothing on the feet) · ar حَافٍ (wearing nothing on the feet) · sh бо̑с (wearing nothing on the feet) · lld deschëuz (wearing nothing on the feet) · az ayaqyalın (wearing nothing on the feet) · tl yapak (wearing nothing on the feet) · nv ké tʼáágééd (wearing nothing on the feet) · fi paljasjalkainen (wearing nothing on the feet) · es shutudo (Americanism) (wearing nothing on the feet) · pox bösĕ (wearing nothing on the feet) · es descalzo (wearing nothing on the feet) · ur ننگے پیر (wearing nothing on the feet) · fur discolç (wearing nothing on the feet) · sc iscurtzu (wearing nothing on the feet) · arz حافي (wearing nothing on the feet) · pt descalço (wearing nothing on the feet) · bg необу́т (wearing nothing on the feet) · lb baarbes (wearing nothing on the feet) · tg побараҳна (wearing nothing on the feet) · ang bærfōt (wearing nothing on the feet) · el ξυπόλυτος (wearing nothing on the feet) · sh bosònog (wearing nothing on the feet) · ja 素足 (wearing nothing on the feet) · hu mezítlábas (wearing nothing on the feet) · mi kore hū (wearing nothing on the feet) · bg бос (wearing nothing on the feet) · rup discults (wearing nothing on the feet) · ru необу́тый (wearing nothing on the feet) · be басано́гі (wearing nothing on the feet) · id telanjang kaki (wearing nothing on the feet) · vo nüdafutik (wearing nothing on the feet) · it scalzo (wearing nothing on the feet) · yi באָרוועס (wearing nothing on the feet) · ary حفيان (wearing nothing on the feet) · az ayağı çılpaq (wearing nothing on the feet) · ko 맨발의 (wearing nothing on the feet) · fo berføttur (wearing nothing on the feet) · ar حَافِي (wearing nothing on the feet) · vec descalço (wearing nothing on the feet) · kmr lingxwas (wearing nothing on the feet) · br diarc'hen (wearing nothing on the feet) · dsb bósučki (wearing nothing on the feet) · it a piedi nudi (wearing nothing on the feet) · gsw barfießich (wearing nothing on the feet) · rup discultsu (wearing nothing on the feet) · gd casruisgte (wearing nothing on the feet) · tr yalın ayak (wearing nothing on the feet) · ug يالاڭئاياق (wearing nothing on the feet) · tg пойлуч (wearing nothing on the feet) · ca descalç (wearing nothing on the feet) · sc iscursu (wearing nothing on the feet) · sco barefit (wearing nothing on the feet) · mt ħafjin (wearing nothing on the feet) · shi ⵃⴼⵢⴰⵏ (wearing nothing on the feet) · izh kengätä (wearing nothing on the feet) · ka ფეხშიშველა (wearing nothing on the feet) · sc iscúlciu (wearing nothing on the feet) · vi chân không (wearing nothing on the feet) · fr pieds nus (wearing nothing on the feet) · ga cosnochta (wearing nothing on the feet) · es patalsuelo (wearing nothing on the feet) · ja 裸足 (wearing nothing on the feet) · be неабу́ты (wearing nothing on the feet) · orv босъ (wearing nothing on the feet) · kmr xwas (wearing nothing on the feet)