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footbridge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfʊtˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fot-brigge, equivalent to foot + bridge.

Meanings

1. A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
   • The girder bridge at the head of the pass is used as a footbridge, and is roughly decked. 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 409:

Forms

Deriveds

footbridged

Synonyms

pedestrian bridge

Translations (54)

fro plat (bridge for pedestrians) · pt passarela (bridge for pedestrians) · es pasarela (bridge for pedestrians) · nb fotgjengerbro (bridge for pedestrians) · cy pompren (bridge for pedestrians) · ml നടപ്പാലം (bridge for pedestrians) · ko 보도교 (bridge for pedestrians) · id jembatan kaki (bridge for pedestrians) · ru схо́дни (bridge for pedestrians) · ga droichead coise (bridge for pedestrians) · ja 歩道橋 (bridge for pedestrians) · de Fußgängerbrücke (bridge for pedestrians) · ga droichead coisithe (bridge for pedestrians) · ru пешехо́дный мо́стик/мост (bridge for pedestrians) · fi jalankulkusilta (bridge for pedestrians) · lv laipa (bridge for pedestrians) · el πεζογέφυρα (bridge for pedestrians) · et jalakäijate sild (bridge for pedestrians) · ru мостки́ (bridge for pedestrians) · ko 육교(陸橋))) (bridge for pedestrians) · et purre (bridge for pedestrians) · ro punte (bridge for pedestrians) · ru мо́стик (bridge for pedestrians) · fo gongubrúgv (bridge for pedestrians) · th สะพานลอย (bridge for pedestrians) · it passerella (bridge for pedestrians) · sv gångbro (bridge for pedestrians) · el γεφυράκι (bridge for pedestrians) · nb fotgjengerbru (bridge for pedestrians) · sh moštanica (bridge for pedestrians) · da fodgængerbro (bridge for pedestrians) · id jembatan pejalan kaki (bridge for pedestrians) · da gangbro (bridge for pedestrians) · pdt Stajch (bridge for pedestrians) · it ponte pedonale (bridge for pedestrians) · nn gangbru (bridge for pedestrians) · cs lávka (bridge for pedestrians) · tl taytay (bridge for pedestrians) · hu gyaloghíd (bridge for pedestrians) · nb gangbru (bridge for pedestrians) · nn fotgjengarbru (bridge for pedestrians) · ko 인도교 (bridge for pedestrians) · qu uruya (bridge for pedestrians) · is göngubrú (bridge for pedestrians) · cmn 天橋 /天桥 (bridge for pedestrians) · nl voetgangersbrug (bridge for pedestrians) · nb gangbro (bridge for pedestrians) · es puente peatonal (bridge for pedestrians) · fr passerelle (bridge for pedestrians) · pl kładka (bridge for pedestrians) · ca passarel·la (bridge for pedestrians) · ltg laipa (bridge for pedestrians) · hu gyalogoshíd (bridge for pedestrians) · it palancola (bridge for pedestrians)