trottoir

See also: Trottoir

Englisch

Etymology

From French trotter (“to trot”). See trot.

Nomen

trottoir (plural trottoirs)

1. footpath; pavement; sidewalk
   • (Can we date this quote by Froude and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trottoir”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French trottoir.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

trottoir n (plural trottoirs, diminutive trottoirtje n)

1. sidewalk (US), pavement (UK), footpath (Australia)

Synonyms

• stoep

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French

Etymology

From trotter +‎ -oir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.twaʁ/

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Nomen

trottoir m (plural trottoirs)

1. sidewalk (US), pavement (UK), footpath (Australia)

Derived terms

• faire le trottoir
• uritrottoir

Descendants

• Bulgarian: тротоар (trotoar)
• Dutch: trottoir
• Esperanto: trotuaro
• Georgian: ტროტუარი (ṭroṭuari)
• Indonesian: trotoar
• Romanian: trotuar
• Russian: тротуа́р (trotuár)
• Serbo-Croatian: trotoar, тротоар
• Swedish: trottoar

Further reading

• “trottoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.