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trottoir

See also: Trottoir

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French trottoir.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tɹɒtˈwɑː(ɹ)/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /tɹɒtˈwɔː(ɹ)/[1]
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun edit

trottoir (plural trottoirs)

  1. (archaic) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
    Synonyms: (American English) sidewalk, (British English) pavement, (Australia, New Zealand and India) footpath
    • 1869, William Maxwell Blackburn, Admiral Coligny, and the Rise of the Huguenots:
      Head-less bodies were trailed along the trottoirs.

Translations edit

sidewalk — see sidewalk

References edit

  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.571, page 304.

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French trottoir.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

trottoir n (plural trottoirs, diminutive trottoirtje n)

  1. sidewalk (US), pavement (UK), footpath (Australia, India, New Zealand)
    Synonym: stoep

Descendants edit

  • → Indonesian: trotoar
  • → Petjo: tattowaar

French edit

 
French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology edit

From trotter +‎ -oir.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

trottoir m (plural trottoirs)

  1. sidewalk, pavement, footpath (paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians)

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