hoof

Signification (English)

Noun

1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
2. (slang) The human foot.
3. An ungula.

Verb

1. To trample with hooves.
2. (colloquial) To walk.
3. (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
4. (colloquial) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

Concepts

sabot

ongle

griffe

patte

pied

🦶

panard

🦶

plectre

jambe

🦵

médiator

serre

Synonyms

claw

foot

🦶

talon

fingernail

💅

toenail

nail

paw

hoof it

leg it

kick

walk

🚶

promenade

skid

sprag

trample

ungula

ungulate

brake block

clootie

brake shoe

buff

chela

cloven hoof

dance

💃

drag

footprint

👣

hoofed

hooves

leg

🦵

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hʊf/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: hoof

Inherited from ancien anglais: hōf

Cognate with frison occidental: hoef

Cognate with néerlandais: hoef

Cognate with allemand: Huf

Cognate with danois: hov

Cognate with norvégien: hov

Cognate with suédois: hov

Cognate with sanskrit: शफ

Cognate with avestique: 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀

Cognate with tchèque: -

Cognate with polonais: kopyto

In summary

From Middle English hoof, hof, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).