barefoot

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Wearing nothing on the feet.
2. (informal, not-comparable) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
3. (not-comparable, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Wearing nothing on the feet.
2. (not-comparable) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.

Synonyms

barefooted

shoeless

unshod

discalceate

discalced

go barefoot

bare

barenaked

bare-headed

barelegged

Translations

barfuß

descalzo

pieds nus

scalzo

descalç

barrevoets

déchaussé

nu-pieds

blootsvoets

descalço

pêxwas

nigxwas

pîxwas

lingxwas

حافي القدمين

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɛɹfʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: barefote

Inherited from Old English: bærfōt

Cognate with Scots: barefit

Cognate with Old Frisian: berfōt

Cognate with Dutch: barrevoets

Cognate with German: barfuß

Cognate with Danish: barfodet

Cognate with Swedish: barfota

Cognate with Icelandic: berfættur

Cognate with Yiddish: באָרוועס

In summary

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”).