feet
Feet (noun) means plural of foot: the lower part of the leg on which a person or animal stands and walks. Example: “Her feet were sore after the long hike.”
How to use feet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe plural of foot — used for the body part, and also for the unit of length (as in "six feet tall").
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Etymology
From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).
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What does “feet” mean?
The word “feet” means plural of foot: the lower part of the leg on which a person or animal stands and walks. In plain terms, the plural of foot — used for the body part, and also for the unit of length (as in "six feet tall").
How do you use “feet” in a sentence?
Here is “feet” used in a sentence: “Her feet were sore after the long hike.”
What part of speech is “feet”?
“Feet” is a noun.
Is “feet” a common word?
“Feet” is a very common word in modern English.
What is the difference between feet and foot?
Foot is the singular and feet is the plural. You stand on one foot but two feet. The same pattern applies when foot is used as a unit of length — one foot, six feet tall. Feet is an irregular plural, which is why it does not simply add an 's'.
Why is the plural of foot 'feet' and not 'foots'?
Feet is an irregular plural inherited from Old English, where certain words changed their vowel instead of adding an ending. The same process gives us goose and geese, tooth and teeth, and man and men. This vowel change is much older than the regular '-s' plural, so foot became feet rather than foots.
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