pedestrian
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Of or intended for those who are walking.
- Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
- Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.
noun
- A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
- An expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.
Pronunciation
/pəˈdɛstɹiən/
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Word forms
pedestrian
more pedestrian
most pedestrian
pedestrians
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Synonyms
basic
routine
lackluster
middling
average
bog-standard
common
common as bums
common as dirt
common as muck
common as pig tracks
dime a dozen
everyday
frequent
general
habitual
nonrare
par for the course
pedestrian
plain
quotidian
regular
routinary
ten a penny
two a penny
usual
workaday
comme ci comme ça
crappy
decent
indifferent
meh
mediocre
mid
no great shakes
nothing to write home about
not worth writing home about
okayish
ordinary
unexceptional
uninspiring
shitty
so-so
tolerable
whatever
footer
footgoer
footfarer
footfolk
walkist
Derived words
pedestrianly
pedestrianness
nonpedestrian
pedestrianate
pedestrian bridge
pedestrian crossing
pedestrianess
pedestrian hacker
pedestrianise
pedestrian island
pedestrianism
pedestrianization
pedestrianize
pedestrian lane
pedestrian precinct
pedestrian recall
pedestrian refuge
pedestrian scramble
pedestrian underpass
pedestrian zone
pedlock
pedway
petextrian
podestrian
velocipedestrian
Translations
Afrikaans: voetganger
Albanian: këmbësor
Albanian: këmbësore
Northern Altai: тьайуг
Southern Altai: јойу
Southern Altai: јойу кижи
Southern Altai: јайу
Arabic: رَاجِل
Arabic: مَاشٍ
Arabic: مَارّ
Armenian: հետիոտն
Asturian: peatón
Azerbaijani: piyada
Azerbaijani: yayaq
Basque: oinezko
Belarusian: пешахо́д
Belarusian: хада́к
Bengali: পথচারী
Bulgarian: пешехо́дец
Bulgarian: пешехо́дка
Catalan: vianant
Chinese Cantonese: 行人
Chinese Mandarin: 行人
Chinese Mandarin: 行者
Czech: chodec
Czech: chodkyně
Danish: fodgænger
Dutch: voetganger
Dutch: voetgangster
Esperanto: piediranto
Esperanto: virpiediranto
Esperanto: piedirantiĉo
Esperanto: piedirantino
Estonian: jalakäija
Farefare: gilgra
Finnish: jalankulkija
French: piéton
French: piétonne
Galician: peón
Galician: viandante
Georgian: ქვეითი
Georgian: ფეხით მოსიარულე
Georgian: ქვეითად მოსიარულე
German: Fußgänger
German: Fußgängerin
German: Fußgeher
German: Fußgeherin
German: Passant
German: Passantin
Greek: πεζός
Hebrew: הוֹלֵךְ־רֶגֶל
Hebrew: הוֹלֶכֶת־רֶגֶל
Hindi: पैदल
Hungarian: gyalogos
Icelandic: fótgangandi
Ido: pediranto
Ido: pedirantulo
Ido: pedirantino
Indonesian: pejalan kaki
Irish: coisí
Italian: pedone
Japanese: 歩行者
Kannada: ಕಾಲುದಾರಿ
Kannada: ಕಾಲ್ನಡೆಗ
Kannada: ಪಾದಚಾರಿ
Kazakh: жаяу адам
Khmer: ចរក
Khmer: ថ្មើរជើង
Korean: 보행자
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