pedestrianize

C2+ Topic:Transportation

US /pəˈdɛstriənaɪz/ UK /pəˈdestriənaɪz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to convert a street or area for use by pedestrians only

The council voted to pedestrianize the historic market square.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to convert a street or area... pedestrianise

Word family

Derived forms pedestrianization

Related forms pedestrianpedestrianism

Etymology

From pedestrian + -ize. Pedestrian is from Latin pedester ('going on foot'), from pes, pedis ('foot').

pedester Latin pes Latin *pṓds Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Transportation Word Formation & Derivatives

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# pedestrianize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /pəˈdɛstriənaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈdestriənaɪz/

## Meanings
1. to convert a street or area for use by pedestrians only

## Examples
- The council voted to pedestrianize the historic market square.

## Synonyms
- pedestrianise

## Derived Forms
- pedestrianization

## Related Forms
- pedestrian
- pedestrianism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pedester
- Root: pes
- Root: *pṓds

## Etymology
From pedestrian + -ize. Pedestrian is from Latin pedester ('going on foot'), from pes, pedis ('foot').

## AI Etymology
Pedestrianize is from pedestrian + -ize. Pedestrian is from Latin pedester ('going on foot'), from pes, pedis ('foot'). Important recorded forms include pedester (Latin), pes (Latin), and *pṓds (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers to convert a street or area for use by pedestrians only. The wider family includes derived forms such as pedestrianization and related words such as pedestrian and pedestrianism.

## Topics
- Transportation
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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