trottoir

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /trɒˈtwɑːr/ UK /ˈtrɒtwɑː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a pavement or sidewalk

They strolled along the trottoir past the cafés of the old quarter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a pavement or sidewalk pavement sidewalk footpath footway

Word family

Related forms trot

Etymology

Borrowed from French trottoir ('sidewalk'), from trotter ('to trot, walk briskly'), from Old French troter, of Germanic origin (related to Old High German trotton 'to tread').

trottoir French troter Old French

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# trottoir

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /trɒˈtwɑːr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtrɒtwɑː/

## Meanings
1. a pavement or sidewalk

## Examples
- They strolled along the trottoir past the cafés of the old quarter.

## Synonyms
- pavement
- sidewalk
- footpath
- footway

## Related Forms
- trot

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trottoir
- Root: troter

## Etymology
Borrowed from French trottoir ('sidewalk'), from trotter ('to trot, walk briskly'), from Old French troter, of Germanic origin (related to Old High German trotton 'to tread').

## AI Etymology
Trottoir has this etymological development: Borrowed from French trottoir ('sidewalk'), from trotter ('to trot, walk briskly'), from Old French troter, of Germanic origin (related to Old High German trotton 'to tread'). Important recorded forms include trottoir (French) and troter (Old French). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a pavement or sidewalk. The wider family includes related words such as trot.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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