Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Wearing nothing on the feet.

    After taking off their shoes, socks and sandals at the doorway, the kids were barefoot.

    barfuß, barfüßig

    босо́йbosój, необу́тыйneobútyj, босоно́гийbosonógij

    бо́сийbósyj, босоно́гийbosonóhyj, невзу́тийnevzútyj

  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.

    without shoes

Examples

132 sentences
  1. I know that Tom was barefoot.

    Я знаю, що Тому був босий. — deniko

  2. Why are you barefoot?

    Чому ти босоніж? — deniko

    ruПочему ты босой? — odexed

    deWieso bist du barfuß? — pullnosemans

  3. I know Tom was barefoot.

    Я знаю, що Тому був босий. — deniko

  4. I was barefoot.

    Я був босоніж. — deniko

    ruЯ был босиком. — Olya

  5. Tom is barefoot.

    Том без взуття. — deniko

    ruТом босой. — marafon

    deTom ist barfuß. — Esperantostern

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
wearing nothing on the feet:
Русский
By meaning 1
wearing nothing on the feet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wearing nothing on the feet:

Origin

From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-Wes

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”).

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