barefoot

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɛəfʊt/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːɹfʊt/, /ˈbæɹfʊt/ Hyphenation: barefoot === Adjective === barefoot (not comparable) Wearing nothing on the feet. (informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains. (CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier. ==== Synonyms ==== barefooted, discalced, shoeless, unshod, unshoed ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === barefoot (not comparable) Wearing nothing on the feet. (CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === barefoot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia