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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/ Hyphenation: foot‧er Rhymes: -ʊtə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== footer (plural footers) (archaic) A footgoer; pedestrian (computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.) (in combination) Something that measures a stated number of feet in some dimension. (in combination) Someone who has a preference for using a certain foot. ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “computing sense”): header ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Malay: pengaki (calque) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From football +‎ -er (“Oxford -er”). ==== Noun ==== footer (countable and uncountable, plural footers) (chiefly British, slang, uncountable) Football / soccer. (chiefly British, slang, countable) A football. === Etymology 3 === 18th century. From fouter, foutre (“valueless thing”), possibly from French foutre (“to lecher”), from Latin futuere (“to fuck”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). ==== Verb ==== footer (third-person singular simple present footers, present participle footering, simple past and past participle footered) (Ireland and Scotland, slang) To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful. Synonyms: fidget, fuss, trifle; see also Thesaurus:loiter ===== Alternative forms ===== foutre, fouter ===== Derived terms ===== footle ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Anagrams === foetor, fœtor, refoot, tofore