foxtrot
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Noun ===
foxtrot
Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From fox + trot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/
=== Noun ===
foxtrot (plural foxtrots)
A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Translations ====
=== Verb ===
foxtrot (third-person singular simple present foxtrots, present participle foxtrotting, simple past and past participle foxtrotted)
To dance the foxtrot.
=== See also ===
turkey trot
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈfokstrot]
Hyphenation: fox‧trot
=== Noun ===
foxtrot m inan
foxtrot (dance)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“foxtrot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“foxtrot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from English foxtrot.
=== Noun ===
foxtrot n (plural foxtroturi)
foxtrot
==== Declension ====
== Slovak ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English foxtrot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfɔkstrɔt/
=== Noun ===
foxtrot m inan (genitive singular foxtrotu, nominative plural foxtroty, genitive plural foxtrotov, declension pattern of dub)
(dance) foxtrot
Synonym: fox
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“foxtrot”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English foxtrot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /foɡsˈtɾot/ [foɣ̞sˈt̪ɾot̪]
Rhymes: -ot
Syllabification: fox‧trot
=== Noun ===
foxtrot m (plural foxtrots)
(dance) foxtrot
=== Further reading ===
“foxtrot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swedish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
foxtrott (dated)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English foxtrot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfɔkstrɔt/
=== Noun ===
foxtrot c
(dance) foxtrot
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
foxtrot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
foxtrott in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)