pedestrian

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the Latin root pedestri-, from pedester.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /pəˈdɛst.ɹi.ən/

Adjective

pedestrian (comparative more pedestrian, superlative most pedestrian)

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.
pedestrian crossing

pedestrian zone
(comparable, figuratively) Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:common

His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy.

a pedestrian life
- 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport‎:
  England were hugely impressive in the first half in particular, when their supporters inside this magnificent bowl at Stade Velodrome roared their approval as Russia were pressed into submission and made to look pedestrian.
(dance) Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.
The choreographer prefers pedestrian movements.

Translations

of or intended for pedestrians

Armenian: հետիոտնային (hetiotnayin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行人的 (zh) (xíngrén de), 行者的 (zh) (xíngzhě de)
Czech: pěší (cs) m
Dutch: voetgangers-
Esperanto: piediranta
Finnish: jalankulku, jalka (fi)
French: piéton (fr), piétonnier (fr), pédestre (fr)
Galician: peonil (gl) m or f
Georgian: საფეხმავლო (sapexmavlo), საქვეითო (sakveito)
German: Fußgänger-, fußgänger-, Fuß-, fuß-, Geh-, geh-

Hungarian: gyalogos (hu)
Ido: pedirala
Italian: pedonale (it)
Macedonian: пешачки m (péšаčкi)
Polish: pieszy (pl) m, dla pieszych
Portuguese: pedestre (pt), pedonal m or f
Romanian: pentru pietoni, pedestru (ro), pietonal (ro)
Russian: пе́ший (ru) (péšij), пешехо́дный (ru) (pešexódnyj)
Spanish: peatonal
Turkish: yaya (tr)

ordinary

Chinese:
Mandarin: 無趣的 (zh), 无趣的 (zh) (wúqù de)
Czech: přízemní (cs)
Dutch: gewoon (nl), alledaags (nl), gewoontjes (nl) (only predicative or adverbial)
Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi)
French: banal (fr), ordinaire (fr), bateau (fr)

German: umständlich (de), nüchtern (de), schwunglos, prosaisch (de), erdgebunden
Polish: przyziemny m
Portuguese: prosaico (pt), comum (pt)
Romanian: prozaic (ro) m or n, comun (ro) m or n, neinspirat (ro) m or n
Russian: обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), зауря́дный (ru) (zaurjádnyj)
Spanish: común (es), prosaico (es) m, banal (es), pedestre (es), vulgar (es)

Noun

pedestrian (plural pedestrians)

Somebody walking rather than using a vehicle; somebody traveling on foot on or near a roadway.
Synonyms: footgoer, footfarer
(dated) An expert walker; one who performs feats of walking or running.

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Translations

somebody walking rather than using a vehicle

Albanian: këmbësor (sq) m
Arabic: رَاجِل‎ m (rājil), مَاشٍ‎ m (māšin), مَارّ‎ (ar) m (mārr)
Armenian: հետիոտն (hy) (hetiotn)
Asturian: peatón m
Azerbaijani: piyada (az)
Belarusian: пешахо́д m (pješaxód), хада́к m (xadák)
Bulgarian: пешехо́дец (bg) m (pešehódec)
Catalan: vianant (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行人 (zh) (xíngrén), (formal) 行者 (zh) (xíngzhě)
Czech: chodec (cs) m
Danish: fodgænger (da) c
Dutch: voetganger (nl) m, voetgangster f
Esperanto: (♂♀) piediranto, (explicitly ♂) virpiediranto, (neologism ♂) piedirantiĉo, (♀) piedirantino
Estonian: jalakäija
Finnish: jalankulkija (fi)
French: piéton (fr) m, piétonne (fr) f
Galician: peón (gl) m, viandante m or f
Georgian: ქვეითი (kveiti), ფეხით მოსიარულე (pexit mosiarule)
German: Fußgänger (de) m, Fußgängerin (de) f, (Austrian) Fußgeher (de) m, (Austrian) Fußgeherin f, Passant (de) m, Passantin f
Greek: πεζός (el) m (pezós)
Hebrew: הוֹלֵךְ־רֶגֶל‎ (he) m (holékh-régel), הוֹלֶכֶת־רֶגֶל‎ m (holékhet-régel)
Hindi: प्यादा (hi) m (pyādā), पैदल (hi) m (paidal)
Hungarian: gyalogos (hu)
Icelandic: fótgangandi (is) m
Ido: (♂♀) pediranto (io), (♂) pedirantulo, (♀) pedirantino
Indonesian: pejalan kaki (id)
Irish: coisí m
Italian: pedone (it) m, passante (it) m, viandante (it) m
Japanese: 歩行者 (ほこうしゃ, hokōsha)

Kannada: ಕಾಲುದಾರಿ (kn) (kāludāri), ಕಾಲ್ನಡೆಗ (kn) (kālnaḍega), ಪಾದಚಾರಿ (kn) (pādacāri)
Kazakh: жаяу адам (jayaw adam)
Khmer: ចរក (km) (chârôk), ថ្មើរជើង (thmaəcəəng)
Korean: 보행자 (ko) (bohaengja) (步行者 (ko))
Kyrgyz: жөө жүрүүчү (cöö cürüüçü)
Latvian: kājāmgājējs m, gājējs m
Lithuanian: pėstysis m
Luxembourgish: Foussgänger m
Macedonian: пешак m (pešak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fotgjenger (no) m

Nynorsk: fotgjengar m
Persian: پیاده‎ (fa) (piyâde)
Polish: pieszy (pl) m
Portuguese: peão (pt) m, pedestre (pt) m or f
Romanian: pieton (ro) m, pedestru (ro) m
Russian: пешехо́д (ru) m (pešexód), пешехо́дка (ru) f (pešexódka), пе́ший (ru) m (péšij), пе́шая f (péšaja), пешехо́дец (ru) m (pešexódec) (dated)
Scottish Gaelic: coisiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пѐша̄к m, пјѐша̄к m

Roman: pèšāk (sh) m, pjèšāk (sh) m
Slovak: chodec m
Slovene: pešec m, peška (sl) f
Spanish: peatón (es) m, viandante m or f
Swedish: fotgängare (sv) c
Tajik: пиёда (tg) (piyoda), пиёдагард (tg) (piyodagard)
Thai: คน เดินเท้า, ผู้เดินเท้า
Turkish: yaya (tr)
Turkmen: pyýada
Ukrainian: пішохі́д m (pišoxíd), пі́ший m (píšyj)
Uzbek: piyoda (uz)
Vietnamese: bằng chân
Volapük: (♂♀) futogolan (vo), (♂) futohigolan, (♀) futojigolan

Anagrams

depainters, pedantries, prestained, præsident

pedestrian

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