gait

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

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• Homophone: gate

Etymology 1

From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Compare gate.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.

2. (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Derived terms

• double-gaiter
• gait apraxia
• midgait
• multigait
• square-gaiter
• tandem gait

Translations

manner of walking

Bashkir: йөрөш (yöröş), атлау (atlaw), аҙым (aźım) Belarusian: хада́ f (xadá), ступа́ f (stupá), пахо́дка f (paxódka), ход m (xod), крок m (krok) Bulgarian: похо́дка (bg) f (pohódka) Catalan: caminar (ca) m, pas (ca) m, aire (ca) m, manera de caminar f Chinese: Mandarin: 步態 / 步态 (zh) (bùtài) Czech: chůze (cs) f Danish: gang (da) c, gangart c Dutch: gang (nl) m pas (nl) m loop (nl) m Esperanto: marŝo Estonian: kõnnak (et) Finnish: käynti (fi), astunta (fi) French: démarche (fr) f Georgian: სიარული (siaruli), სვლა (svla) German: Gang (de) m, Gangart (de) f Greek: Ancient: βάδισμα n (bádisma) Hungarian: járás (hu) Icelandic: göngulag (is) n Irish: siúl m Italian: camminata (it) f, andamento (it) m, postura (it) f, portamento (it) m Japanese: 足取り (ja) (あしどり, ashidori) Korean: 걸음걸이 (ko) (georeumgeori) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لارولەنجە (larulence) Latin: incessus m Macedonian: од m (od) Norwegian: Bokmål: gange c, ganglag n Polish: chód (pl) m, krok (pl) m Portuguese: andar (pt) m, andadura (pt) f, porte (pt) m Romanian: pas (ro), mers (ro) Russian: похо́дка (ru) f (poxódka), по́ступь (ru) f (póstupʹ), ходьба́ (ru) f (xodʹbá), шаг (ru) m (šag) Sanskrit: गति (sa) f (gati), प्रगामन् (sa) n (pragāman) Scottish Gaelic: gluasad m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хо̑д m Roman: hȏd (sh) m Slovak: chôdza (sk) f, krok m Spanish: zancada (es) f, andadura (es) f, andares (es) m pl (usually graceful), andar (es) m, caminar (es) m, caminado (es) m Swedish: gång (sv) c, gångstil c, gångart (sv) c (normally of an animal, especially a (larger) quadruped) Ukrainian: похі́д m (poxíd), похода́ f (poxodá), похо́да f (poxóda), хід (uk) m (xid), крок (uk) m (krok), хода́ f (xodá), ходьба́ (uk) f (xodʹbá)

horse's way of moving

Armenian: քայլք (hy) (kʻaylkʻ) Bulgarian: конски ход m (konski hod) Catalan: anadura f Chinese: Mandarin: 步法 (zh) (bùfǎ) Dutch: gang (nl) m Finnish: askellaji French: allure (fr) m Georgian: ალური (aluri) German: Gangart (de) f Hungarian: járás (hu) Icelandic: gangtegund (is) f Italian: andatura (it) f, falcata (it) f Norwegian: Bokmål: gangart m or f Nynorsk: gangart m or f Polish: chód (pl) m Portuguese: porte (pt) m Russian: аллю́р (ru) m (alljúr) Swedish: gångart (sv)

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Greek: (please verify) βηματισμός (el) m (vimatismós), (please verify) βαδισμα n (vadisma)

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
2. (UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

Anagrams

• Gita, taig

Middle English

Noun

gait

1. (rare) alternative form of gate (“way”)