Gait — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

a horse's manner of moving

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈeɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈeɪt/

1 syllable Say it as /ɡˈeɪt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pace

Word Forms

pace

verb

measure (distances) by pacing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Gang

die Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit (insbesondere Gehen oder Laufen)

🇫🇷French

démarche

la vitesse de déplacement (surtout la marche ou la course)

🇪🇸Spanish

paso

la velocidad de movimiento (especialmente caminar o correr)

🇮🇹Italian

andatura

la velocità di movimento (soprattutto camminare o correre)

🇳🇱Dutch

gang

de snelheid van bewegen (vooral lopen of rennen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

marcha

a taxa de movimento (especialmente caminhar ou correr)

🇷🇺Russian

походка

скорость движения (особенно ходьбы или бега)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चाल

चलने की दर (विशेषकर चलना या दौड़ना)

🇧🇩Bengali

চলাফেরা

চলাফেরার হার (বিশেষ করে হাঁটা বা দৌড়ানো)

🇮🇳Tamil

நடை

நகரும் விகிதம் (குறிப்பாக நடைபயிற்சி அல்லது ஓடுதல்)

🇮🇳Telugu

నడక

కదిలే రేటు (ముఖ్యంగా నడక లేదా పరుగు)

🇮🇳Marathi

चालणे

हालचाल दर (विशेषत: चालणे किंवा धावणे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચાલ

હલનચલનનો દર (ખાસ કરીને ચાલવું અથવા દોડવું)

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಡಿಗೆ

ಚಲಿಸುವ ದರ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ವಾಕಿಂಗ್ ಅಥವಾ ಓಟ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

നടത്തം

ചലിക്കുന്ന നിരക്ക് (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് നടത്തം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഓട്ടം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਾਲ

ਚਲਣ ਦੀ ਦਰ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਤੁਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਦੌੜਨਾ)

🇵🇰Urdu

چال

حرکت کرنے کی شرح (خاص طور پر چلنا یا دوڑنا)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

步态

移动的速度（尤其是步行或跑步）

🇯🇵Japanese

歩き方

動く速度（特に歩くか走る）

🇰🇷Korean

보조

이동 속도(특히 걷기 또는 달리기)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dáng đi

tốc độ di chuyển (đặc biệt là đi bộ hoặc chạy)

🇹🇭Thai

การเดิน

อัตราการเคลื่อนไหว (โดยเฉพาะการเดินหรือวิ่ง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

kiprah

kecepatan bergerak (terutama berjalan atau berlari)

🇵🇭Filipino

lakad

ang bilis ng paggalaw (lalo na ang paglalakad o pagtakbo)

🇲🇾Malay

berjalan

kadar bergerak (terutama berjalan atau berlari)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مشية

معدل الحركة (خاصة المشي أو الجري)

🇮🇷Persian

راه رفتن

سرعت حرکت (به ویژه راه رفتن یا دویدن)

🇹🇷Turkish

yürüyüş

Hareket etme hızı (özellikle yürüme veya koşma)

🇮🇱Hebrew

הֲלִיכָה

קצב התנועה (במיוחד הליכה או ריצה)

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