Pedestrian — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who travels by foot

lacking wit or imagination

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pədˈɛstɹiən/

🇬🇧British English

/pədˈɛstɹiən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pədˈɛstɹiən/

3 syllables Say it as /pədˈɛstɹiən/.

Examples

a pedestrian movie plot

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

prosaic walker footer prosy earthbound

Parts of Speech

noun	a person who travels by foot
adjective	lacking wit or imagination “a pedestrian movie plot”

Word Forms

walk	verb	traverse or cover by walking
foot	verb	walk
prose	noun	matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
prosaicness	noun	commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
prosiness	noun	commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fußgänger

eine Person, die zu Fuß reist

🇫🇷French

piéton

une personne qui voyage à pied

🇪🇸Spanish

peatonal

una persona que viaja a pie

🇮🇹Italian

pedonale

una persona che viaggia a piedi

🇳🇱Dutch

voetganger

iemand die te voet reist

🇵🇹Portuguese

pedestre

uma pessoa que viaja a pé

🇷🇺Russian

пешеход

человек, который путешествует пешком

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पैदल यात्री

एक व्यक्ति जो पैदल यात्रा करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

পথচারী

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি পায়ে হেঁটে ভ্রমণ করেন

🇮🇳Tamil

பாதசாரி

காலில் பயணிக்கும் நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

పాదచారి

కాలినడకన ప్రయాణించే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

पादचारी

पायी प्रवास करणारी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

રાહદારી

એક વ્યક્તિ જે પગપાળા મુસાફરી કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾದಚಾರಿ

ಕಾಲ್ನಡಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാൽനടയാത്രക്കാരൻ

കാൽനടയായി സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്ന ഒരാൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੈਦਲ ਚੱਲਣ ਵਾਲਾ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਪੈਦਲ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیدل چلنے والا

ایک شخص جو پیدل سفر کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

行人

步行旅行的人

🇯🇵Japanese

歩行者

徒歩で旅行する人

🇰🇷Korean

보행자

걸어서 여행하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đi bộ

một người đi bộ

🇹🇭Thai

คนเดินเท้า

คนที่เดินทางด้วยการเดินเท้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

pejalan kaki

seseorang yang melakukan perjalanan dengan berjalan kaki

🇲🇾Malay

pejalan kaki

seseorang yang melakukan perjalanan dengan berjalan kaki

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مشاة

الشخص الذي يسافر سيرا على الأقدام

🇮🇷Persian

عابر پیاده

شخصی که با پای پیاده سفر می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

yaya

yürüyerek seyahat eden kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הוֹלֵך רֶגֶל

אדם שנוסע ברגל

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