trottoir

Borrowed from French trottoir.

• IPA^(key): /tɹɒtˈwɑː(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): (obsolete) /tɹɒtˈwɔː(ɹ)/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

trottoir (plural trottoirs)

1. (archaic) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.

   Synonyms: (American English) sidewalk, (British English) pavement, (Australia, New Zealand and India) footpath

   • 1869, William Maxwell Blackburn, Admiral Coligny, and the Rise of the Huguenots:

     Head-less bodies were trailed along the trottoirs.

• “trottoir”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from French trottoir.

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trottoir n (plural trottoirs, diminutive trottoirtje n)

1. sidewalk (US), pavement (UK), footpath (Australia, India, New Zealand)

   Synonym: stoep

• → Indonesian: trotoar
• → Petjo: tattowaar

From trotter +‎ -oir.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.twaʁ/

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trottoir m (plural trottoirs)

1. sidewalk, pavement, footpath (paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians)
   • 1894, Crafty, À travers Paris, page 11:

     Les véhicules enluminés stationnent alignés au bas des trottoirs, pendant que leurs attelages étirent leurs membres fatigués et allument la réconfortante cigarette.

     The illuminated vehicles park in rows along the sidewalks, while their teams stretch their tired limbs and light a comforting cigarette.

• “trottoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.