English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Borrowed from Latin pedester pedestri- (from pedes -an ( suffix forming adjectives ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] pedestrian (comparative more pedestrian , superlative most pedestrian )
( not comparable ) walking .
pedestrian crossing
pedestrian zone
( comparable , figurative ) 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 [1] 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 ) movements incorporated in postmodern dance .
The choreographer prefers pedestrian movements.
Translations [ edit ] of or intended for pedestrians
Armenian: հետիոտնային ( hetiotnayin )
Basque: oinezkoentzako
Belarusian: пешахо́дны ( pješaxódny )
Bengali: পথচারী (bn) ( pothcari )
Bulgarian: пешеходен ( pešehoden )
Catalan: de vianants
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行人的 (zh) ( xíngrén de ) , 行者的 (zh) ( xíngzhě de )
Czech: pěší (cs) m
Danish: fodgænger (da) c
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) , gyalog- (hu)
Ido: pedirala (io)
Indonesian: pejalan kaki (id)
Italian: pedonale (it)
Macedonian: пешачки m ( pešački )
Maori: waehīkoi
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
Swedish: fotgängare (sv)
Turkish: yaya (tr)
Ukrainian: пішохі́дний ( pišoxídnyj )
ordinary
Catalan: banal (ca) , ordinari (ca) , comú (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無趣的 ／ 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
Hungarian: hétköznapi (hu) , közhelyes (hu) , lapos (hu) , unalmas (hu) , prózai (hu) , szürke (hu) , földhözragadt (hu)
Indonesian: biasa (id) , tidak wah
Latin: cotidianus (la)
Persian: معمولی (fa) ( ma'muli )
Polish: przyziemny (pl) 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) , banal (es) , pedestre (es) , vulgar (es)
pedestrian (plural pedestrians
A walker ; one who walks or goes on foot, especially vehicle .
Synonyms: footer footgoer footfarer Hyponym: ( archaic ) footman
( dated ) runner ; one who performs feats of walking or running.
Synonym: walkist Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
Afrikaans: voetganger sg
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) , yayaq
Basque: oinezko sg
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
Farefare: gilgra
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 ) , ქვეითად მოსიარულე ( kveitad mosiarule )
German: Fußgänger (de) m Fußgängerin (de) f ( Austrian ) Fußgeher (de) m ( Austrian ) Fußgeherin (de) f Passant (de) m Passantin (de) 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
Japanese: 歩行者 (ja) ( ほこうしゃ, hokōsha )
Kannada: ಕಾಲುದಾರಿ (kn) ( kāludāri ) , ಕಾಲ್ನಡೆಗ (kn) ( kālnaḍega ) , ಪಾದಚಾರಿ (kn) ( pādacāri )
Kazakh: жаяу адам ( jaäu adam )
Khmer: ចរក (km) ( chârôk ) , ថ្មើរជើង ( thmaə cəəng )
Korean: 보행자(步行者) (ko) ( bohaengja )
Kyrgyz: жөө жүрүүчү ( jöö jürüücü )
Latin: pedō m
Latvian: kājāmgājējs m gājējs m
Lithuanian: pėstysis m
Luxembourgish: Foussgänger m
Macedonian: пешак m ( pešak )
Malayalam: കാൽനടക്കാരൻ m ( kālnaṭakkāraṉ )
Maori: waehīkoi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fotgjenger (no) m
Nynorsk: fotgjengar m
Persian: پیاده (fa) ( piyâde ) , 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 (sk) m
Slovene: pešec m peška (sl) f
Southern Altai: јойу ( ǰoyu ) , јойу кижи ( ǰoyu kiži ) , јайу ( ǰayu )
Spanish: peatón (es) m viandante m or f
Swedish: fotgängare (sv) c
Tajik: пиёда (tg) ( piyoda ) , пиёдагард (tg) ( piyodagard )
Thai: คน เดินเท้า ผู้ เดินเท้า
Turkish: yaya (tr)
Turkmen: pyýada
Ukrainian: пішохі́д m ( pišoxíd ) , пі́ший m ( píšyj )
Uzbek: piyoda (uz)
Vietnamese: bằng chân
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) futogolan (vo) , ( ♂ ) futohigolan ( ♀ ) futojigolan
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