How to pronounce foot
American English pronunciation
FOOT
- IPA
- /ˈfʊt/
- Syllables
- FOOT (1 syllable)
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What foot means
Most people know foot in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A group of syllables that makes one beat in poetry
In a sentence: In the poem, each foot has a soft sound followed by a loud one, like da-DUM.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English fot. Calling a unit of poetry a foot copies the Greek word pous, which also means foot.
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