gait

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

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• Homophone: gate

Etymology 1

From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Compare gate.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.

2. (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Derived terms

• double-gaiter
• gait apraxia
• square-gaiter
• tandem gait

 

Translations

manner of walking

• Bashkir: йөрөш (yöröş), атлау (atlaw), аҙым (aźım)
• Belarusian: хада́ f (xadá), ступа́ f (stupá), пахо́дка f (paxódka), ход m (xod), крок m (krok)
• Bulgarian: похо́дка (bg) f (pohódka)
• Catalan: caminar (ca) m, pas (ca) m, aire (ca) m, manera de caminar f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 步態 / 步态 (zh) (bùtài)

• Czech: chůze (cs) f
• Danish: gang (da) c, gangart c
• Dutch: gang (nl) m pas (nl) m loop (nl) m
• Esperanto: marŝo
• Estonian: kõnnak (et)
• Finnish: käynti (fi), astunta (fi)
• French: démarche (fr) f
• Georgian: სიარული (siaruli), სვლა (svla)
• German: Gang (de) m, Gangart (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: βάδισμα n (bádisma)

• Hungarian: járás (hu)
• Icelandic: göngulag (is) n
• Irish: siúl m
• Italian: camminata (it) f, andamento (it) m, postura (it) f, portamento (it) m
• Japanese: 足取り (ja) (あしどり, ashidori)
• Korean: 걸음걸이 (ko) (georeumgeori)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لارولەنجە (larulence)

• Latin: incessus m
• Macedonian: од m (od)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gange c, ganglag n

• Polish: chód (pl) m, krok (pl) m
• Portuguese: andar (pt) m, andadura (pt) f, porte (pt) m
• Romanian: pas (ro), mers (ro)
• Russian: похо́дка (ru) f (poxódka), по́ступь (ru) f (póstupʹ), ходьба́ (ru) f (xodʹbá), шаг (ru) m (šag)
• Sanskrit: गति (sa) f (gati), प्रगामन् (sa) n (pragāman)
• Scottish Gaelic: gluasad m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хо̑д m

  Roman: hȏd (sh) m

• Slovak: chôdza (sk) f, krok m
• Spanish: zancada (es) f, andadura (es) f, andares (es) m pl (usually graceful), andar (es) m, caminar (es) m, caminado (es) m
• Swedish: gång (sv), gångstil, gångart (sv) c
• Ukrainian: похі́д m (poxíd), похода́ f (poxodá), похо́да f (poxóda), хід (uk) m (xid), крок (uk) m (krok), хода́ f (xodá), ходьба́ (uk) f (xodʹbá)

horse's way of moving

• Armenian: քայլք (hy) (kʻaylkʻ)
• Bulgarian: конски ход m (konski hod)
• Catalan: anadura f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 步法 (zh) (bùfǎ)

• Dutch: gang (nl) m
• Finnish: askellaji
• French: allure (fr) m
• Georgian: ალური (aluri)
• German: Gangart (de) f
• Hungarian: járás (hu)
• Icelandic: gangtegund (is) f
• Italian: andatura (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gangart m or f

  Nynorsk: gangart m or f

• Polish: chód (pl) m
• Portuguese: porte (pt) m
• Russian: аллю́р (ru) m (alljúr)
• Swedish: gångart (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Greek: ^{(please verify)} βηματισμός (el) m (vimatismós), ^{(please verify)} βαδισμα n (vadisma)

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
2. (UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

Anagrams

• Gita, taig

Middle English

Noun

gait

1. (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Old Irish

Etymology

Matasović derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡadʲ/

Noun

gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)

1. verbal noun of gataid: theft

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gaitL	gaitL	gataH
Vocative	gaitL	gaitL	gataH
Accusative	gaitN	gaitL	gataH
Genitive	gaiteH	gaitL	gaitN
Dative	gaitL	gataib	gataib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of gait

radical	lenition	nasalization
gait	gait pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngait

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. goat
2. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡai̯t/

Verb

gait

1. Soft mutation of cait.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cait

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cait	gait	nghait	chait

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.