quadruped

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- +‎ -ped.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

quadruped (plural quadrupeds)

1. A four-footed or four-legged animal.
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2. A mammal ambulating on all fours.

Synonyms

• tetrapod

Derived terms

• quadrupedal
• quadrupedalism
• quadrupedism
• quadrupedy

 

Related terms

English terms suffixed with -ped

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (0 c, 64 e)

Translations

a four-footed or four-legged animal

• Armenian: չորքոտանի (hy) (čʻorkʻotani)
• Belarusian: чатырохно́гае n (čatyroxnóhaje)
• Breton: pevarzroadeg m
• Bulgarian: четириного (bg) n (četirinogo)
• Catalan: quadrúpede m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四足動物／四足动物 (sìzú dòngwù) (animal), 四足類／四足类 (sìzúlèi)

• Czech: čtyřnožec (cs) m
• Danish: firbenet dyr
• Dutch: viervoeter (nl) m
• Esperanto: kvarpiedulo
• Finnish: nelijalkainen (fi)
• French: quadrupède (fr) m, tétrapode (fr) m
• Friulian: cuadrupedi m
• Galician: cuadrúpede (gl) m
• Georgian: ოთხფეხა (otxpexa), ოთხფეხა ცხოველი (otxpexa cxoveli)
• German: Vierfüßer m, Vierfüßerin f, Vierfüßler m, Vierfüßlerin f, Quadrupeder m, Quadrupede f, Vierbeiner (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: τετράπουν n (tetrápoun)

• Hungarian: négylábú (hu)
• Icelandic: ferfætlingur m
• Italian: quadrupede (it) m
• Japanese: 四肢動物 (ja) (ししどうぶつ, shishi dōbutsu)
• Kazakh: төртаяқты (törtaäqty)
• Lao: ສັດສີ່ຕີນ (sat sī tīn)
• Latin: quadrupēs m or f
• Maori: kīrehe
• Navajo: naaldlooshii
• Persian: چهارپا (fa) (čahârpâ)
• Polish: czworonóg (pl) m anim
• Portuguese: quadrúpede (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਚੁਪਾਇਆ m (cupāiā)
• Russian: четвероно́гое (живо́тное) (ru) n (četveronógoje (živótnoje)), тетрапо́д (ru) m (tɛtrapód)
• Sanskrit: चतुष्पद् (sa) m or n (catuṣpad)
• Shan: တူဝ်သီႇတိ်ၼ်
• Spanish: cuadrúpedo (es) m, tetrápodo m
• Swedish: fyrfotadjur n, tetrapod (sv) c, fyrfoting c
• Tagalog: hayop na aapating-paa
• Tajik: дубора (tg) (dubora)
• Telugu: చతుష్పదము (te) (catuṣpadamu)
• Thai: สัตว์สี่เท้า (th), จตุบท (th)
• Tocharian B: śwerppewä
• Turkish: dört ayaklı, dört ayaklı hayvan
• Ukrainian: чотирино́ге n (čotyrynóhe)
• Uzbek: toʻrt barobar
• Volapük: follögaf (vo)
• Welsh: pedwartroedyn m

See also

• biped
• Tetrapoda