Passengers must take the footbridge to cross the railroad tracks.
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Footbridge
//ˈfʊtˌbɹɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "footbridge" (12 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (6)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
53 translations across 35 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- passarel·la noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 天橋 /天桥 noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Czech
1 entries- lávka noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Danish
2 entries- fodgængerbro noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- gangbro noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Dutch
1 entries- voetgangersbrug noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Estonian
2 entries- jalakäijate sild noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- purre noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Faroese
1 entries- gongubrúgv noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Finnish
1 entries- jalankulkusilta noun (bridge for pedestrians)
French
1 entries- passerelle noun (bridge for pedestrians)
German
1 entries- Fußgängerbrücke noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Greek
2 entries- γεφυράκι noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- πεζογέφυρα noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyaloghíd noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- gyalogoshíd noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Icelandic
1 entries- göngubrú noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Indonesian
2 entries- jembatan kaki noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- jembatan pejalan kaki noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Irish
2 entries- droichead coise noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- droichead coisithe noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Italian
3 entries- palancola noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- passerella noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- ponte pedonale noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Japanese
1 entries- 歩道橋 noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Korean
3 entries- 보도교 noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- 육교(陸橋))) noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- 인도교 noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Latgalian
1 entries- laipa noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Latvian
1 entries- laipa noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Malayalam
1 entries- നടപ്പാലം noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fotgjengerbro noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- fotgjengerbru noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- gangbro noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- gangbru noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- fotgjengarbru noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- gangbru noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Old French
1 entries- plat noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Stajch noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Polish
1 entries- kładka noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Portuguese
1 entries- passarela noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Quechua
1 entries- uruya noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Romanian
1 entries- punte noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Russian
4 entries- мо́стик noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- мостки́ noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- пешехо́дный мо́стик/мост noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- схо́дни noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- moštanica noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Spanish
2 entries- pasarela noun (bridge for pedestrians)
- puente peatonal noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Swedish
1 entries- gångbro noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Thai
1 entries- สะพานลอย noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Welsh
1 entries- pompren noun (bridge for pedestrians)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
In my village, there is a small, narrow footbridge over a brook.
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An old, rickety footbridge is the only way to get to the other side of the gorge.
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Tom built a footbridge over his neighbor's fish pond while they were vacationing.
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