He walks with an awkward gait because of an injury.
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Gait
//ɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "gait" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
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6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
102 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βάδισμα noun (manner of walking)
Armenian
1 entries- քայլք noun (horse's way of moving)
Bashkir
3 entries- атлау noun (manner of walking)
- аҙым noun (manner of walking)
- йөрөш noun (manner of walking)
Belarusian
4 entries- крок noun (manner of walking)
- пахо́дка noun (manner of walking)
- ступа́ noun (manner of walking)
- хада́ noun (manner of walking)
Bulgarian
2 entries- конски ход noun (horse's way of moving)
- похо́дка noun (manner of walking)
Catalan
4 entries- aire noun (manner of walking)
- anadura noun (horse's way of moving)
- caminar noun (manner of walking)
- manera de caminar noun (manner of walking)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- لارولەنجە noun (manner of walking)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 步態 /步态 noun (manner of walking)
- 步法 noun (horse's way of moving)
Czech
1 entries- chůze noun (manner of walking)
Danish
2 entries- gang noun (manner of walking)
- gangart noun (manner of walking)
Dutch
2 entries- gang noun (horse's way of moving)
- gang m pas m loop noun (manner of walking)
Esperanto
1 entries- marŝo noun (manner of walking)
Estonian
1 entries- kõnnak noun (manner of walking)
Finnish
3 entries- askellaji noun (horse's way of moving)
- astunta noun (manner of walking)
- käynti noun (manner of walking)
French
2 entries- allure noun (horse's way of moving)
- démarche noun (manner of walking)
Georgian
3 entries- ალური noun (horse's way of moving)
- სვლა noun (manner of walking)
- სიარული noun (manner of walking)
German
4 entries- Gang noun (manner of walking)
- Gangart noun (manner of walking)
- Gangart noun (horse's way of moving)
- Gangbild noun (horse's way of moving)
Hungarian
2 entries- járás noun (manner of walking)
- járás noun (horse's way of moving)
Icelandic
2 entries- gangtegund noun (horse's way of moving)
- göngulag noun (manner of walking)
Irish
1 entries- siúl noun (manner of walking)
Italian
4 entries- andamento noun (manner of walking)
- andatura noun (horse's way of moving)
- camminata noun (manner of walking)
- falcata noun (horse's way of moving)
Japanese
1 entries- 足取り noun (manner of walking)
Korean
1 entries- 걸음걸이 noun (manner of walking)
Latin
1 entries- incessus noun (manner of walking)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- goɬ noun (manner of walking)
Macedonian
1 entries- од noun (manner of walking)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- gangart noun (horse's way of moving)
- gange noun (manner of walking)
- ganglag noun (manner of walking)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gangart noun (horse's way of moving)
Polish
3 entries- chód noun (manner of walking)
- chód noun (horse's way of moving)
- krok noun (manner of walking)
Portuguese
4 entries- andadura noun (manner of walking)
- andar noun (manner of walking)
- porte noun (manner of walking)
- porte noun (horse's way of moving)
Romanian
2 entries- mers noun (manner of walking)
- pas noun (manner of walking)
Russian
4 entries- аллю́р noun (horse's way of moving)
- по́ступь noun (manner of walking)
- похо́дка noun (manner of walking)
- ходьба́ noun (manner of walking)
Sanskrit
2 entries- गति noun (manner of walking)
- प्रगामन् noun (manner of walking)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gluasad noun (manner of walking)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hȏd noun (manner of walking)
- хо̑д noun (manner of walking)
Slovak
2 entries- chôdza noun (manner of walking)
- krok noun (manner of walking)
Spanish
4 entries- andadura noun (manner of walking)
- andar noun (manner of walking)
- andares noun (manner of walking)
- caminado noun (manner of walking)
Swedish
4 entries- gång noun (manner of walking)
- gångart noun (manner of walking)
- gångart noun (horse's way of moving)
- gångstil noun (manner of walking)
Tamil
1 entries- நடை noun (manner of walking)
Ukrainian
4 entries- крок noun (manner of walking)
- похо́да noun (manner of walking)
- похода́ noun (manner of walking)
- похі́д noun (manner of walking)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He matched his gait to his companion's.
Source: tatoeba (301545)
The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode.
Source: tatoeba (711292)
For the past few years, teenagers who imitate overweight American rappers have been walking like inverted pendulums, swinging from left to right, which is the only way forward if you weigh over two hundred and sixty pounds, but completely ineffective if you are a scrawny teenager weighing half of that, since most of the energy is wasted on side steps, not to mention the sheer absurdity of that swinging gait.
Source: tatoeba (2472726)
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