-footercomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. nine-footer Brit.

/ˌnʌɪnˈfʊtə/, U.S.

/ˌnaɪnˈfʊdər/,

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foot n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < foot n. + -er suffix¹.

Following a numeral: forming compounds denoting a person or thing whose height or length is that of a specified number of feet.See also forty-footer n. at forty adj. and n. Compounds 1, six-footer n. at six adj. and n. Compounds 1c, thirty-footer at thirty adj. and n. Compounds 1, twenty-footer n. at twenty adj. and n. Compounds 2a.

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1822 Trial Lieut. Joel Abbot 54 This house was a ‘ten-footer’.

1849 Knickerbocker Oct. 328 It's a couple of yards long this time; another squeeze, and it is an eight-footer; another, and the ten-foot rail is completed.

1892 Daily News 21 July 3/6 The club also sailed a match for 21-footers on Tuesday.

1934 Sydney Morning Herald 18 Jan. (Women's Suppl.) 20/2 Miss Nancy Fitzhardinge, the skipper-owner of Cimbra, a neat ‘twelve-footer’.

1982 Trailer Life Feb. 8/1 Piloting our 25-footer and Chevette through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio and Illinois.

2005 Orange (Texas) Leader 14 July 3 b/5 Two weeks ago, an angler caught a nine footer at Sea Rim State Park.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-footer
释义	-footercomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. nine-footer Brit. /ˌnʌɪnˈfʊtə/, U.S. /ˌnaɪnˈfʊdər/, Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foot n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < foot n. + -er suffix¹. Following a numeral: forming compounds denoting a person or thing whose height or length is that of a specified number of feet.See also forty-footer n. at forty adj. and n. Compounds 1, six-footer n. at six adj. and n. Compounds 1c, thirty-footer at thirty adj. and n. Compounds 1, twenty-footer n. at twenty adj. and n. Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1822 Trial Lieut. Joel Abbot 54 This house was a ‘ten-footer’. 1849 Knickerbocker Oct. 328 It's a couple of yards long this time; another squeeze, and it is an eight-footer; another, and the ten-foot rail is completed. 1892 Daily News 21 July 3/6 The club also sailed a match for 21-footers on Tuesday. 1934 Sydney Morning Herald 18 Jan. (Women's Suppl.) 20/2 Miss Nancy Fitzhardinge, the skipper-owner of Cimbra, a neat ‘twelve-footer’. 1982 Trailer Life Feb. 8/1 Piloting our 25-footer and Chevette through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio and Illinois. 2005 Orange (Texas) Leader 14 July 3 b/5 Two weeks ago, an angler caught a nine footer at Sea Rim State Park. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1822
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