pedicure

See also: pédicure

English

Etymology

From French pédicure, from Latin pes (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɪ.kjʊɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

pedicure (plural pedicures)

1. A cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails.

   go for a pedicure

   get a pedicure

   give someone a pedicure

2. (dated) A pedicurist.

Coordinate terms

• mani
• manicure

Derived terms

• French pedicure
• mani-pedi
• pedi

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (0 c, 63 e)

Translations

superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails

• Bulgarian: педикюр (bg) m (pedikjur)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修腳甲／修脚甲 (xiūjiǎojiǎ), 修腳／修脚 (zh) (xiūjiǎo), 足療／足疗 (zh) (zúliáo)

• Czech: pedikúra (cs) f
• Danish: fodpleje
• Estonian: pediküür
• Finnish: pedikyyri (fi)
• French: pédicure (fr) f
• German: Pediküre (de) f, Fußpflege (de) f
• Greek: πεντικιούρ (el) n (pentikioúr)
• Hungarian: pedikűr (hu)
• Ido: pedikuro (io)
• Japanese: ペディキュア (ja) (pedikyua)
• Korean: 페디큐어 (pedikyueo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pedikyr m, fotpleie m or f

  Nynorsk: pedikyr m, fotpleie f

• Persian: پدیکور (pedikur)
• Polish: pedicure (pl) m, pedikiur m
• Portuguese: pedicure (pt) f
• Russian: педикю́р (ru) m (pedikjúr)
• Spanish: pedicura (es) f
• Swedish: pedikyr (sv), fotvård c
• Vietnamese: sửa móng chân

Verb

pedicure (third-person singular simple present pedicures, present participle pedicuring, simple past and past participle pedicured)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To apply such a treatment to the feet.

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedicure”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.diˈku.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: pe‧di‧cù‧re

Noun

pedicure f (invariable)

1. pedicure

Polish

Alternative forms

• pedikiur

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French pédicure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.diˈkir/, /pɛ.diˈkjur/, /pɛˈdi.kjur/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ir, -ur, -ikjur
• Syllabification: pe‧di‧cure

Noun

pedicure m inan

1. pedicure (cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails)

Declension

Declension of pedicure

	singular	plural
nominative	pedicure	pedicure'y
genitive	pedicure'u	pedicure'ów
dative	pedicure'owi	pedicure'om
accusative	pedicure	pedicure'y
instrumental	pedicure'em	pedicure'ami
locative	pedicurze	pedicure'ach
vocative	pedicurze	pedicure'y

Derived terms

nouns

• pedicurzysta
• pedicurzystka

 

Further reading

• pedicure in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pedicure in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

pedicure f (plural pedicures)

1. pedicure (cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails)
2. a professional who provides pedicure

Spanish

Noun

pedicure m (plural pedicures)

1. pedicure