footbath
foot·bath/ˈfʊtbɑːθ/noun
footbath is a noun meaning “The act of soaking or washing the feet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-O-T-B-A-T-H and has 2 syllables (foot·bath), and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of footbath is footbaths.
What does footbath mean?
noun
- 1
The act of soaking or washing the feet.
- 2
A small basin or bath designed for soaking or washing the feet.
- 3
A liquid mixture, often medicinal, for soaking or washing the feet with.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce footbath?
- UK /ˈfʊtbɑːθ/
- British /ˈfɵtbɑːθ/
- /ˈfʊtbaθ/
Footbath has 2 syllables, split foot·bath in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-footbath.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of footbath
- footbaths plural
- foot bath
- foot-bath
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is footbath?
Footbath appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Footbath in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bain de pieds , pédiluve |
| German | Fußbad |
| Portuguese | pedilúvio, escalda-pés |
| Spanish | baño de pie , pediluvio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does footbath come from?
From foot + bath.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).