pedestrian

English

From Latin pedestri-, from pedester.

pedestrian (comparative more pedestrian, superlative most pedestrian)

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.
pedestrian crossing
(comparable) Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy.
- 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport‎:
  England were hugely impressive in the first half in particular, when their supporters inside this magnificent bowl at Stade Velodrome roared their approval as Russia were pressed into submission and made to look pedestrian.

of or intended for pedestrians

ordinary

German: umständlich (de), nüchtern (de), schwunglos, prosaisch (de), erdgebunden
Polish: przyziemny m
Portuguese: prosaico (pt), comum (pt)
Romanian: prozaic (ro) m, n, comun (ro) m, n, neinspirat (ro) m, n
Russian: обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), зауря́дный (ru) (zaurjádnyj)

pedestrian (plural pedestrians)

Somebody walking rather than using a vehicle; somebody traveling on foot on or near a roadway.

somebody walking rather than using a vehicle

Arabic: رَاجِل‎‎ m (rājil)
Asturian: peatón m
Catalan: vianant m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行人 (zh) (xíngrén), (formal) 行者 (zh) (xíngzhě)
Czech: chodec (cs) m
Dutch: voetganger (nl) m
Esperanto: (♂♀) piediranto, (explicitly ♂) virpiediranto, (neologism ♂) piedirantiĉo, (♀) piedirantino
Estonian: jalakäija
Finnish: jalankulkija (fi)
French: piéton (fr) m, piétonne (fr) f
Galician: peón (gl) m, viandante m, f
Georgian: ქვეითი (kveiti), ფეხით მოსიარულე (pexit mosiarule)
German: Fußgänger (de) m, Fußgängerin (de) f, (Austrian) Fußgeher (de) m, (Austrian) Fußgeherin f, Passant (de) m, Passantin f
Greek: πεζός (el) m (pezós)
Hebrew: הוֹלֵךְ־רֶגֶל‎‎ (he) m (holékh-régel), הוֹלֶכֶת־רֶגֶל‎‎ m (holékhet-régel)
Hungarian: gyalogos (hu)
Icelandic: fótgangandi (is) m
Ido: (♂♀) pediranto (io), (♂) pedirantulo, (♀) pedirantino
Indonesian: pejalan kaki (id)
Irish: coisí m
Italian: pedone (it) m

Japanese: 歩行者 (ほこうしゃ, hokōsha)
Kannada: ಕಾಲುದಾರಿ (kn) (kāludāri), ಕಾಲ್ನಡೆಗ (kn) (kālnaḍega), ಪಾದಚಾರಿ (kn) (pādacāri)
Korean: 보행자 (ko) (bohaengja) (步行者 (ko))
Luxembourgish: Foussgänger m
Macedonian: пешак m (péšak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fotgjenger (no) m

Nynorsk: fotgjengar m
Persian: پیاده‎‎ (fa) (piyâde)
Polish: pieszy (pl) m
Portuguese: peão (pt) m, pedestre (pt) m, f
Romanian: pieton (ro) m, pedestru (ro) m
Russian: пешехо́д (ru) m (pešexód)
Scottish Gaelic: coisiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пешак m

Roman: pešak (sh) m
Spanish: peatón (es) m, viandante m, f
Swedish: fotgängare (sv) c
Turkish: yaya (tr)
Vietnamese: bằng chân
Volapük: (♂♀) futogolan (vo), (♂) futohigolan, (♀) futojigolan

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