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Meaning of foot kiss | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or other revered figure.

Equivalents

Deutsch Fußkuss
Español besapiés
Nederlands voetkus

Examples

“A foot kiss leaves no shred of doubt about the pecking order.”
“At the formal introduction, that is when the bride and bridegroom were brought together, K. did not offer her husband a foot kiss, and oh, what a murmur did that not produce amongst the family, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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