height

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
2. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
3. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
4. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
5. (countable, uncountable) The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
6. (countable, uncountable) A high point.
7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A high point.
8. (countable, uncountable) A high point.
9. (countable, uncountable) A high point.
10. (countable, uncountable) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.

Conceptes

cota

estatura

altura

alçada

cim

talla

súmmum

apogeu

altitud

dalt

alçària

caramull

elevació

Oposat a

depth

Sinònims

elevation

altitude

stature

tallness

length

loftiness

eminence

size

acme

summit

peak

top

🔝

high

depth

highness

level

zenith

limit

rise

pinnacle

extremity

maximum

superlative

tall

tiptop

rank

apex

climax

distance

end

🔚

hill

knoll

measure

meridian

pitch

rising ground

sublimity

superiority

upland

H

high place

elevated place

h

growth

longitude

longness

majesty

grandeur

vertical

whiz

Traduccions

hauteur

altura

Höhe

altezza

taille

altura

hoogte

ύψος

Größe

altura

haut

altitude

Körpergröße

altitudo

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/haɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: heighte

Heretat de anglès antic: hēahþu

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Höchte

Cognat amb frisó occidental: hichte

Cognat amb neerlandès: hoogte

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: hœhede

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: -

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: hæð

Cognat amb suec: höjd

Cognat amb noruec: høyde

Cognat amb gòtic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰

In summary

From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).

Frases

His nickname of Tich alluded to his height of barely five feet .