hight

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To call, name.
2. (archaic, copulative) To be called or named.
3. (archaic, dialectal) To command; to enjoin.

Adj

Called, named.

Noun

Obsolete form of height.

Conceptes

dir-se

Sinònims

altitude

called

height

named

tall

Traduccions

هايت

heißen

Höhe

nennen

λέγομαι

nommer

s'appeler

chiamarsi

heten

chamar-se

llamarse

çağrılabilir

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/haɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb alemany: heißen

In summary

From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. Cognate with Scots hecht, Dutch heten, German heißen, etc.