upright

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Vertical; erect.
2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
3. Greater in height than breadth.
4. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
5. Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Adv

In or into an upright position.

Noun

1. Any vertical part of a structure.
2. Any vertical part of a structure.
3. (slang) Any vertical part of a structure.
4. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, informal) Short for upright piano
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, informal) Short for upright arcade game cabinet
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
8. (British, dialectal, obsolete) The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

Verb

To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Conceptes

recte

lleial

honest

dret

honrat

piano vertical

de cantó

de punta

directe

erecte

just

ortogonal

dempeus

Sinònims

honest

erect

straight

vertical

just

perpendicular

standing

straightforward

⬆️

direct

honorable

righteous

fair

sincere

good

👍

truthful

upstanding

moral

vertically

faithful

true

honourable

right

virtuous

loyal

trusty

fair-minded

correct

staunch

lofty

unsloped

even

ethical

candid

square

conscientious

frank

precise

proper

scrupulous

impartial

on end

upright piano

tall

equitable

sportsmanlike

stand-up

trustworthy

regular

holy

post

Traduccions

aufrecht

droit

recto

verticale

honnête

vertical

gerade

derecho

onesto

vertical

honrado

debout

overeind

diritto

in piedi

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: upright

Heretat de anglès antic: upriht

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: apgjucht

Cognat amb frisó occidental: oprjocht

Cognat amb neerlandès: oprecht

Cognat amb alemany: aufrecht

Cognat amb suec: upprätt

Cognat amb islandès: uppréttur

In summary

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).