girth

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
2. (countable, uncountable) The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
4. (countable, uncountable) A small horizontal brace or girder.
5. (countable, uncountable) The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
6. (countable, uncountable) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

Verb

To bind as if with a girth or band.

Konzepte

Umfang

Sattelgurt

Körperumfang

Gurt

Taillenweite

Taillenumfang

Kreislinie

Taille

Umgebung

Synonyme

circumference

cinch

belt

sash

surcingle

perimeter

girdle

strap

belly-band

compass

🧭

gird

girt

circuit

waist

surroundings

circumference of a circle

tie beam

measurement around waist

measurement

bond beam

tie wire

saddle-girth

belly band

ring beam

strand wire bond

tieline

band

abdominal bandage

belting

binding

borough

contour

district

expansion

periphery

precinct

range

size

tape measure

thickness

width

measure tape

Übersetzungen

circonférence

circunferência

cincha

cinturón

omvang

circonferenza

sangle

circunferencia

cinghia

fascia

maille

omtrek

çevre

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡɜːθ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: girth

Verwandt mit Gotisch: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰

Verwandt mit Isländisch: gjörð

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Gurt

Verwandt mit Englisch: gird

Verwandt mit Albanisch: ngërthej

In summary

From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).