height

Signification (Anglais)

1. The distance from the base to the top of something.
2. The distance from the base to the top of something.
3. The distance from the base to the top of something.
4. The distance from the base to the top of something.
5. The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
6. A high point.
7. A high point.
8. A high point.
9. A high point.
10. 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.

Concepts

hauteur

taille

altitude

haut

longueur

stature

sommet

élévation

crête

haute taille

paroxysme

h aspiré

chaleur

plénitude

pointe

profondeur

statue

apogée

altesse

avancé

summum

partie de terrain surélevé

longueur de la tige

colline

cime

comble

cote

dessus

🔛

faîte

🔝

fin

🔚

grandeur

Synonymes

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

H

high place

elevated place

h

h

growth

longitude

longness

majesty

grandeur

vertical

whiz

middle

mound

mount

nadir

flood tide

extreme

amount

plateau

point

position

prolongation

all

extension

exalted position

exaltation

sky

soar

degree

stem length

storey

sublime

sublimeness

mountain slope

dais

back

🔙

culmination

supremacy

surface

tableland

crown

👑

crest

high point

thick

tip

brow

be high

heyday

high and low

higher

hight

topper

hillock

hotshot

index

ALT

heaven

lengthiness

head

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/haɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: heighte

Hérité de ancien anglais: hēahþu

Appartenant à saterlandais: Höchte

Appartenant à frison occidental: hichte

Appartenant à néerlandais: hoogte

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: hœhede

Appartenant à vieux norrois: -

Appartenant à vieux norrois: hæð

Appartenant à suédois: höjd

Appartenant à norvégien: høyde

Appartenant à gotique: 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 + -th.
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse and Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).

Phrases

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

Son surnom de Tich a fait allusion à sa hauteur de cinq pieds à peine.