girth

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

circonférence

sangle

maille

poitrine

pourtour

tour

bât

sangler

tour de poitrine

tour de taille

passage des sangles

grosseur

périmètre

Synonymes

circumference

cinch

belt

sash

surcingle

perimeter

girdle

strap

belly-band

compass

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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

Traductions

circunferência

Umfang

cincha

cinturón

omvang

circonferenza

Gurt

circunferencia

fascia

Sattelgurt

omtrek

cinghia

Körperumfang

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɜːθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: girth

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰

Appartenant à islandais: gjörð

Appartenant à allemand: Gurt

Appartenant à anglais: gird

Appartenant à albanais: 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”).