speed

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
2. (countable, uncountable) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
3. (countable, uncountable) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
4. (countable, uncountable) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
5. (countable, uncountable) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
6. (countable, uncountable) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
7. (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
8. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Luck, success, prosperity.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) Personal preference.
10. (uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.

Intj

Called by the soundman when the recording equipment has reached running speed and is ready to go.

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
2. (archaic, transitive) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
3. (intransitive) To go fast.
4. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
5. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
6. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
7. (obsolete) To be expedient.
8. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
9. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
10. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
11. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

Concepts

vitesse

rapidité

allure

accélérer

vélocité

hâte

speed

rapidement

amphétamine

rythme

se dépêcher

se hâter

agilité

précipiter

célérité

excès de vitesse

faire de la vitesse

grande vitesse

promptitude

très rapidement

Vitesse

vitesse d’obturation

vitesse maximum

sans perdre de temps

amphétamines

méthamphétamine

sensibilité à la lumiére

rapidité d’une émulsion

accélération

marcher d’un pas pressé

cadence

dépêcher

foncer

freiner

précipitation

presser

régime

sensibilité

se précipiter

se presser

train

🚋

vitesse de rotation

vitesse supersonique

aller à toute vitesse

Synonymes

velocity

quickness

haste

rush

swiftness

hurry

pace

rapidity

hasten

rate

race

accelerate

celerity

run

dash

💨

promptness

promptitude

tempo

speed up

rapidness

quicken

expedite

speediness

agility

gallop

dart

🎯

step on it

zip

quick

rush along

fastness

fast

hustle

fleetness

hie

briskness

dispatch

belt along

scoot

run quickly

scurry

impetus

career

strength

tear

upper

hotfoot

sensitivity

bolt

adroitness

Traductions

Geschwindigkeit

velocità

velocidad

snelheid

velocidade

ταχύτητα

Schnelligkeit

Tempo

rapidez

velocitat

vaart

rapidez

andatura

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/spiːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: spede

Hérité de ancien anglais: spēd

Appartenant à écossais: spede

Appartenant à néerlandais: spoed

Appartenant à allemand: Sput

Appartenant à ancien anglais: spōwan

Appartenant à albanais: shpejt

Appartenant à russe: спеши́ть

Appartenant à latin: spēs

Appartenant à grec ancien: σπεύδω

Hérité de moyen anglais: speden

Hérité de ancien anglais: spēdan

Appartenant à néerlandais: spoeden

Appartenant à bas-allemand: spoden

Appartenant à allemand: sputen

In summary

From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”).
Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English spōwan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”), spērō (“hope”, verb), perhaps also to Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō, “to urge on, hasten, press on”).