weigh

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To determine the weight of an object.
2. Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
3. To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
4. (obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
5. To consider a subject.
6. To have a certain weight.
7. To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
8. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
9. To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
10. To weigh anchor.
11. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
12. (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Noun

The act of weighing, of measuring the weight

Concepts

peser

procéder

mesurer

compter

comte

lever

avoir du poids

soupeser

inspecter

étudier

balancer

viser

mettre en balance

mettre dans la balance

concerner

considérer

envisager

examiner

agir

matière

presse

poids

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/weɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English weghen, weȝen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.