height

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

altezza

altura

altitudine

quota

colmo

cima

🔝

elevazione

sommità

🔝

statura

vertice

culmine

apice

top

🔝

lunghezza del fusto

altezze

montagna

⛰️

vetta

🔝

zenit

acme

apogeo

auge

fastigio

grandezza

grossezza

stare in piedi

taglia

Opposto di

depth

sinonimi

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

high place

elevated place

h

growth

longitude

longness

majesty

grandeur

vertical

whiz

Traduzioni

hauteur

altura

Höhe

taille

altura

hoogte

ύψος

Größe

altitude

haut

estatura

altitudo

Körpergröße

altitude

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/haɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: heighte

Ereditato da inglese antico: hēahþu

Affine saterfriesisch: Höchte

Affine frisone occidentale: hichte

Affine olandese: hoogte

Affine tedesco medio alto: hœhede

Affine norse antico: -

Affine norse antico: hæð

Affine svedese: höjd

Affine norvegese: høyde

Affine gotico: 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 + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).

Frasi

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

Il suo soprannome di Tich alludeva alla sua altezza di appena cinque piedi.