hight

Meaning

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To call, name.
2. (archaic, copulative) To be called or named.
3. (archaic, dialectal) To command; to enjoin.

Adj

Called, named.

Noun

Obsolete form of height.

Synonyms

altitude

called

height

named

tall

Translations

هايت

dir-se

heißen

Höhe

nennen

λέγομαι

nommer

s'appeler

chiamarsi

heten

chamar-se

llamarse

çağrılabilir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with German: heißen

In summary

From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. Cognate with Scots hecht, Dutch heten, German heißen, etc.