girth

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

circunferência

comprimento da circunferência

perímetro

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

circonférence

Umfang

cincha

sangle

omvang

circonferenza

cinturón

Gurt

fascia

omtrek

Sattelgurt

cinghia

Körperumfang

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡɜːθ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: girth

Cognato com gótico: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰

Cognato com islandês: gjörð

Cognato com alemão: Gurt

Cognato com inglês: gird

Cognato com albanês: 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”).