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height
English
Alternative forms
- highth (obsolete)
- heighth (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English heighte, hei?þe, from Old English h?ahþu, h?hþo, h?ehþo (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþ? (compare *hauhaz). Corresponds to high +? -th.
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?t, IPA(key): /ha?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Homophone: hight
- Hyphenation: height
Noun
height (countable and uncountable, plural heights)
- The distance from the base of something to the top.
- (phonetics) 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.
- Coordinate terms: (horizontal dimension) backness, (lip articulation) roundedness, length, nasalization, reduction
- The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
- The highest point or maximum degree.
- 2004, Peter Bondanella, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, chapter 4, 173–174:
- During the height of Italian immigration in the United States and in New York City, gangs flourished not only because of poverty but also because of political and social corruption. Policemen and politicians were often as crooked as the gang leaders themselves.
- 2004, Peter Bondanella, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, chapter 4, 173–174:
- A high point.
- A mountain, especially a very high one.
- (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
- (mathematics) The amplitude of a sine function
Synonyms
- (highest point): See also Thesaurus:apex
Antonyms
- (distance from bottom to top): depth
Derived terms
Related terms
- high
Translations
Further reading
- height on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Highet, eighth, highte
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kilo
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ki?l??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kilo?/
- Hyphenation: ki?lo
- Rhymes: -i?l??
Noun
kilo (plural kilos)
- Clipping of kilogram.
Translations
See also
- kilo-
Anagrams
- Ilok, Loki
Chamicuro
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish kilo.
Noun
kilo
- kilo(gram)
Czech
Etymology
Clipping of kilogram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k?lo]
- Hyphenation: ki?lo
Noun
kilo n
- kilo, short for kilogram
- (informal) a hundred crowns (Czech currency)
Declension
Synonyms
- (hundred crowns): stovka f
Derived terms
- p?tikilo n
See also
- litr m
- tác m
- b?r m
- pade f
- p?tka f
- ka?ka f
Further reading
- kilo in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- kilo in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
kilo c (plural kilo's, diminutive kilootje n)
- Abbreviation of kilogram.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kilo/, [?kilo?]
- Rhymes: -ilo
- Syllabification: ki?lo
Etymology 1
Clipping of kilogramma (“kilogram”)
Noun
kilo
- kilogram, kilo
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Probably from kileä? Cognate with Karelian kilo.
Noun
kilo
- (rare) shine
Declension
Derived terms
- auringonkilo
Related terms
- kilottaa
Anagrams
- Koli, loki, olki
French
Etymology
From the prefix kilo-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.lo/
Noun
kilo m (plural kilos)
- kilo
Further reading
- “kilo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Karao
Noun
kilo
- kilogram
Latvian
Noun
kilo m (invariable)
- alternative form of kilograms
Norman
Noun
kilo m (plural kilos)
- (Jersey) kilo
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?k?ilo/
Noun
kilo
- kilo, kilogramme
- Synonym: kilográm?má
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- gilo
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]
Noun
kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloene)
kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa or kiloene)
- a kilo (1000 grammes)
- kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet, usually spoken rather than written)
Synonyms
- kilogram
References
- “kilo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]
Noun
kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)
kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)
- a kilo (1000 grammes)
- kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet)
Synonyms
- kilogram
References
- “kilo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?i.l?/
Noun
kilo n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) kilogram
- (colloquial, rare) Any other unit whose name starts with kilo-, like the kilometre.
Romani
Noun
kilo m (plural kile)
- stake
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
kilo (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- vocative singular of kila
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ki??/
Noun
kilo m (genitive singular kila, nominative plural kilá, genitive plural kíl, declension pattern of mesto)
- kilo, short for kilogram
Declension
Derived terms
- kilový
- kile?ko
Further reading
- kilo in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Slovene
Noun
kilo
- accusative/instrumental singular of kila
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of kilogramo.
Noun
kilo m (plural kilos)
- kilo (kilogram)
- Synonyms: kilogramo, quilo, quilogramo
- the letter K in the Spanish spelling alphabet
- (dated, Spain) a million pesetas
- (Spain) a million euros
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kilo.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilo (n class, plural kilo) or kilo (ki-vi class, plural vilo)
- kilogram
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?l?/, (now chiefly regional) /?ki?l?/
Noun
kilo n
- kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)
Declension
See also
- kilo-
Anagrams
- olik
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiluq (cf. Ilocano nakillo (“winding; twisted; broken (of language)”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki?lô
- IPA(key): /ki?lo?/, [kx??lo?]
Adjective
kilô
- bent; crooked
- Synonym: buktot
- curved
Alternative forms
- quilo (obsolete, Abecedario orthography)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Spanish kilo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki?lo
- IPA(key): /?kilo/, [?kx?lo]
Noun
kilo
- kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ????? (kiló).
Noun
kilo
- kilogram, kilo
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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