height

English

Alternative forms

• highth
• heighth

Etymology

From the older heighth, from Old English hīehþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (cf. *hauhaz), cognate to Old Norse and Icelandic hæð (cf. Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Dutch hoogte, Old High German hohida, Gothic hauhiþa. Corresponds to high + -th.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīt, IPA: /haɪt/, X-SAMPA: /haIt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

height (countable and uncountable; plural heights)

1. The distance from the base of something to the top.
   • Robert Frost

     Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

2. The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
3. The highest point or maximum degree.

   She's at the height of her career.

   • 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC Sport:

     If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.

4. (Sussex) an area of land at the top of a cliff.

Related terms

• high

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:apex

Derived terms

• heightism

Translations

distance from bottom to top

• Arabic: ارتفاع (ar) (irtifāʿ) m

  Egyptian Arabic: ارتفاع (ertefaʿ) m

• Armenian: բարձրություն (hy) (barjrut'yun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高低 (cmn) (gāodī), 高度 (cmn) (gāodù)

• Czech: výška (cs) f
• Dutch: hoogte (nl)
• Estonian: kõrgus (et)
• Ewe: kɔkɔme
• Finnish: korkeus (fi)
• French: hauteur (fr) f
• German: Höhe (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὕψος (hypsos) n

  Modern: ύψος (el) (ýpsos) n

• Haitian Creole: wotè
• Hebrew: רמה (he) (ramah)
• Hungarian: magasság (hu)
• Italian: altezza (it) f
• Japanese: 高さ (ja) (たかさ, takasa), 高度 (ja) (こうど, kōdo)
• Jèrriais: haûteu f

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌رزی (ku) (berzi)

• Latgalian: augstums m
• Latin: altitudo (la) f
• Latvian: augstums (lv) m
• Lithuanian: aukštis (lt) m, aukštumas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Héicht (lb) f
• Persian: ارتفاع (fa) (ertefâ')
• Portuguese: altura (pt) f
• Russian: высота (ru) (vysotá) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: висина (sh) f

  Roman: visina (sh) f

• Spanish: altura (es)
• Swedish: höjd (sv) c, längd (sv) c
• Tagalog: taas (tl)
• Telugu: పొడుగు (poDugu)
• Thai: ความสูง (th)
• Venetian: altézsa f
• Vietnamese: độ cao (vi)
• Zulu: ubude (zu) 14

height of a standing person or animal

• Armenian: հասակ (hy) (hasak), բոյ (hy) (boy)
• Burmese: အမြင့် (my)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 身高 (cmn) (shēngāo), 身長 (cmn), 身长 (cmn) (shēncháng), 各子 (cmn) (gèzi); 體高 (cmn), 体高 (cmn) (tǐgāo) (withers height of animals)

• Finnish: pituus (fi) (person); korkeus (fi) (animal)
• French: taille (fr) f
• German: Größe (de) f
• Greek: ύψος (el) (ýpsos) n
• Hungarian: magasság (hu)
• Japanese: 身長 (ja) (しんちょう, shinchō) (of persons, animals), 体高 (ja) (たいこう, taikō) (withers height of animals)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باڵا (ku) (bala)

• Latgalian: augstums
• Latvian: augums (lv)
• Persian: قد (fa) (qad)
• Portuguese: altura (pt)
• Russian: рост (ru) (rost) m
• Swedish: mankhöjd (sv) c
• Thai: ความสูง (th)
• Vietnamese: chiều cao (vi)
• Zulu: ubude (zu) 14

highest point

• Finnish: huippu (fi)
• Greek: κορυφή (el) (koryfí) f
• Hungarian: csúcs (hu)
• Japanese: 高地 (ja) (こうち, kōchi)
• Persian: بلندا (fa)

• Portuguese: auge (pt) m, ápice (pt) m
• Romanian: culme (ro)
• Russian: высота (ru) (vysotá) f
• Welsh: uchelfan (cy)

Antonyms

• depth

External links

• Height on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• eighth