loft

See also LOFT

English

Etymology

Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Old High German luft "air" (German Luft), Old English lyft (“air”). More at lift, aloft.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lŏft, IPA: /lɒft/, X-SAMPA: /lQft/
• Rhymes: -ɒft

Noun

loft (plural lofts)

1. (obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
2. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
3. (textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

Translations

an attic or similar space

• Czech: půda (cs) f
• Dutch: zolder (nl) m
• Finnish: ullakko (fi)
• German: Dachboden (de) m, Dachgeschoss (de) n
• Irish: lochta (ga) m
• Jèrriais: solyi m, galetas m

• Polish: strych (pl) m, poddasze (pl) n
• Russian: чердак (ru) (čerdák) m 
• Spanish: desván (es) m, buhardilla (es) f (rare), tapanco (es) m (Mexico)
• Swedish: vind (sv) c
• Volapük: disnufaspadäd (vo)

the thickness of a soft object when not under pressure

Verb

loft (third-person singular simple present lofts, present participle lofting, simple past and past participle lofted)

1. To propel high into the air.
   • 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, BBC Sport:

     Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.

2. (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.

Translations

to propel high into the air

• Finnish: heittää ilmaan

• Spanish: elevar (es)

Related terms

• aloft
• hayloft, hay loft
• lofty

Adjective

loft (comparative more loft, superlative most loft)

1. (obsolete, rare) lofty; proud; haughty

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Surrey to this entry?)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔft/

  Rhymes: -ɔft

Noun

loft n

1. air
2. sky
3. loft, attic
4. ceiling

Declension

declension of loft

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	loft	loftið	loft	loftin
accusative	loft	loftið	loft	loftin
dative	lofti	loftinu	loftum	loftunum
genitive	lofts	loftsins	lofta	loftanna

Synonyms

• andrúmsloft
• himinn
• háaloft

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West Frisian

Noun

loft

1. air, sky (loft does not include air as a mixture of gasses)