high-pitched

English

Pronunciation

• (predicative) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪˈpɪt͡ʃt/

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• (attributive) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪˌpɪt͡ʃt/
• Rhymes: (predicative) -ɪtʃt

Adjective

high-pitched (comparative higher-pitched, superlative highest-pitched)

1. Of a sound, having a high pitch.

   Synonym: high

   Antonyms: low, low-pitched

   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256:

     She knew some Dutch and spoke a high-pitched stressless English.

2. (dated) Haughty.
3. Placed higher than was usual. (of a steam locomotive boiler)
   • 1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:

     The 2-6-2s have very high-pitched boilers in order that the grate shall clear the radial axle and also the trailing coupled wheels.

Translations

having a high pitch

• Bulgarian: висок (bg) (visok), пронизителен (bg) (pronizitelen)
• Galician: agudo (gl)
• German: hoch (de)
• Italian: acuto (it)
• Macedonian: ви́сок (vísok)
• Polish: przenikliwy (pl), przeraźliwy (pl), wysoki (pl), ostry (pl)
• Portuguese: agudo (pt)
• Russian: высокочастотный (ru) (vysokočastotnyj)
• Spanish: agudo (es), atiplado (es), tipludo m
• Tagalog: malaray

References

• “high-pitched”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.