English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English threschwolde threscholde Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold ( “ doorsill, entryway ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz *þreskūþlijaz *þreskwaþluz Proto-Germanic *þreskaną *þreskwaną ( “ to thresh ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ( “ to rub, turn ” ) . Cognate with Low German Drüssel ( “ threshold ” ) , dialectal German Drischaufel Drissufle Trüschübel ( “ threshold ” ) , Danish tærskel ( “ threshold ” ) , Swedish tröskel ( “ threshold ” ) , dialectal Swedish träskvald ( “ threshold ” ) , Icelandic þröskuldur ( “ threshold ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] threshold (plural thresholds
The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill .
( by extension ) An entrance ; the door or gate of a house.
c. 1596–1598 , William Shakespeare , “The Merchant of Venice ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ward] Blount , published 1623, OCLC 606515358 page 166 :Shy. rume vpon my beard, / And foote me as you ſpurne a ſtranger curre / Ouer your threſhold , [ …] ( by extension ) Any end or boundary .( figuratively ) The outset of something; the point of entry , or the beginning of an action .
1927-29 , M.K. Gandhi , The Story of My Experiments with Truth 1940 by Mahadev Desai , Part I, Chapter xi :
I arrived at last, did obeisance to my uncle, and told him everything. He thought it over and said: ' [ …] At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.' ( aviation ) The start of the landing area of a runway .( engineering ) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit .The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions , stress , or pain . Derived terms [ edit ] ( Expressions: )
Antonyms [ edit ] ( bottom-most part of a doorway ) : lintel Translations [ edit ]
bottom-most part of a doorway
Albanian: shqem (sq) m shkam m prag (sq) m
Arabic: عَتَبَة f ( ʿataba )
Armenian: շեմք (hy) ( šemkʿ ) , սեմ (hy) ( sem )
Azerbaijani: astana (az) , kandar (az)
Bashkir: тупһа ( tupha ) , буҫаға ( buθağa )
Basque: atalase
Belarusian: паро́г m ( paróh )
Bengali: গোবরাট ( gobraṭ )
Breton: treuzoù (br) m pl
Bulgarian: праг (bg) m ( prag )
Burmese: တံခါးခုံ (my) ( tamhka:hkum ) , ဖိနပ်ချွတ် (my) ( hpi.naphkywat ) , အပေါက်ဝ (my) ( a.pauk-wa. )
Catalan: llindar (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 門檻 (zh) , 门槛 (zh) ( ménkǎn ) , 門限 (zh) , 门限 (zh) ( ménxiàn )
Chuvash: пусаха ( pus̬ah̬a ) , алӑк янаххи ( alăk̬ janahhi )
Crimean Tatar: bosağa
Czech: práh (cs) m
Danish: tærskel c dørtærskel c
Dutch: dorpel (nl) , drempel (nl)
Esperanto: sojlo
Estonian: künnis
Finnish: kynnys (fi)
French: seuil (fr) m
Galician: limiar (gl) m
Georgian: ზღურბლი (ka) ( zɣurbli )
German: Schwelle (de) f Türschwelle (de) f
Greek: κατώφλι (el) n ( katófli )
Ancient: βηλός m ( bēlós )
Hebrew: סַף (he) m ( saf ) , מִפְתָּן (he) m ( miftán )
Hindi: डेवढ़ी f ( ḍevṛhī )
Hungarian: küszöb (hu)
Icelandic: þröskuldur (is) m
Indonesian: ambang (id)
Irish: tairseach f
Italian: soglia (it) m
Japanese: 敷居 (ja) ( shikii )
Karachay Balkar: босагъа ( bosağa )
Kazakh: табалдырық ( tabaldırıq ) , босаға ( bosağa )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 문턱 ( munteok ) , 문지방 (ko) ( munjibang )
Kumyk: посагъа ( posağa )
Kyrgyz: босого (ky) ( bosoğo )
Lao: ທໍຣະນີປະຕູ ( thǭ ra nī pa tū )
Latgalian: slīksnis m
Latin: līmen n
Latvian: slieksnis m
Lithuanian: slenkstis (lt) m
Macedonian: праг m ( prag )
Malay: ambang (ms)
Maori: paewae paepae paepaepoto
Mongolian: босго (mn) ( bosgo )
Nogai: босага ( bosaga )
Norman: ché d'la porte m pas dé l'us m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: terskel (no) m dørstokk m
Occitan: lindal (oc) m sulhet solar (oc) m pompidor (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: прагъ m ( pragŭ )
Old East Slavic: порогъ m ( porogŭ )
Ossetian: къӕсӕр ( k’æsær )
Persian: آستان (fa) ( âstân ) , درگاه (fa) ( dargāh )
Polabian: роrg m
Polish: próg (pl) m przedsionek (pl) m
Portuguese: umbral (pt) m soleira (pt) f limiar (pt) m
Romanian: prag (ro) n
Russian: поро́г (ru) m ( poróg )
Scottish Gaelic: stairsneach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: праг m
Roman: prag (sh) m
Shor: позаа позаға
Slovak: prah m
Slovene: prag (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: prog m
Upper Sorbian: рrоh m
Southern Altai: бозого ( bozogo )
Spanish: umbral (es) m
Swedish: tröskel (sv) c
Tajik: остона (tg) ( ostona ) , даргоҳ ( dargoh )
Tatar: бусага (tt) ( busağa )
Thai: ธรณีประตู (th) ( tɔɔ-rá-nii-bprà-dtuu )
Turkish: eşik (tr)
Turkmen: bosaga (tk)
Tuvan: бозага ( bozaga ) , казапча ( kazapça ) , эргин ( ergin )
Ukrainian: порі́г m ( poríh )
Urdu: ڈیوڑی f ( ḍeoṛī ) , ڈیوڑھی f ( ḍeoṛhī )
Uzbek: ostona (uz) , boʻsagʻa (uz)
Uyghur: bosogha
Vietnamese: ngưỡng (vi) , ngưỡng cửa (vi)
Volapük: soliad (vo) , ( house ) domasoliad
Walloon: soû (wa) m
Welsh: trothwy m rhiniog m
Westrobothnian: dȯrabäck m tråssgål m
Yiddish: שוועל ( shvel )
start of the landing area
point at which an action is triggered
income at which income tax becomes due
outset of an action or project
point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
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