Height in Different Languages
Discover 'Height' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Height
Afrikaans hoogte | ||
Albanian lartësia | ||
Amharic ቁመት | ||
Arabic ارتفاع | ||
Armenian բարձրություն | ||
Assamese উচ্চতা | ||
Aymara alayqata | ||
Azerbaijani hündürlük | ||
Bambara janya | ||
Basque altuera | ||
Belarusian вышыня | ||
Bengali উচ্চতা | ||
Bhojpuri ऊँचाई | ||
Bosnian visina | ||
Bulgarian височина | ||
Catalan alçada | ||
Cebuano kataas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 高度 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 高度 | ||
Corsican altezza | ||
Croatian visina | ||
Czech výška | ||
Danish højde | ||
Dhivehi އުސްމިން | ||
Dogri उंचाई | ||
Dutch hoogte | ||
English height | ||
Esperanto alteco | ||
Estonian kõrgus | ||
Ewe kᴐkᴐme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) taas | ||
Finnish korkeus | ||
French la taille | ||
Frisian hichte | ||
Galician altura | ||
Georgian სიმაღლე | ||
German höhe | ||
Greek ύψος | ||
Guarani yvatekue | ||
Gujarati .ંચાઇ | ||
Haitian Creole wotè | ||
Hausa tsawo | ||
Hawaiian kiʻekiʻe | ||
Hebrew גוֹבַה | ||
Hindi ऊंचाई | ||
Hmong qhov siab | ||
Hungarian magasság | ||
Icelandic hæð | ||
Igbo ịdị elu | ||
Ilocano kinatayag | ||
Indonesian tinggi | ||
Irish airde | ||
Italian altezza | ||
Japanese 高さ | ||
Javanese dhuwure | ||
Kannada ಎತ್ತರ | ||
Kazakh биіктігі | ||
Khmer កម្ពស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda uburebure | ||
Konkani उंचाय | ||
Korean 신장 | ||
Krio ayt | ||
Kurdish bilindî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرزی | ||
Kyrgyz бийиктик | ||
Lao ລະດັບຄວາມສູງ | ||
Latin altitudo | ||
Latvian augstums | ||
Lingala molai | ||
Lithuanian ūgio | ||
Luganda obuwanvu | ||
Luxembourgish héicht | ||
Macedonian висина | ||
Maithili ऊंचाई | ||
Malagasy hahavony | ||
Malay ketinggian | ||
Malayalam ഉയരം | ||
Maltese għoli | ||
Maori teitei | ||
Marathi उंची | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo sanzawng | ||
Mongolian өндөр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမြင့် | ||
Nepali उचाई | ||
Norwegian høyde | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kutalika | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉଚ୍ଚତା | ||
Oromo hojjaa | ||
Pashto لوړوالی | ||
Persian قد | ||
Polish wysokość | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) altura | ||
Punjabi ਉਚਾਈ | ||
Quechua sayay | ||
Romanian înălţime | ||
Russian высота | ||
Samoan maualuga | ||
Sanskrit औनत्यम् | ||
Scots Gaelic àirde | ||
Sepedi bogodimo | ||
Serbian висина | ||
Sesotho bophahamo | ||
Shona kukwirira | ||
Sindhi اوچائي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උස | ||
Slovak výška | ||
Slovenian višina | ||
Somali dherer | ||
Spanish altura | ||
Sundanese jangkungna | ||
Swahili urefu | ||
Swedish höjd | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) taas | ||
Tajik баландӣ | ||
Tamil உயரம் | ||
Tatar биеклек | ||
Telugu ఎత్తు | ||
Thai ความสูง | ||
Tigrinya ቁመት | ||
Tsonga ku leha | ||
Turkish yükseklik | ||
Turkmen beýikligi | ||
Twi (Akan) tenten | ||
Ukrainian висота | ||
Urdu اونچائی | ||
Uyghur بوي ئېگىزلىكى | ||
Uzbek balandlik | ||
Vietnamese chiều cao | ||
Welsh uchder | ||
Xhosa ukuphakama | ||
Yiddish הייך | ||
Yoruba iga | ||
Zulu ukuphakama |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "hoogte" in Afrikaans also means "elevation" and "altitude". |
| Albanian | The word "lartësia" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word "*lārtësi" which may be related to the Illyrian word "*lard" meaning "mountain peak" or "summit". |
| Amharic | The word "ቁመት" in Amharic also means "dignity" or "stature". |
| Arabic | The word "ارتفاع" can also refer to an increase or escalation, or to the act of raising or lifting something up. |
| Azerbaijani | "Hündürlük" is a cognate of the Turkish word "hündürlük" and is related to the Azerbaijani verb "hündürmek" meaning "to raise" or "to elevate". |
| Basque | A synonym for altuera in the Basque language is garaiera, but it can also refer to the elevation of a place. |
| Bengali | উচ্চতা, also a homophone of "উচ্ছতা," refers to both "height" and "highness" |
| Bosnian | "Visina" also means "cherry" in Bosnian, coming from the old Slavic word "višnja". |
| Bulgarian | The word "височина" also means "altitude" and "elevation" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | "Alçada" means height, but also means the act of raising something or the place where something is raised. |
| Cebuano | "Kataas" also means "altitude" and is derived from the Spanish word "altura" which means the same. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 高度 (height) originated from a verb meaning "to compare heights" and was originally written as "高低." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "高度" (height) can also mean "advanced" or "high-level" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | Corsican altezz(a) "height" derives from Italian altezz(a) "height", ultimately from the Latin altitudin-, altitudinem "height." |
| Croatian | Croatian "visina" can also mean "altitude" or "size". |
| Czech | The word "výška" is derived from the PIE root *wei- "to bend," and is related to the words "větve" "branch" and "východ" "east". |
| Danish | In older Danish, "højde" was used to refer to a high place, such as a hill or mountain. |
| Dutch | "Hooge" can also be used to mean "proud", which suggests "hoogte" stems from earlier concepts of "high status" and "elevation". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "alteco" also means "altitude" and "loftiness". |
| Estonian | The word "kõrgus" is also used to refer to a person's social status or rank, derived from the concept of physical elevation. |
| Finnish | "Korkeus" can also refer to a musical chord inversion consisting of three tones, where the middle tone is the lowest one, such as the first inversion of a triad (C-E-G)" |
| French | In English, "la taille" is a loanword, meaning either "the size, usually of an object" or "the waist on a person's clothing." |
| Frisian | In Eastern Frisian the word also exists as 'hiechte', derived from 'hoog' (German for tall) and is usually applied to buildings. |
| Galician | In Galician, "altura" can also mean "dignity" or "elevation of spirit". |
| German | The word "Höhe" can also refer to altitudes, elevation, or the highest point of something. |
| Greek | The word "ύψος" can also mean "loftiness" or "elevation" in Greek. |
| Gujarati | The word '.ંચાઇ' (height) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱel-, meaning 'to rise' or 'to grow'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "wotè" (height) derives from the French word "hauteur" (height). |
| Hausa | "Tsawo" has additional meanings such as "a long staff", "the act of measuring," and "a measure of length". |
| Hawaiian | Kiʻekiʻe is the Hawaiian word for height, but it also means to be proud or arrogant. |
| Hebrew | Hebrew גוֹבַה derives from the Proto-Semitic G-B-H root, indicating “back,” “hump,” or “hill”. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word "ऊंच" means "high" or "elevated," and is also used in the Hindi word "ऊंचाई." |
| Hmong | This word can also mean 'length' of time |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "magasság" can also refer to someone's social status or rank. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, "hæð" also meant "heath" or "upland". |
| Igbo | "Idị elu" (height) is a noun in Igbo that derives from the root "elụ" (to live) and implies the extent or range of one's existence or being. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "tinggi" also means "tall" or "high" and has the alternate meaning of "esteem" or "respect". |
| Irish | The Irish word "airde" is also derived from the Proto-Indo-European "er-", meaning "to rise". |
| Italian | The word "altezza" also means "highness" or "nobility," especially in reference to royal or noble titles. |
| Japanese | 高さ also refers to the musical scale range or pitch in Japanese, and derives from the word 'high note'. |
| Javanese | The word also means "up," "over," or "high position" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ಎತ್ತರ" also means "loftiness" or an "elevated place" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "биіктігі" can also refer to the altitude of a place or the pitch of a sound. |
| Khmer | The word "កម្ពស់" can also refer to the height of the water level in a body of water or the height of a sound. |
| Korean | "신장" can also refer to the kidneys, which are the organs responsible for filtering waste products from the blood. |
| Kurdish | The word "bilindî" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhel-, meaning "to swell" or "to be large". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "бийиктик" also means "greatness" or "importance" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word ລະດັບຄວາມສູງ has a similar form and meaning to the word ระดับความสูง in Thai. |
| Latin | "Altitudo" can also refer to depth, as well as abstract concepts such as intensity or dignity. |
| Latvian | The word "augstums" also refers to the upper part of a plant or the elevation of a celestial body. |
| Lithuanian | The word "ūgis" also means "stature" or "figure" in Lithuanian. |
| Macedonian | The word "висина" also means "altitude" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "hahavony" also means "sky" and is related to the word "havana" which means "cloud". |
| Malay | The term 'ketinggian' can also refer to the elevated status or the level to which a society has developed. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "ഉയരം" also means "altitude" or "elevation". |
| Maltese | Maltese 'għoli' originates from Arabic 'ghala', meaning 'to rise or climb', and also refers to 'high prices' or 'cost of living'. |
| Maori | In some parts of New Zealand, "teitei" can also refer to a tall person. |
| Marathi | उंची in Marathi shares its origin with the Hindi word ऊंचा, both being derived from the Proto-Indo-Aryan term *ūñcáḥ, meaning 'high' or 'elevated'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "өндөр" (öndör) also means "tall" or "high". |
| Nepali | The word "उचाई" is derived from the Sanskrit word "उच्चता" meaning "elevation" or "high position". |
| Norwegian | Høyde can also refer to an area of flat or gently elevated land in Norwegian |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kutalika" is a verb that means "to climb" or "to ascend" in Chichewa. |
| Pashto | The word "لوړوالی" can also be used to refer to the length of time something has been going on. |
| Persian | The Persian word "قد" (height) can also refer to a person's stature, appearance, or dignity. |
| Polish | The word "wysokość" in Polish comes from the Old Slavic word "vysokъ", which means "high" or "tall", and is related to the Sanskrit word "ucсh", which means "high" or "lofty". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Altura" comes from the Latin word "altus", meaning "high" or "deep", but it can also refer to the level or intensity of a feeling, situation or sound. |
| Punjabi | Punjabi "ਉਚਾਈ" means vertical elevation, altitude, length from top to bottom, tallness, or peak and originates from Sanskrit "उच्छ्रायः" (ucchrāyaḥ). |
| Romanian | The word "înălțime" in Romanian is derived from the Latin word "in altum" which means "toward the heights". |
| Russian | "Высота" also means altitude, prominence, or stature. |
| Samoan | The word 'maualuga' can refer to actual height as well as metaphorical heights such as status or importance. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic term "àirde" also connotes "honour", "nobility", and "elevation of rank" |
| Serbian | "Висина" shares the same root with the Slavic verb "вити" ("to hang, to make a nest") |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "bophahamo" can also be used to refer to one's height or elevation in a metaphorical sense, such as "a person of great height" or "a mountain of great elevation". |
| Shona | The word "kukwirira" can also refer to "to grow taller" or "to increase in size or amount". |
| Sindhi | The word "اوچائي" (height) in Sindhi also means "elevation" or "altitude". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Derived from the Sanskrit word “ūrdhva” meaning “up”, it is also a measurement of liquid in culinary context. |
| Slovak | "Výška" can also mean "altitude" or "elevation". |
| Slovenian | "Visina" comes from "visok" (tall, high), which can also mean "noble" or "distinguished." |
| Somali | The word "dherer" (height) in Somali is derived from the Proto-Somali word "*dheer" meaning "long or tall". |
| Spanish | The word "altura" in Spanish comes from the Latin word "altitudo", which means "elevation" or "loftiness". |
| Sundanese | "Jangkungna" also means "long" or "tall" in the context of an object or distance. |
| Swahili | "Urefu" can also mean "longitudinal extent", "size", or "scale". |
| Swedish | The word "höjd" can also mean "highlight" or "focus point". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "taas" can also refer to the act of raising or elevating something. |
| Tajik | The word "баландӣ" also refers to the height of a note in music. |
| Tamil | "உயரம்" originates from the Old Tamil word "உயர்" meaning "to rise" and has secondary meanings such as "elevation," "loftiness," and "high position." |
| Telugu | ఎత్తు (height) has alternate meanings in Telugu including "rank" and "stature". |
| Thai | In mathematics, "ความสูง" also translates to "altitude" when describing points or elements within a geometrical shape such as a triangle or prism. |
| Turkish | "Yükseklik" comes from the Arabic word "yuksak" and can also mean "elevation" or "altitude." |
| Ukrainian | The word |
| Uzbek | The word "balandlik" (height) in Uzbek has similar roots to "balance" and "altitude" in English and "altitudo" in Latin, all meaning "position above the ground." |
| Vietnamese | "Chiều cao" is also used in Vietnamese to refer to the height of a sound or musical note, analogous to the English use of "pitch" |
| Welsh | The word "uchder" also means "higher" or "upper" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word 'ukuphakama' is composed of 'phakam--' meaning 'to rise', so literally it mean 'a rise upwards'. |
| Yiddish | It is related to the German "hoch" and derives from the Proto-Germanic *hauhaz "high". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "iga" may also refer to the traditional home of Yoruba chiefs and monarchs |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ukuphakama' also refers to 'altitude', 'elevation', and 'high stature'. |
| English | The word 'height' shares an etymological root with 'hold', as it derives from an Old English word meaning 'to seize' or 'to hold'. |