width

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From wide +‎ -th, possibly by analogy with Old Norse vídd (“width”), though this is unlikely, as the word is not attested before the end of the 16th century and was historically unknown in Scots and the traditional dialect of Northern England, where one would expect Old Norse influence to be the strongest (these varieties traditionally employed wideness instead). Replaced Middle English wide, wyde (“width”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪtθ/, /ˈwɪdθ/, /ˈwɪθ/, [wɪd̪θ]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪtθ, -ɪdθ, -ɪθ

Noun

width (countable and uncountable, plural widths)

1. The state of being wide.
2. The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
3. A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
4. (cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
5. (sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.

   Manchester United like to play with width.

   • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport‎:

     England looked to put width on the ball after the restart, Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in.

Synonyms

• (extent or measure of how broad or wide something is): breadth

Derived terms

• finger width
• fixed-width
• full-width
• half-width
• homogeneous width
• instrumental width
• narrow-width effect
• off-width
• semi-width
• track width
• width restriction
• zero-width space

 

Related terms

• breadth
• wide
• wideness

 

Descendants

• → Scots: width, wyth

Translations

state of being wide

Bashkir: киңлек (kiñlek) Bikol Central: lakbang (bcl) Bulgarian: широчина (bg) f (širočina) Esperanto: larĝeco Finnish: leveys (fi), laajuus (fi) French: grandeur (fr) f Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹 f (braidei) Italian: larghezza (it) f Latvian: platums m Luganda: obugazi Nepali: चौडा (cauḍā), चाक्लो (ne) (cāklo) Old English: brǣdu f, wīdnes f Ossetian: фӕтӕн (fætæn) Plautdietsch: Wied f Portuguese: largura (pt) f Romanian: lărgime (ro) f Russian: ширина́ (ru) f (širiná), широта́ (ru) f (širotá) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ширина f Roman: širina (sh) f Spanish: anchura (es) f Swahili: upana (sw) Turkish: genişlik (tr) Zazaki: herayey (diq) f

measurement of something from side to side

Albanian: gjerësi (sq) f Amharic: ስፋት (səfat) Arabic: عَرْض (ar) m (ʕarḍ) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܦܬܝܐ (pitā) Armenian: լայնություն (hy) (laynutʻyun) Aromanian: lãrdzimi f Assamese: পথালি (pothali), পুতল (putol) Azerbaijani: genişlik, en (az) Bashkir: киңлек (kiñlek), иң (iñ) Basque: zabalera Belarusian: шырыня́ (be) f (šyrynjá) Bengali: পানা (bn) (pana) Biatah Bidayuh: ibar Bulgarian: широчина́ (bg) f (širočiná), ширина́ (bg) f (širiná) Burmese: အနံ (my) (a.nam) Cebuano: gilapdon Chinese: Mandarin: 寬度 / 宽度 (zh) (kuāndù) Czech: šířka (cs) f Danish: bredde (da) c Dutch: breedte (nl) f Esperanto: larĝo Estonian: laius Faroese: vídd f Finnish: leveys (fi) French: largeur (fr) f Georgian: სიგანე (sigane) German: Breite (de) f, Weite (de) f Greek: πλάτος (el) n (plátos) Ancient: εὖρος n (eûros) Hebrew: רוחב \ רֹחַב (he) m (rókhav) Hindi: चौड़ाई (hi) f (cauṛāī) Hungarian: szélesség (hu) Icelandic: breidd f Indonesian: lebar (id) Irish: leithead m Italian: larghezza (it) f Japanese: 幅 (ja) (はば, haba), 巾 (ja) (はば, haba) Kazakh: ен (kk) (en), жалпақтық (jalpaqtyq) Khmer: ទទីង (tɔtiing) Korean: 폭 (ko) (pok) Kyrgyz: эн (ky) (en), кеңдик (keŋdik), туурасы (tuurası) Lao: ຄວາມກວ້າງ (khuām kuāng) Latin: lātitūdō f Latvian: platums m Lithuanian: plotis m Luxembourgish: Breet f Macedonian: ширина f (širina) Malay: kelebaran (ms) Middle English: brede Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Navajo: naaniigo Nepali: चौडाई (cauḍāī) Norwegian: Bokmål: bredde (no) m Old English: brǣdu f, wīdnes f Pangasinan: buenlag, lapar Persian: عرض (fa) ('arz), پهنا (fa) (pahnâ) Plautdietsch: Wied f, Breed f Polish: szerokość (pl) f Portuguese: largura (pt) Romanian: lățime (ro) f, lărgime (ro) f, întindere (ro) f Russian: ширина́ (ru) f (širiná) Sanskrit: प्रथस् (sa) n (prathas) Scottish Gaelic: leud m, farsaingeachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ширина f Roman: širina (sh) f Slovak: šírka f Slovene: širina (sl) f Southern Altai: ээн (een), кеҥ (keŋ), јалбак (ǰalbak), туура (tuura) Spanish: anchura (es) f, anchor (es) m, ancheza f Swahili: upana (sw) Swedish: bredd (sv) c Tagalog: lapad Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: వెడల్పు (te) (veḍalpu) Thai: ความกว้าง (th) (kwaam-gwâang) Turkish: genişlik (tr) Ukrainian: ширина́ f (šyryná) Urdu: چوڑائی f (cauṛāī) Uzbek: kenglik (uz) Vietnamese: chiều rộng (vi) Welsh: lled (cy) m Yiddish: ברייט f (breyt) Zazaki: herayey (diq) f

piece of fabric measured from side to side

Bulgarian: ширина (bg) f (širina) Finnish: leveys (fi) Middle English: brede

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Lithuanian: (please verify) plotis m, (please verify) platumas m Norman: (please verify) laîze f (Jersey)

References

• width on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Alternative forms

• wyth

Etymology

Borrowed from English width, replacing Middle Scots wydnes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪ(t)θ/

Noun

width (uncountable)

1. width, breadth