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From wide + -th (abstract nominal suffix), 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]
- Rhymes: -ɪtθ, -ɪdθ, -ɪθ
Noun
width (countable and uncountable, plural widths)
- The state of being wide.
- The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
- A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
- (cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
- (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
Translations
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: அகலம் (ta) (akalam)
- 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
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piece of fabric measured from side to side
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