altitude

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• /ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/
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From Middle English, borrowed from Latin altitūdō (“height”), from altus (“high”).

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِرْتِفَاع (irtifāʕ) — absolute height
• Azerbaijani: yüksəklik — absolute height
• Bulgarian: надмо́рска височина́ (nadmórska visočiná) — absolute height
• Catalan: altitud — absolute height
• Catalan: alçada — absolute height
• Chinese Mandarin: 海拔 (hǎibá) — absolute height
• Chinese Mandarin: 高度 (gāodù) — absolute height
• Czech: nadmořská výška — absolute height
• Dutch: hoogte — absolute height
• Esperanto: alteco — absolute height
• Esperanto: alto — absolute height
• Finnish: korkeus — absolute height
• French: altitude — absolute height
• German: Höhe — absolute height
• Greek: υψόμετρο (ypsómetro) — absolute height
• Hebrew: רום (rom / rum) — absolute height
• Hungarian: magasság — absolute height
• Irish: airde — absolute height
• Italian: altitudine — absolute height
• Japanese: 海抜 (kaibatsu) — absolute height
• Japanese: 高度 (kōdo) — absolute height
• Korean: 해발 (haebal) — absolute height
• Mongolian: өндөр (öndör) — absolute height
• Persian: فرازا (farâzâ) — absolute height
• Polish: wysokość bezwzględna — absolute height
• Portuguese: altitude — absolute height
• Romanian: altitudine — absolute height
• Romanian: înălțime — absolute height
• Russian: высота́ (vysotá) — absolute height
• Russian: высота́ над у́ровнем мо́ря (vysotá nad úrovnem mórja) — absolute height
• Russian: альтиту́да (alʹtitúda) — absolute height
• Spanish: altitud — absolute height
• Swahili: kimo — absolute height
• Swedish: altitud — absolute height
• Swedish: höjd — absolute height
• Tagalog: tayog — absolute height
• Tagalog: layog — absolute height
• Turkish: irtifa — absolute height
• Turkish: yükseklik — absolute height
• Turkish: yükselti — absolute height
• Ottoman Turkish: یوكسكلك (yükseklik) — absolute height
• Venetan: altézsa — absolute height
• Azerbaijani: yüksəklik — distance measured upwards
• Bulgarian: височина́ (visočiná) — distance measured upwards
• Chinese Mandarin: 高度 (gāodù) — distance measured upwards
• Czech: výška — distance measured upwards
• Dutch: hoogte — distance measured upwards
• Esperanto: alteco — distance measured upwards
• Esperanto: alto — distance measured upwards
• Finnish: korkeus — distance measured upwards
• French: altitude — distance measured upwards
• German: Höhe — distance measured upwards
• Greek: ύψος (ýpsos) — distance measured upwards
• Hungarian: magasság — distance measured upwards
• Irish: airde — distance measured upwards
• Italian: altezza — distance measured upwards
• Japanese: 高さ (takasa) — distance measured upwards
• Japanese: 高度 (kōdo) — distance measured upwards
• Mongolian: өндөр (öndör) — distance measured upwards
• Persian: فرازا (farâzâ) — distance measured upwards
• Persian: بلندا (bolandâ) — distance measured upwards
• Portuguese: altitude — distance measured upwards
• Romanian: înălțime — distance measured upwards
• Russian: высота́ (vysotá) — distance measured upwards
• Russian: возвы́шенность (vozvýšennostʹ) — distance measured upwards
• Spanish: altura — distance measured upwards
• Swedish: höjd — distance measured upwards
• Swedish: altitud — distance measured upwards
• Tagalog: tayog — distance measured upwards
• Turkish: irtifa — distance measured upwards
• Turkish: yükseklik — distance measured upwards
• Ottoman Turkish: یوكسكلك (yükseklik) — distance measured upwards
• Venetan: altézsa — distance measured upwards
• Azerbaijani: yüksəklik — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Bulgarian: височина́ (visočiná) — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Czech: výška — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Danish: højde — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Dutch: hoogte — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Esperanto: alteco — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Finnish: korkeus — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• French: hauteur — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• German: Höhe — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Greek: ύψος (ýpsos) — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Hungarian: magasság — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Irish: airde — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Italian: altezza — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Mongolian: өндөр (öndör) — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Portuguese: altitude — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Romanian: înălțime — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Russian: высота́ (vysotá) — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Swedish: höjd — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Tagalog: tayog — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Turkish: irtifa — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Turkish: yükseklik — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Ottoman Turkish: یوكسكلك (yükseklik) — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Venetan: altézsa — distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex
• Dutch: hoogte — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Esperanto: alteco — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Finnish: korkeus — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Finnish: korkeuskulma — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• French: altitude — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Hungarian: magasság — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Irish: airde — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Italian: altezza — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Portuguese: altitude — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Russian: у́гол возвыше́ния (úgol vozvyšénija) — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Ottoman Turkish: یوكسكلك (yükseklik) — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body
• Venetan: altézsa — distance measured angularly of a heavenly body