athwart

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈθwɔːt/
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• General-American: /əˈθwɔɹt/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 TH W AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English athwert, athirt, from a- (prefix meaning ‘in the direction of, toward’) + thwert (“crosswise; (cooking) across the grain”, adverb). Thwert is derived from thwert (“crosswise, transverse; counter, opposing; contrary, obstinate, stubborn”, adjective), borrowed from Old Norse þvert (“across, athwart”), originally the neuter form of þverr (“across, transverse”), from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross; adverse”) (altered or influenced by Proto-Germanic *þweraną (“to stir; to swirl; to turn”)), from Proto-Germanic *þerh-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *terkw- (“to spin; to turn”). The English word is analysable as a- (prefix meaning ‘in the direction of, toward’) + thwart (“placed or situated across something else”). Cognates * Scots athort (“athwart”)

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: dwars over — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Dutch: van de ene kant naar de andere — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Finnish: sivulla — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Finnish: sivulle — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Finnish: poikki — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• French: à travers — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• French: d'un coté à l'autre — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Galician: á cadabullo — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Galician: a traveso — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Galician: de enxirgo — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Galician: entravés — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• German: quer — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Italian: di traverso — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Māori: tōpeka — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Polish: w poprzek — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Russian: поперёк (poperjók) — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Sanskrit: जिह्म (jihma) — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Spanish: a través — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Spanish: de lado a lado — from side to side, often in an oblique manner — see also across
• Finnish: tiellä — across the path of something, so as to impede progress
• Finnish: tielle — across the path of something, so as to impede progress
• Polish: w poprzek — across the path of something, so as to impede progress
• Arabic: بِعَرْض (biʕarḍ) — from one side to the other side of — see also across
• Arabic: بعرض (beʕarrḍ) — from one side to the other side of — see also across
• Finnish: poikki — from one side to the other side of — see also across
• Finnish: halki — from one side to the other side of — see also across
• Polish: przez — from one side to the other side of — see also across
• Russian: че́рез (čérez) — from one side to the other side of — see also across
• Finnish: tielle — across the course or path of, so as to meet; (figuratively) to the attention of
• Finnish: eteen — across the course or path of, so as to meet; (figuratively) to the attention of
• Finnish: esiin — across the course or path of, so as to meet; (figuratively) to the attention of
• Polish: przez — across the course or path of, so as to meet; (figuratively) to the attention of
• Finnish: tielle — across the path or course of, so as to oppose
• Finnish: eteen — across the path or course of, so as to oppose
• Finnish: vastaan — across the path or course of, so as to oppose
• Polish: na przekór — across the path or course of, so as to oppose
• Russian: напереко́р (naperekór) — across the path or course of, so as to oppose
• Finnish: vastaan — opposed to
• Polish: przeciw — opposed to
• Finnish: poikittain — across the line of a ship’s course, or across its deck
• Polish: przez — across the line of a ship’s course, or across its deck