breadth

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From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ширина́ (širiná) — piece of fabric of standard width
• Middle English: brede — piece of fabric of standard width
• Russian: ширина́ (širiná) — piece of fabric of standard width
• Russian: поло́тнище (polótnišče) — piece of fabric of standard width
• Ottoman Turkish: قناد (kanad) — piece of fabric of standard width
• Bashkir: киңлек (kiñlek) — scope, range
• Bulgarian: широта́ (širotá) — scope, range
• Bulgarian: разма́х (razmáh) — scope, range
• Bulgarian: обхва́т (obhvát) — scope, range
• German: Breite — scope, range
• Middle English: brede — scope, range
• Russian: широта́ (širotá) — scope, range
• Russian: разма́х (razmáx) — scope, range
• Russian: обхва́т (obxvát) — scope, range
• Russian: объём (obʺjóm) — scope, range
• Scottish Gaelic: leud — scope, range
• Scottish Gaelic: farsaingeachd — scope, range
• Sicilian: larghizza — scope, range
• Sicilian: largu — scope, range
• Sicilian: grannizza — scope, range
• Swedish: bredd — scope, range