girth

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɜːθ/
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• US: /ɡɝθ/
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• US: [ɡɚθ]
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)θ
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• CMU ARPABET: G ER1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gherdh- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: palldëm — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Albanian: qingël — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Albanian: vithatore — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Albanian: nënbishte — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Albanian: praqe — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Albanian: stragalë — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Azerbaijani: örkən — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Azerbaijani: kəfə — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Bulgarian: подпру́га (podprúga) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Catalan: cingla — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Czech: podpěnka — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Czech: podbřišník — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Dutch: singel — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Finnish: satulavyö — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• French: sangle — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Galician: cenlla — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Galician: cincha — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Galician: atafal — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Georgian: სატე (saṭe) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• German: Sattelgurt — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Icelandic: gjörð — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Icelandic: söðulgjörð — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Ido: gurto — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Ingrian: selkänahka — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Italian: cinghia — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Italian: sottopancia — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Māori: kati — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Middle English: gerth — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Norwegian: salgjord — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Polish: popręg — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Portuguese: cilha — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Russian: подпру́га (podprúga) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Southern Altai: колоҥ (koloŋ) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Southern Altai: колоҥы (koloŋï) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Spanish: cincha — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Swedish: sadelgjord — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Swedish: gjord — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Tagalog: satiyan — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Tagalog: paniyan — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Turkish: kolan — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Ottoman Turkish: قولاك (kolañ) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Ukrainian: попру́га (poprúha) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Zazaki: gılonc (diq) — band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place
• Bulgarian: подпора (podpora) — small horizontal brace or girder
• Bulgarian: обиколка (obikolka) — the distance measured around an object
• Catalan: circumferència — the distance measured around an object
• Czech: obvod — the distance measured around an object
• Dutch: omtrek — the distance measured around an object
• Dutch: omvang — the distance measured around an object
• Finnish: ympärysmitta — the distance measured around an object
• French: circonférence — the distance measured around an object
• French: tour — the distance measured around an object
• Georgian: გარშემოხვევა (garšemoxveva) — the distance measured around an object
• Georgian: გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma) — the distance measured around an object
• German: Umfang — the distance measured around an object
• Hebrew: היקף (hekef) — the distance measured around an object
• Hungarian: kerület — the distance measured around an object
• Hungarian: körfogat — the distance measured around an object
• Italian: circonferenza — the distance measured around an object
• Macedonian: обем (obem) — the distance measured around an object
• Norwegian: omkrets — the distance measured around an object
• Polish: obwód — the distance measured around an object
• Portuguese: circunferência — the distance measured around an object
• Russian: обхва́т (obxvát) — the distance measured around an object
• Swedish: omkrets — the distance measured around an object
• Swedish: omfång — the distance measured around an object
• Ukrainian: окру́жність (okrúžnistʹ) — the distance measured around an object
• French: maille — graph theory
• Galician: cintura — graph theory
• Italian: calibro — graph theory
• Portuguese: cintura — graph theory
• Spanish: cintura — graph theory