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• /ɪnt͡ʃ/
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Semantic loan from Cantonese 寸 (cyun3, “inch”), which is an alternative form of 串 (cyun3, “cocky; to provoke; etc.”).

From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

From Scots inch, from Scottish Gaelic innis.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: duim — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Albanian: inç — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Arabic: بُوصَة (būṣa) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Arabic: شِبْر (šibr) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Armenian: դյույմ (dyuym) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Azerbaijani: düymə — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Azerbaijani: düym — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Belarusian: дзюйм (dzjujm) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Belarusian: ца́ля (cálja) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Bengali: ইঞ্চি (inci) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Breton: meutad — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Bulgarian: инч (inč) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Bulgarian: дюйм (djujm) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Burmese: လက်မ (lakma.) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Catalan: polzada — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Chinese Mandarin: 英寸 (yīngcùn) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Czech: palec — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Czech: coul — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Danish: tomme — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Dutch: duim — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Esperanto: colo — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Estonian: toll — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Faroese: tummi — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Finnish: tuuma — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• French: pouce — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Galician: pulgada — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Georgian: დუიმი (duimi) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• German: Zoll — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Greek: ίντσα (íntsa) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Gujarati: તસુ (tasu) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Hebrew: אִינְץ׳ (intsh) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Hindi: इंच (iñc) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Hungarian: hüvelyk — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Icelandic: tomma — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Icelandic: þumlungur — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Ido: inch — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Indonesian: inci — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Indonesian: dim — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Ingrian: djuima — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Irish: orlach — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Italian: pollice — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Japanese: インチ (inchi) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Kannada: ಅಂಗುಳಮು (aṅguḷamu) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Kazakh: дюйм (düim) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Khmer: អ៊ីញ (ʼiiñ) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Korean: 인치 (inchi) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Kyrgyz: дюйм (dyuym) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Lao: ນີ້ວ (nīu) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Latin: uncia — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Latvian: colla — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Lithuanian: colis — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Lü: ᦓᦲᧁᧉ (niiw2) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Macedonian: инч (inč) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Macedonian: цол (col) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Malay: inci — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Middle English: ynche — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Mongolian: инч (inč) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Navajo: asdzoh — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Norman: pouce — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Norwegian Bokmål: tomme — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Occitan: poce — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Persian: اینچ (inč) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Polish: cal — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Portuguese: polegada — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Romanian: țol — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Russian: дюйм (djujm) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏нч — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Serbo-Croatian: цо̑л — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉnč — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Serbo-Croatian: cȏl — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Sinhalese: අඟල් (angal) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Slovak: palec — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Slovak: cól — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Slovene: palec — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Lower Sorbian: col — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Spanish: pulgada — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Swahili: inchi — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Swedish: tum — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Tagalog: dali — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Tagalog: timuro — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Tajik: инч (inč) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Tajik: дюйм (dyuym) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Tamil: அங்குலம் (aṅkulam) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Tatar: дюйм (dyuym) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Telugu: అంగుళము (aṅguḷamu) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Telugu: ఇంచి (iñci) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Telugu: ఈంచి (īñci) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Telugu: ఈంచు (īñcu) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Thai: นิ้ว (níu) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Northern Thai: ᨶᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Turkish: inç — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Turkmen: dýuým — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Ukrainian: дюйм (djujm) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Ukrainian: цаль (calʹ) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Urdu: انچ (inc) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Uzbek: dyuym — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Vaghri: આંગર (ā̃gar) — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Vietnamese: tấc Anh — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Vietnamese: inh — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Vietnamese: insơ — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Vietnamese: inch — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Vietnamese: phân Anh — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Vietnamese: phân — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Welsh: modfedd — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Yoruba: ínǹsì — English unit of length and traditional equivalents
• Bulgarian: милиме́тър (milimétǎr) — unspecified but very short distance
• Catalan: centímetre — unspecified but very short distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 少許 /少许 (shǎoxǔ) — unspecified but very short distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 一點兒 /一点儿 (yīdiǎnr) — unspecified but very short distance
• Czech: kousek — unspecified but very short distance
• Czech: kousíček — unspecified but very short distance
• Dutch: haarbreed — unspecified but very short distance
• Finnish: piiru — unspecified but very short distance
• French: poil — unspecified but very short distance
• Galician: palmo — unspecified but very short distance
• Galician: cuarta — unspecified but very short distance
• German: Zoll — unspecified but very short distance
• Greek: σπιθαμή (spithamí) — unspecified but very short distance
• Lithuanian: plaukas — unspecified but very short distance
• Middle English: ynche — unspecified but very short distance
• Norwegian Bokmål: tomme — unspecified but very short distance
• Polish: włos — unspecified but very short distance
• Portuguese: polegada — unspecified but very short distance
• Swahili: inchi — unspecified but very short distance
• Finnish: hivuttautua — to move very slowly
• Finnish: edetä hitaasti — to move very slowly
• German: sich zentimeterweise fortbewegen — to move very slowly
• Italian: muoversi poco a poco — to move very slowly
• Swahili: inchi — to move very slowly