lofty

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• Received-Pronunciation: lŏftʹi
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒfti/
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• General-American: lôftʹi
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• General-American: /ˈlɔːfti/
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• cot-caught-merger: lŏftʹi
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈlɑfti/
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• rhymes with -ɒfti
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• rhymes with -ɔːfti
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• CMU ARPABET: L AO1 F T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) + -y.

From lofty.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَاهِق (šāhiq) — high, having great height or stature
• Bulgarian: висо́к (visók) — high, having great height or stature
• Bulgarian: изди́гнат (izdígnat) — high, having great height or stature
• Chinese Mandarin: 高聳 /高耸 (gāosǒng) — high, having great height or stature
• Chinese Mandarin: 巍峨 (wēi'é) — high, having great height or stature
• Chinese Mandarin: 嵩 (sōng) — high, having great height or stature
• Czech: vysoký — high, having great height or stature
• Czech: vznosný — high, having great height or stature
• Czech: tyčící se do výše — high, having great height or stature
• Dutch: hoogstaand — high, having great height or stature
• Finnish: korkea — high, having great height or stature
• French: haut — high, having great height or stature
• Galician: elevado — high, having great height or stature
• Galician: maxestoso — high, having great height or stature
• German: hoch — high, having great height or stature
• German: luftig — high, having great height or stature
• Ancient Greek: ὑψηλός (hupsēlós) — high, having great height or stature
• Hebrew: גבוה gavoha — high, having great height or stature
• Italian: maestoso — high, having great height or stature
• Italian: alto — high, having great height or stature
• Japanese: 素晴らしい (subarashii) — high, having great height or stature
• Japanese: 立派な (rippa na) — high, having great height or stature
• Japanese: 崇高な (sūkō na) — high, having great height or stature
• Japanese: 高尚な (kōshō na) — high, having great height or stature
• Korean: 높다 (nopda) — high, having great height or stature
• Latin: celsus — high, having great height or stature
• Latin: excelsus — high, having great height or stature
• Macedonian: ви́сок (vísok) — high, having great height or stature
• Macedonian: и́здигнат (ízdignat) — high, having great height or stature
• Māori: tīkokekoke — high, having great height or stature
• Māori: tikoke — high, having great height or stature
• Māori: paratū — high, having great height or stature
• Old English: hēalīċ — high, having great height or stature
• Polish: wysoki — high, having great height or stature
• Portuguese: majestoso — high, having great height or stature
• Portuguese: altivo — high, having great height or stature
• Romanian: măreț — high, having great height or stature
• Russian: высо́кий (vysókij) — high, having great height or stature
• Slovene: visok — high, having great height or stature
• Spanish: majestuoso — high, having great height or stature
• Spanish: alto — high, having great height or stature
• Spanish: elevado — high, having great height or stature
• Spanish: sublime — high, having great height or stature
• Swahili: refu — high, having great height or stature
• Armenian: վեհ (veh) — idealistic
• Bulgarian: възвишен (vǎzvišen) — idealistic
• Chinese Mandarin: 崇高 (chónggāo) — idealistic
• Chinese Mandarin: 高遠 /高远 (gāoyuǎn) — idealistic
• Chinese Mandarin: 遠大 /远大 (yuǎndà) — idealistic
• Czech: vznešený — idealistic
• Czech: ušlechtilý — idealistic
• Dutch: ambitieus — idealistic
• Finnish: ylevä — idealistic
• Galician: elevado — idealistic
• Galician: nobre — idealistic
• German: ambitioniert — idealistic
• German: hochgesteckt — idealistic
• Hebrew: נשגב nisgav נאצל neetzal — idealistic
• Italian: nobile — idealistic
• Japanese: 高遠な (kōen na) — idealistic
• Korean: 높다 (nopda) — idealistic
• Macedonian: во́звишен (vózvišen) — idealistic
• Manx: ard-aignagh — idealistic
• Polish: szczytny — idealistic
• Polish: wzniosły — idealistic
• Portuguese: ambicioso — idealistic
• Romanian: măreț — idealistic
• Russian: возвы́шенный (vozvýšennyj) — idealistic
• Russian: возвели́ченный (vozvelíčennyj) — idealistic
• Russian: высо́кий (vysókij) — idealistic
• Slovene: vzvišen — idealistic
• Bulgarian: надме́нен (nadménen) — extremely proud
• Bulgarian: високоме́рен (visokoméren) — extremely proud
• Chinese Mandarin: 高傲 (gāo'ào) — extremely proud
• Czech: povýšený — extremely proud
• Czech: povýšenecký — extremely proud
• Finnish: kopea — extremely proud
• Galician: altivo — extremely proud
• Galician: arrogante — extremely proud
• Galician: soberbio — extremely proud
• Galician: soberbioso — extremely proud
• German: überheblich — extremely proud
• German: hochmütig — extremely proud
• Greek: αγέρωχος (agérochos) — extremely proud
• Hebrew: גבה לב gvá-lev — extremely proud
• Hebrew: מתנשא mitnassé — extremely proud
• Hebrew: יהיר yahir — extremely proud
• Macedonian: на́дмен (nádmen) — extremely proud
• Macedonian: го́рделив (górdeliv) — extremely proud
• Old English: hēalīċ — extremely proud
• Romanian: semeț — extremely proud
• Russian: высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj) — extremely proud
• Russian: надме́нный (nadménnyj) — extremely proud
• Russian: гордели́вый (gordelívyj) — extremely proud