stilt

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From Middle English stilte, stulte, from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltijǭ, *staltijǭ, *stultijǭ (“stilt”), from Proto-Germanic *stelt- (“to be stiff”). Akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ոտնացուպ (otnacʻup) — walking pole
• Belarusian: хаду́ля (xadúlja) — walking pole
• Belarusian: ды́ба (dýba) — walking pole
• Bengali: রণপা (ronpa) — walking pole
• Bulgarian: коки́ли (kokíli) — walking pole
• Catalan: xanca — walking pole
• Chinese Mandarin: 高蹺 /高跷 (gāoqiāo) — walking pole
• Czech: chůdy — walking pole
• Danish: stylte — walking pole
• Dutch: stelt — walking pole
• Estonian: kark — walking pole
• Finnish: puujalka — walking pole
• French: échasse — walking pole
• Galician: zanco — walking pole
• Galician: chanca — walking pole
• Georgian: ოჩოფეხა (očopexa) — walking pole
• German: Stelze — walking pole
• Ancient Greek: κωλόβαθρον (kōlóbathron) — walking pole
• Hungarian: gólyaláb — walking pole
• Icelandic: stulta — walking pole
• Irish: cos croise — walking pole
• Italian: trampolo — walking pole
• Japanese: 竹馬 (takeuma) — walking pole
• Korean: 죽마 (jungma) — walking pole
• Latin: grallae — walking pole
• Macedonian: наногалка (nanogalka) — walking pole
• Macedonian: кокила (kokila) — walking pole
• Māori: poukoki — walking pole
• Māori: poutoti — walking pole
• Norwegian Bokmål: stylte — walking pole
• Polish: szczudło — walking pole
• Portuguese: perna de pau — walking pole
• Romanian: piciorong — walking pole
• Romanian: catalige — walking pole
• Russian: ходу́ля (xodúlja) — walking pole
• Serbo-Croatian: ходуља — walking pole
• Serbo-Croatian: гигаља — walking pole
• Serbo-Croatian: шту̏ла — walking pole
• Serbo-Croatian: hodulja — walking pole
• Serbo-Croatian: gigalja — walking pole
• Serbo-Croatian: štȕla — walking pole
• Spanish: zanco — walking pole
• Swedish: stylta — walking pole
• Tagalog: kikik — walking pole
• Turkish: tahta bacak — walking pole
• Udmurt: турикук (turikuk) — walking pole
• Ukrainian: хі́для (xídlja) — walking pole
• Ukrainian: хі́длі (xídli) — walking pole
• Ukrainian: ди́би (dýby) — walking pole
• Ukrainian: ходу́ля (xodúlja) — walking pole
• Vietnamese: cà kheo — walking pole
• Dutch: stelt — pillar
• Finnish: paalu — pillar
• Finnish: tolppa — pillar
• French: pilotis — pillar
• German: Stelze — pillar
• Irish: cos taca — pillar
• Italian: trampolo — pillar
• Italian: palo — pillar
• Norwegian Bokmål: stylte — pillar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stylte — pillar
• Portuguese: estaca — pillar
• Russian: сва́я (svája) — pillar
• Spanish: pilote — pillar
• Spanish: palafito — pillar
• Arabic: كُرْسُوع (kursūʕ) — bird
• Arabic: أَبُو الْمَغَازِل (ʔabū l-maḡāzil) — bird
• Czech: pisila — bird
• Dhivehi: ތޭރަވާ އިލޮޅި (tēravā iloḷi) — bird
• Dutch: steltloper — bird
• Esperanto: himantopo — bird
• Finnish: pitkäjalka — bird
• French: échassier — bird
• German: Stelzenläufer — bird
• Ancient Greek: ἱμαντόπους (himantópous) — bird
• Italian: cavaliere d'Italia — bird
• Polish: szczudłak — bird
• Portuguese: narceja — bird
• Romanian: piciorong — bird
• Russian: кули́к (kulík) — bird
• Russian: ходу́лочник (xodúločnik) — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: vlastelica — bird
• Spanish: cigüeñuela — bird
• Swedish: styltlöpare — bird
• Venetan: sgambirla — bird
• Albanian: dorak — handle of a plough
• Albanian: dorezë — handle of a plough
• Armenian: մաճ (mač) — handle of a plough
• Dutch: trekstang — handle of a plough
• French: mancheron — handle of a plough
• Galician: rabela — handle of a plough
• Georgian: მაჭი (mač̣i) — handle of a plough
• German: Sterz — handle of a plough
• Italian: stegola — handle of a plough
• Italian: stiva — handle of a plough
• Portuguese: rabiça — handle of a plough
• Portuguese: esteva — handle of a plough
• Romanian: corn — handle of a plough
• Russian: о́бжа (óbža) — handle of a plough
• Russian: рукоя́тка плуга́ (rukojátka plugá) — handle of a plough
• Spanish: mancera — handle of a plough
• Spanish: esteva — handle of a plough
• Turkish: saban ağacı — handle of a plough
• Welsh: haeddel — handle of a plough