strait

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• /stɹeɪt/
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From Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō (“compress, tighten”). Doublet of stretto and strict.

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Ngushtë — tight, close, confined
• Albanian: Shtejt (gheg) — tight, close, confined
• Bulgarian: тесен (tesen) — tight, close, confined
• Bulgarian: ограничен (ograničen) — tight, close, confined
• Chinese Mandarin: 紧 (jǐn) — tight, close, confined
• Finnish: ahdas — tight, close, confined
• Finnish: kapea — tight, close, confined
• Finnish: kaita — tight, close, confined
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus) — tight, close, confined
• Macedonian: те́сен (tésen) — tight, close, confined
• Māori: kikī — tight, close, confined
• Albanian: ngushticë — narrow channel of water
• Amharic: ወሽመጥ (wäšmäṭ) — narrow channel of water
• Arabic: مَضِيق (maḍīq) — narrow channel of water
• Arabic: مُخْتَنَق (muḵtanaq) — narrow channel of water
• Arabic: بُوغَاز (būḡāz) — narrow channel of water
• Arabic: مضيق (maḍyaq) — narrow channel of water
• Armenian: նեղուց (neġucʻ) — narrow channel of water
• Azerbaijani: boğaz — narrow channel of water
• Bashkir: боғаҙ (boğaź) — narrow channel of water
• Basque: itsasate — narrow channel of water
• Belarusian: пралі́ў (pralíw) — narrow channel of water
• Belarusian: прато́ка (pratóka) — narrow channel of water
• Bengali: প্রণালী (pronali) — narrow channel of water
• Bengali: প্রণালি (pronali) — narrow channel of water
• Breton: strizh-mor — narrow channel of water
• Bulgarian: про́лив (próliv) — narrow channel of water
• Bulgarian: про́ток (prótok) — narrow channel of water
• Burmese: ရေလက်ကြား (relakkra:) — narrow channel of water
• Burmese: ပင်လယ်လက်ကြား (panglailakkra:) — narrow channel of water
• Carpathian Rusyn: проли́в (prolýv) — narrow channel of water
• Catalan: estret — narrow channel of water
• Chinese Cantonese: 海峽 /海峡 (hoi2 haap6) — narrow channel of water
• Chinese: 海峽 /海峡 (hái-kiap) — narrow channel of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 海峽 /海峡 (hǎixiá) — narrow channel of water
• Crimean Tatar: boğaz — narrow channel of water
• Czech: průliv — narrow channel of water
• Danish: stræde — narrow channel of water
• Danish: sund — narrow channel of water
• Danish: nor — narrow channel of water
• Dutch: zeestraat — narrow channel of water
• Dutch: straat — narrow channel of water
• Dutch: nauw — narrow channel of water
• Dutch: zee-engte — narrow channel of water
• Esperanto: markolo — narrow channel of water
• Estonian: väin — narrow channel of water
• Finnish: salmi — narrow channel of water
• French: détroit — narrow channel of water
• Galician: estreito — narrow channel of water
• Galician: freo — narrow channel of water
• Georgian: სრუტე (sruṭe) — narrow channel of water
• German: Meerenge — narrow channel of water
• German: Enge — narrow channel of water
• German: Straße — narrow channel of water
• Greek: πορθμός (porthmós) — narrow channel of water
• Ancient Greek: πορθμός (porthmós) — narrow channel of water
• Gujarati: સામુદ્રધુની (sāmudradhunī) — narrow channel of water
• Hebrew: מיצר \ מֵצַר (meitsár) — narrow channel of water
• Hindi: जलसंधि (jalsandhi) — narrow channel of water
• Hindi: जलसंयोगी (jalsãyogī) — narrow channel of water
• Hindi: जलडमरू (jalḍamrū) — narrow channel of water
• Hindi: जलडमरूमध्य (jalḍamrūmadhya) — narrow channel of water
• Hindi: तंगी (taṅgī) — narrow channel of water
• Hindi: आबनाए (ābnāe) — narrow channel of water
• Hungarian: szoros — narrow channel of water
• Icelandic: sund — narrow channel of water
• Indonesian: selat — narrow channel of water
• Iranun: tarusan — narrow channel of water
• Irish: caol — narrow channel of water
• Italian: stretto — narrow channel of water
• Japanese: 海峡 (kaikyō) — narrow channel of water
• Kannada: ಜಲಸಂಧಿ (jalasandhi) — narrow channel of water
• Kazakh: бұғаз (būğaz) — narrow channel of water
• Khmer: ច្រកសមុទ្រ (crɑɑk saʼmot) — narrow channel of water
• Khmer: ដៃសមុទ្រ (day saʼmot) — narrow channel of water
• Korean: 해협 (haehyeop) — narrow channel of water
• Kumyk: пролив (proliw) — narrow channel of water
• Central Kurdish: تەنگە (tenge) — narrow channel of water
• Central Kurdish: تەنگەڵان (tengellan) — narrow channel of water
• Northern Kurdish: tengav — narrow channel of water
• Kyrgyz: кысык (kısık) — narrow channel of water
• Lao: ຊ່ອງແຄບ (sǭng khǣp) — narrow channel of water
• Latin: fretum — narrow channel of water
• Latvian: šaurums — narrow channel of water
• Lithuanian: sąsiauris — narrow channel of water
• Macedonian: про́ток (prótok) — narrow channel of water
• Macedonian: те́снец (tésnec) — narrow channel of water
• Macedonian: мо́реуз (móreuz) — narrow channel of water
• Malay: selat — narrow channel of water
• Malayalam: കടലിടുക്ക് (kaṭaliṭukkŭ) — narrow channel of water
• Malayalam: ജലസന്ധി (jalasandhi) — narrow channel of water
• Māori: kūititanga — narrow channel of water
• Māori: awa — narrow channel of water
• Marathi: सामुद्रधुनी (sāmudradhunī) — narrow channel of water
• Central Melanau: selet — narrow channel of water
• Mongolian: хоолой (xooloj) — narrow channel of water
• Mongolian: тэнгисийн хоолой (tengisiin xooloj) — narrow channel of water
• Nepali: जलसन्धि (jalasandhi) — narrow channel of water
• Nogai: богаз (bogaz) — narrow channel of water
• Norman: dêtrait — narrow channel of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: sund — narrow channel of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: strede — narrow channel of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: strete — narrow channel of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: kanal — narrow channel of water
• Pannonian Rusyn: морйоуз (morjouz) — narrow channel of water
• Pashto: آبنا (ābná) — narrow channel of water
• Pashto: ترۍ (tarǝ́y) — narrow channel of water
• Dari: تَنْگَه (tanga) — narrow channel of water
• Iranian Persian: تَنْگِه (tange) — narrow channel of water
• Polish: cieśnina — narrow channel of water
• Polish: przesmyk — narrow channel of water
• Portuguese: estreito — narrow channel of water
• Punjabi: ਪਣਜੋੜ (paṇjoṛ) — narrow channel of water
• Romanian: strâmtoare — narrow channel of water
• Russian: проли́в (prolív) — narrow channel of water
• Russian: прото́к (protók) — narrow channel of water
• Northern Sami: čoalbmi — narrow channel of water
• Scottish Gaelic: caol — narrow channel of water
• Serbo-Croatian: тѐснац — narrow channel of water
• Serbo-Croatian: тјѐснац — narrow channel of water
• Serbo-Croatian: морѐуз — narrow channel of water
• Serbo-Croatian: tèsnac — narrow channel of water
• Serbo-Croatian: tjèsnac — narrow channel of water
• Serbo-Croatian: morèuz — narrow channel of water
• Sinhalese: සමුද්රසන්ධි (samudrasandhi) — narrow channel of water
• Slovak: prieliv — narrow channel of water
• Slovene: preliv — narrow channel of water
• Slovene: ožina — narrow channel of water
• Spanish: estrecho — narrow channel of water
• Spanish: paso — narrow channel of water
• Swahili: mlango wa bahari — narrow channel of water
• Swedish: sund — narrow channel of water
• Swedish: nor — narrow channel of water
• Tagalog: kipot — narrow channel of water
• Tajik: гулӯгоҳ (gulügoh) — narrow channel of water
• Tamil: நீரிணை (nīriṇai) — narrow channel of water
• Tatar: бугаз (buğaz) — narrow channel of water
• Telugu: జలసంధి (jalasandhi) — narrow channel of water
• Thai: ช่องแคบ (chɔ̂ng-kɛ̂ɛp) — narrow channel of water
• Turkish: boğaz — narrow channel of water
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — narrow channel of water
• Turkmen: bogaz — narrow channel of water
• Ukrainian: прото́ка (protóka) — narrow channel of water
• Ukrainian: проли́в (prolýv) — narrow channel of water
• Urdu: آبْنائے (ābnāe) — narrow channel of water
• Urdu: آب نائے (āb nāe) — narrow channel of water
• Uyghur: بوغۇز (boghuz) — narrow channel of water
• Uzbek: boʻgʻoz — narrow channel of water
• Vietnamese: eo biển — narrow channel of water
• Võro: salm — narrow channel of water
• Welsh: swnt — narrow channel of water
• Welsh: culfor — narrow channel of water
• Welsh: cyfyngfor — narrow channel of water
• Yiddish: דורכגאָס (durkhgos) — narrow channel of water
• Yiddish: דורכגוס (durkhgus) — narrow channel of water
• Finnish: kapeikko — narrow pass, passage or street
• Greek: στενό (stenó) — narrow pass, passage or street
• Macedonian: те́снина (tésnina) — narrow pass, passage or street
• Macedonian: те́снец (tésnec) — narrow pass, passage or street
• Finnish: kannas — isthmus
• Finnish: kapeikko — isthmus
• Māori: kūititanga — isthmus
• Bulgarian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénie) — difficult position
• Dutch: nauw — difficult position
• Finnish: kiipeli — difficult position
• Hebrew: צָרָה (tsará) — difficult position
• Italian: stretta — difficult position
• Japanese: 難局 (nankyoku) — difficult position
• Japanese: 困難 (konnan) — difficult position
• Japanese: 苦境 (kukyō) — difficult position
• Macedonian: тешко́тија (teškótija) — difficult position
• Macedonian: те́снец (tésnec) — difficult position
• Iranian Persian: تَنْگْنا (tangnâ) — difficult position
• Portuguese: aperto — difficult position
• Romanian: strâmtoare — difficult position
• Russian: затрудни́тельное положе́ние (zatrudnítelʹnoje položénije) — difficult position
• Russian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénije) — difficult position
• Serbo-Croatian: шкрѝпац — difficult position
• Serbo-Croatian: škrìpac — difficult position
• Spanish: aprieto — difficult position