threshold

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• US: /ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld/
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From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh, (originally) to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh1- (“to rub, turn”). Cognate with Low German Drüssel (“threshold”), dialectal German Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (“threshold”), Danish tærskel (“threshold”), Norwegian terskel (“threshold”), Swedish tröskel (“threshold”), dialectal Swedish träskvald (“threshold”), Icelandic þröskuldur (“threshold”). Pronunciations such as “thresh-hold” are un-etymological and result from analogy with hold.

229 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shqem — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Albanian: shkam — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Albanian: prag — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Southern Altai: бозого (bozogo) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Arabic: عَتَبَة (ʕataba) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Armenian: շեմք (šemkʻ) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Armenian: սեմ (sem) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Azerbaijani: astana — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Azerbaijani: kandar — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Bashkir: тупһа (tupha) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Bashkir: буҫаға (buśağa) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Basque: atalase — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Belarusian: паро́г (paróh) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Bengali: গোবরাট (gōboraṭ) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Breton: treuzoù — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Bulgarian: праг (prag) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Burmese: တံခါးခုံ (tamhka:hkum) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Burmese: ဖိနပ်ချွတ် (hpi.naphkywat) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Burmese: အပေါက်ဝ (a.pauk-wa.) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Catalan: llindar — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Chinese Mandarin: 門檻 /门槛 (ménkǎn) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Chinese Mandarin: 門限 /门限 (ménxiàn) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Chuvash: пусаха (pus̬ah̬a) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Chuvash: алӑк янаххи (alăk̬ janahhi) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Crimean Tatar: bosağa — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Czech: práh — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Danish: tærskel — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Danish: dørtærskel — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Dutch: drempel — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Erzya: кенкшикелькс (kenkšikeľks) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Esperanto: sojlo — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Estonian: künnis — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Finnish: kynnys — bottom-most part of a doorway
• French: seuil — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Galician: limiar — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Georgian: ზღურბლი (zɣurbli) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• German: Schwelle — bottom-most part of a doorway
• German: Türschwelle — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Greek: κατώφλι (katófli) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Ancient Greek: βηλός (bēlós) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Hebrew: סַף (saf) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Hebrew: מִפְתָּן (miftán) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Hindi: डेवढ़ी (ḍevṛhī) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Hungarian: küszöb — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Icelandic: þröskuldur — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Indonesian: ambang — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Irish: tairseach — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Italian: soglia — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Japanese: 敷居 (shikii) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Karachay-Balkar: босагъа (bosağa) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Kazakh: табалдырық (tabaldyryq) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Kazakh: босаға (bosağa) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Khmer: ធរណីទ្វារ (thɔɔrĕəʼnəytviə) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Korean: 문턱 (munteok) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Korean: 문지방 (munjibang) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Kumyk: посагъа (posağa) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Northern Kurdish: şîpane — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Northern Kurdish: derazînk — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Kyrgyz: босого (bosogo) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Lao: ທໍຣະນີປະຕູ (thǭ ra nī pa tū) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Latgalian: slīksnis — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Latin: līmen — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Latvian: slieksnis — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Lithuanian: slenkstis — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Macedonian: праг (prag) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Malay: ambang — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Māori: paewae — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Māori: paepae — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Māori: paepaepoto — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Marathi: उंबरठा (umbarṭhā) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Mongolian: босго (bosgo) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Nogai: босага (bosaga) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Norman: ché d'la porte — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Norman: pas dé l'us — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Norwegian Bokmål: terskel — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Norwegian Bokmål: dørstokk — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Occitan: lindal — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Occitan: sulhet — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Occitan: solar — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Occitan: pompidor — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Church Slavic: прагъ (pragŭ) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Old East Slavic: порогъ (porogŭ) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Ossetian: къӕсӕр (k’æsær) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Pashto: آستانه (āstāna) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Pashto: درګا (dargā) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Iranian Persian: آسْتان (âstân) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Iranian Persian: دَرْگاه (dargâh) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Iranian Persian: آسْتانِه (âstâne) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Polabian: роrg — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Polish: próg — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Portuguese: umbral — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Portuguese: soleira — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Portuguese: limiar — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Romanian: prag — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Russian: поро́г (poróg) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Scottish Gaelic: stairsneach — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Serbo-Croatian: пра̏г — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Serbo-Croatian: prȁg — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Shor: позаа — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Shor: позаға — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Sicilian: antu — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Sicilian: sogghia — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Slovak: prah — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Slovene: prag — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Lower Sorbian: prog — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Upper Sorbian: рrоh — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Spanish: umbral — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Spanish: limen — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Spanish: tranco — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Spanish: tranquillo — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Swedish: tröskel — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Tajik: остона (ostona) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Tajik: даргоҳ (dargoh) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Tatar: бусага (busağa) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Telugu: గడప (gaḍapa) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Thai: ธรณีประตู (tɔɔ-rá-nii-bprà-dtuu) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Turkish: eşik — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Ottoman Turkish: اشیك (eşik) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Turkmen: bosaga — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Tuvan: бозага (bozaga) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Tuvan: казапча (kazapça) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Tuvan: эргин (ergin) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Ukrainian: порі́г (poríh) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Urdu: ڈیوڑی (ḍeoṛī) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Urdu: ڈیوڑھی (ḍeoṛhī) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Urdu: آسْتانَہ (āstāna) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Urdu: دَرْگاہ (dargāh) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Uyghur: بوسۇغا (bosugha) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Uzbek: ostona — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Uzbek: boʻsagʻa — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Vietnamese: ngưỡng — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Vietnamese: ngưỡng cửa — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Volapük: soliad — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Volapük: domasoliad — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Walloon: soû — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Welsh: trothwy — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Welsh: rhiniog — bottom-most part of a doorway
• West Flemish: zulle — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Yiddish: שוועל (shvel) — bottom-most part of a doorway
• Bulgarian: преддве́рие (preddvérie) — entrance
• Catalan: llindar — entrance
• Danish: tærskel — entrance
• Esperanto: sojlo — entrance
• Esperanto: enirejo — entrance
• Finnish: kynnys — entrance
• Galician: limiar — entrance
• German: Türschwelle — entrance
• German: Schwelle — entrance
• Greek: κατώφλι (katófli) — entrance
• Hebrew: סַף (saf) — entrance
• Hebrew: מִפְתָּן (miftán) — entrance
• Italian: soglia di casa — entrance
• Italian: entrata — entrance
• Italian: uscio — entrance
• Japanese: 敷居 (shikii) — entrance
• Macedonian: праг (prag) — entrance
• Norwegian Bokmål: terskel — entrance
• Norwegian Bokmål: dørstokk — entrance
• Polish: próg — entrance
• Polish: przedsionek — entrance
• Portuguese: patamar — entrance
• Portuguese: patamares — entrance
• Spanish: umbral — entrance
• Spanish: portal — entrance
• Ottoman Turkish: اشیك (eşik) — entrance
• Catalan: capçalera — start of the landing area
• Finnish: kynnys — start of the landing area
• German: Landeschwelle — start of the landing area
• Portuguese: cabeceira — start of the landing area
• Armenian: շեմ (šem) — point at which an action is triggered
• Catalan: llindar — point at which an action is triggered
• Chinese Mandarin: 閾值 /阈值 (yùzhí) — point at which an action is triggered
• Danish: tærskel — point at which an action is triggered
• Danish: tærskelværdi — point at which an action is triggered
• Dutch: drempelwaarde — point at which an action is triggered
• Finnish: kynnysarvo — point at which an action is triggered
• French: seuil — point at which an action is triggered
• Galician: limiar — point at which an action is triggered
• German: Schwelle — point at which an action is triggered
• Greek: κατώφλι (katófli) — point at which an action is triggered
• Hebrew: סַף (saf) — point at which an action is triggered
• Hebrew: רַף (raf) — point at which an action is triggered
• Hindi: दहलीज़ (dahlīz) — point at which an action is triggered
• Hungarian: küszöbérték — point at which an action is triggered
• Italian: soglia — point at which an action is triggered
• Japanese: 閾値 (shikiichi) — point at which an action is triggered
• Korean: 역치 (yeokchi) — point at which an action is triggered
• Norwegian Bokmål: terskelverdi — point at which an action is triggered
• Polish: próg — point at which an action is triggered
• Portuguese: limiar — point at which an action is triggered
• Portuguese: umbral — point at which an action is triggered
• Russian: поро́г (poróg) — point at which an action is triggered
• Spanish: umbral — point at which an action is triggered
• Swedish: tröskelvärde — point at which an action is triggered
• Tagalog: gilid — point at which an action is triggered
• Turkish: eşik — point at which an action is triggered
• Urdu: دہلیز (dahlīz) — point at which an action is triggered
• Welsh: trothwy — point at which an action is triggered
• Bulgarian: праг (prag) — income at which income tax becomes due
• Danish: skattefri bundgrænse — income at which income tax becomes due
• Finnish: alaraja — income at which income tax becomes due
• French: seuil — income at which income tax becomes due
• Hebrew: סַף (saf) — income at which income tax becomes due
• Hebrew: מַדְרֵגָה (madregá) — income at which income tax becomes due
• Norwegian Bokmål: fribeløp — income at which income tax becomes due
• Norwegian Bokmål: frikortsgrense — income at which income tax becomes due
• Polish: próg — income at which income tax becomes due
• Russian: поро́г (poróg) — income at which income tax becomes due
• Spanish: límite — income at which income tax becomes due
• Swedish: fribelopp — income at which income tax becomes due
• Arabic: بِدَايَة (bidāya) — outset of an action or project
• Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — outset of an action or project
• Catalan: punt de partida — outset of an action or project
• Finnish: aloituspiste — outset of an action or project
• French: seuil — outset of an action or project
• German: Ausgangspunkt — outset of an action or project
• German: Beginn — outset of an action or project
• German: Anfang — outset of an action or project
• Greek: αφετηρία (afetiría) — outset of an action or project
• Russian: преддве́рие (preddvérije) — outset of an action or project
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — outset of an action or project
• Catalan: límit — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
• Catalan: llindar de tolerància — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
• Finnish: kynnys — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
• French: seuil de tolérance — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
• Greek: ουδός (oudós) — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
• Hebrew: סַף (saf) — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
• Norwegian Bokmål: tålegrense — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general
• Tagalog: gilid — point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general