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From Middle English tight, tyght, tyȝt, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English *þiht, *þīht (attested in meteþiht), from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tenkt- (“dense, thick, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, pull”). Cognate with Scots ticht, West Frisian ticht, Danish tæt, Icelandic þéttur (“dense”), Norwegian tett, Swedish tät, Dutch dicht (“dense”), German dicht (“dense”). The current form with t- /t/ rather than etymologically-expected th- /θ/ arose in Middle English under the influence of the etymologically-unrelated verbs tighten and tight, which come from a different Proto-Indo-European root (starting with *d- and thus regularly having t-).

From Middle English tighten, thyhten (“to make tight”); see tighten.

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ngjitur — firmly held together
• Albanian: njesh (gheh) — firmly held together
• Armenian: կիպ (kip) — firmly held together
• Central Bikol: piot — firmly held together
• Bulgarian: стегнат (stegnat) — firmly held together
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊 /紧 (jǐn) — firmly held together
• Danish: snæver — firmly held together
• Dutch: strak — firmly held together
• German: knapp — firmly held together
• German: eng — firmly held together
• Greek: σφιχτός (sfichtós) — firmly held together
• Hungarian: szoros — firmly held together
• Indonesian: ketat — firmly held together
• Ingrian: kiintiä — firmly held together
• Māori: taparenga — firmly held together
• Māori: kita — firmly held together
• Māori: ita — firmly held together
• Marathi: घट्ट (ghaṭṭa) — firmly held together
• Norwegian: snever — firmly held together
• Plautdietsch: faust — firmly held together
• Polish: ciasny — firmly held together
• Russian: те́сный (tésnyj) — firmly held together
• Swedish: snäv — firmly held together
• Thai: แน่น (nɛ̂n) — firmly held together
• Turkish: bitişik — firmly held together
• Zazaki: pêpêya — firmly held together
• Arabic: ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq) — pushed/pulled together
• Arabic: ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq) — pushed/pulled together
• Arabic: محزق (muḥazzag) — pushed/pulled together
• Armenian: ձիգ (jig) — pushed/pulled together
• Armenian: նեղ (neġ) — pushed/pulled together
• Armenian: կիպ (kip) — pushed/pulled together
• Bashkir: тығыҙ (tığıź) — pushed/pulled together
• Belarusian: це́сны (cjésny) — pushed/pulled together
• Bulgarian: те́сен (tésen) — pushed/pulled together
• Burmese: ကျပ် (kyap) — pushed/pulled together
• Cebuano: hugot — pushed/pulled together
• Chinese Cantonese: 緊 /紧 (gan2) — pushed/pulled together
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊 /紧 (jǐn) — pushed/pulled together
• Czech: těsný — pushed/pulled together
• Dutch: dicht — pushed/pulled together
• Esperanto: strikta — pushed/pulled together
• Finnish: tiukka — pushed/pulled together
• Finnish: kireä — pushed/pulled together
• Finnish: timmi — pushed/pulled together
• French: serré — pushed/pulled together
• French: tendu — pushed/pulled together
• German: eng — pushed/pulled together
• German: dicht — pushed/pulled together
• Greek: σφιχτός (sfichtós) — pushed/pulled together
• Higaonon: hugut — pushed/pulled together
• Hiligaynon: hugut — pushed/pulled together
• Hungarian: szoros — pushed/pulled together
• Icelandic: þrengdur — pushed/pulled together
• Ingrian: kiintiä — pushed/pulled together
• Italian: aderente — pushed/pulled together
• Italian: teso — pushed/pulled together
• Italian: stretto — pushed/pulled together
• Japanese: きつい (kitsui) — pushed/pulled together
• Khmer: តឹង (təng) — pushed/pulled together
• Central Kurdish: تەنگ (teng) — pushed/pulled together
• Northern Kurdish: teng — pushed/pulled together
• Latgalian: stiprys — pushed/pulled together
• Latgalian: styngrys — pushed/pulled together
• Latin: strictus — pushed/pulled together
• Latvian: ciešs — pushed/pulled together
• Lithuanian: ankštas — pushed/pulled together
• Macedonian: тесен (tesen) — pushed/pulled together
• Māori: rawe — pushed/pulled together
• Mizo: tâwt — pushed/pulled together
• Old Church Slavonic: тѣснъ (těsnŭ) — pushed/pulled together
• Old East Slavic: тѣснъ (těsnŭ) — pushed/pulled together
• Persian: تنگ (tang) — pushed/pulled together
• Polish: ciasny — pushed/pulled together
• Portuguese: apertado — pushed/pulled together
• Portuguese: justo — pushed/pulled together
• Russian: те́сный (tésnyj) — pushed/pulled together
• Serbo-Croatian: те́сан — pushed/pulled together
• Serbo-Croatian: тије́сан — pushed/pulled together
• Serbo-Croatian: tésan — pushed/pulled together
• Serbo-Croatian: tijésan — pushed/pulled together
• Slovak: tesný — pushed/pulled together
• Slovene: tesen — pushed/pulled together
• Spanish: apretado — pushed/pulled together
• Spanish: ajustado — pushed/pulled together
• Tày: cặp — pushed/pulled together
• Thai: คับ (káp) — pushed/pulled together
• Thai: แน่น (nɛ̂n) — pushed/pulled together
• Ukrainian: тісни́й (tisnýj) — pushed/pulled together
• Vietnamese: chật — pushed/pulled together
• Yiddish: ענג (eng) — pushed/pulled together
• Zazaki: tenge (diq) — pushed/pulled together
• Armenian: ձիգ (jig) — under high tension — see also taut
• Bashkir: ныҡ тартылған (nıq tartılğan) — under high tension — see also taut
• Belarusian: тугі́ (tuhí) — under high tension — see also taut
• Bulgarian: опънат (opǎnat) — under high tension — see also taut
• Bulgarian: нате́гнат (natégnat) — under high tension — see also taut
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊張 /紧张 (jǐnzhāng) — under high tension — see also taut
• Estonian: tihe — under high tension — see also taut
• French: tendu — under high tension — see also taut
• German: eng — under high tension — see also taut
• Icelandic: þröngur — under high tension — see also taut
• Icelandic: þéttur — under high tension — see also taut
• Italian: teso — under high tension — see also taut
• Italian: tirato — under high tension — see also taut
• Latvian: ciešs — under high tension — see also taut
• Marathi: घट्ट (ghaṭṭa) — under high tension — see also taut
• Mizo: mar — under high tension — see also taut
• Church Slavic: тѫгъ (tǫgŭ) — under high tension — see also taut
• Old East Slavic: тугъ (tugŭ) — under high tension — see also taut
• Russian: туго́й (tugój) — under high tension — see also taut
• Spanish: tensado — under high tension — see also taut
• Spanish: tensionado — under high tension — see also taut
• Spanish: tenso — under high tension — see also taut
• Turkish: gergin — under high tension — see also taut
• Ottoman Turkish: كركین (gergin) — under high tension — see also taut
• Ukrainian: туги́й (tuhýj) — under high tension — see also taut
• Central Bikol: higot — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• Bulgarian: те́сен (tésen) — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• French: serré — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• French: moulant — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• Hungarian: szűk — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• Italian: stretto — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• Polish: obcisły — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• Polish: ciasny — fitting close, or too close, to the body — see also tight-fitting
• Bulgarian: оби́гран (obígran) — well-rehearsed and accurate
• Italian: nitido — well-rehearsed and accurate
• German: tight — slang: extraordinarily great or special
• Bulgarian: натря́скан (natrjáskan) — slang: intoxicated or drunk
• Bulgarian: натараля́нкан (nataraljánkan) — slang: intoxicated or drunk
• French: ivre — slang: intoxicated or drunk
• German: dicht — slang: intoxicated or drunk
• Māori: haurangi — slang: intoxicated or drunk
• Māori: porohaurangi — slang: intoxicated or drunk
• Māori: rore — slang: intoxicated or drunk
• Albanian: ngushtë — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Albanian: cekët — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Bulgarian: сти́снат (stísnat) — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Māori: kaihākere — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Māori: porokaihākere — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Māori: matapiko — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Māori: matamau — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Māori: tūmatarau — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Māori: hākere — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Māori: ringa poto — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Punjabi: چَوَل (caval) — slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted
• Albanian: mbledhur — firmly
• Armenian: պինդ (pind) — firmly
• Armenian: ձիգ (jig) — firmly
• Bulgarian: тясно (tjasno) — firmly
• Bulgarian: стегнато (stegnato) — firmly
• Esperanto: strikte — firmly
• French: bien — firmly
• French: fermement — firmly
• German: fest — firmly
• Italian: stretto — firmly
• Latvian: cieši — firmly
• Ukrainian: міцно (micno) — firmly
• Bulgarian: силно (silno) — soundly
• Bulgarian: здраво (zdravo) — soundly
• French: bien — soundly
• Icelandic: rótt — soundly
• Latvian: cieši — soundly