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From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: থিয় (thio) — vertical; erect
• Basque: zutik — vertical; erect
• Bengali: খাড়া (khaṛa) — vertical; erect
• Bulgarian: изправен (izpraven) — vertical; erect
• Bulgarian: вертикален (vertikalen) — vertical; erect
• Catalan: dret — vertical; erect
• Chinese Mandarin: 筆直 /笔直 (bǐzhí) — vertical; erect
• Czech: vzpřímený — vertical; erect
• Danish: opret — vertical; erect
• Dutch: oprecht — vertical; erect
• Esperanto: vertikale — vertical; erect
• Estonian: püsti — vertical; erect
• Finnish: pysty — vertical; erect
• German: aufrecht — vertical; erect
• Ancient Greek: ὀρθός (orthós) — vertical; erect
• Hebrew: זקוף — vertical; erect
• Hebrew: עומד (oméd) — vertical; erect
• Indonesian: tegak — vertical; erect
• Italian: eretto — vertical; erect
• Italian: in verticale — vertical; erect
• Italian: dritto — vertical; erect
• Italian: in piedi — vertical; erect
• Central Kurdish: قیت (qît) — vertical; erect
• Latin: ērectus — vertical; erect
• Māori: matika — vertical; erect
• Māori: tūtika — vertical; erect
• Māori: takotako — vertical; erect
• Māori: torotika — vertical; erect
• Norwegian Bokmål: opprett — vertical; erect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: opprett — vertical; erect
• Plautdietsch: steil — vertical; erect
• Portuguese: ereto — vertical; erect
• Portuguese: aprumado — vertical; erect
• Quechua: chiqan — vertical; erect
• Russian: вертикальный (vertikalʹnyj) — vertical; erect
• Russian: прямо́й (prjamój) — vertical; erect
• Russian: отве́сный (otvésnyj) — vertical; erect
• Sanskrit: ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhva) — vertical; erect
• Spanish: vertical — vertical; erect
• Spanish: recto — vertical; erect
• Spanish: erguido — vertical; erect
• Sundanese: ajeg — vertical; erect
• Ukrainian: вертика́льний (vertykálʹnyj) — vertical; erect
• Ukrainian: вертика́льна (vertykálʹna) — vertical; erect
• Volapük: löik — vertical; erect
• Danish: højkant — greater in height than breadth
• Dutch: overeind — greater in height than breadth
• Dutch: achter elkaar — greater in height than breadth
• Finnish: pystysuuntainen — greater in height than breadth
• German: hochkant — greater in height than breadth
• Arabic: مُسْتَقِيم (mustaqīm) — of good morals
• Central Bikol: matadong — of good morals
• Bulgarian: прям (prjam) — of good morals
• Bulgarian: честен (česten) — of good morals
• Catalan: recte — of good morals
• Chinese Mandarin: 正直 (zhèngzhí) — of good morals
• Dutch: achter elkaar — of good morals
• Esperanto: rektanima — of good morals
• Finnish: oikeamielinen — of good morals
• French: intègre — of good morals
• German: aufrecht — of good morals
• Ancient Greek: ὀρθός (orthós) — of good morals
• Italian: integro — of good morals
• Italian: retto — of good morals
• Italian: onesto — of good morals
• Italian: virtuoso — of good morals
• Latin: probus — of good morals
• Māori: matatika — of good morals
• Māori: tūtika — of good morals
• Māori: tapatahi — of good morals
• Portuguese: íntegro — of good morals
• Russian: че́стный (čéstnyj) — of good morals
• Sanskrit: ऋजु (ṛju) — of good morals
• Spanish: honrado — of good morals
• Azerbaijani: dikinə — in or into an upright position
• Bulgarian: изправено (izpraveno) — in or into an upright position
• Bulgarian: отвесно (otvesno) — in or into an upright position
• Catalan: dempeus — in or into an upright position
• Esperanto: rekte — in or into an upright position
• Estonian: üles — in or into an upright position
• Estonian: püsti — in or into an upright position
• Finnish: pystyssä — in or into an upright position
• Italian: in piedi — in or into an upright position
• Italian: in posizione verticale — in or into an upright position
• Russian: вертика́льно (vertikálʹno) — in or into an upright position
• Russian: пря́мо (prjámo) — in or into an upright position
• Russian: стоймя (stojmja) — in or into an upright position
• Russian: сто́я (stója) — in or into an upright position
• Spanish: verticalmente — in or into an upright position
• Catalan: muntant — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Finnish: tolppa — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• French: montant — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Māori: turuturu — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Māori: turu — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Māori: tuturu — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Māori: turupou — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Māori: tūturu — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Russian: подпорка (podporka) — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Russian: коло́нна (kolónna) — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Russian: сто́йка (stójka) — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Russian: сто́йка во́рот (stójka vórot) — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Spanish: poste — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Spanish: montante — any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
• Russian: пиани́но (pianíno) — an upright piano
• Spanish: piano vertical — an upright piano
• Ukrainian: піані́но (pianíno) — an upright piano