measure
English
/ˈmɛʒə/, /ˈmɛʒɚ/, /ˈmeɪʒɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A prescribed quantity or extent.
- The act or result of measuring.
- Metrical rhythm.
- A course of action.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mesure borrowed from Old French mesure derived from Latin mēnsūra (measure, a measuring, rule, something to measure by).
Origin
Latin
mēnsūra
Gloss
measure, a measuring, rule, something to measure by
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticountermeasure English
- biomeasure English
- comeasurable English
- commeasure English
- countercountermeasure English
- countermeasure English
- hoof English
- hypermeasure English
- immeasurable English
- immeasurate English
- measurability English
- measurable English
- measurableness English
- measurably English
- measurage English
- measureless English
- measurelessly English
- measurelessness English
- measurement English
- measuremental English
- measurer English
- measurest English
- measureth English
- meat English
- mismeasure English
- mismeasurement English
- nonmeasurable English
- outmeasure English
- overmeasure English
- overmeasurement English
- postmeasurement English
- premeasure English
- premeasurement English
- pseudomeasure English
- quasimeasure English
- remeasure English
- remeasurement English
- semimeasure English
- supermeasure English
- undermeasure English
- undermeasurement English
- unmeasurable English
- mensūrāre Latin
- mēnsūra Latin
- mēnsūrāre Latin
- Mensur German
- misura Italian
- mesure French
- *hufą Proto-Germanic
- *metaną Proto-Germanic
- *mēþą Proto-Germanic
- メジャー Japanese
- ametan Old English
- ametendlic Old English
- bemetan Old English
- ciricmitta Old English
- efenmetan Old English
- gemet Old English
- hōf Old English
- metan Old English
- mete Old English
- mitta Old English
- mǣþ Old English
- wiþmetan Old English
- āmetan Old English
- hoof Middle English
- math Middle English
- mesure Middle English
- mete Middle English
- meteles Middle English
- metels Middle English
- meten Middle English
- miosúr Irish
- hof Old Norse
- mesurable Old French
- mesure Old French
- hof Icelandic
- măsură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mesur Welsh
- maisse Old Irish
- mesar Old Irish
- maise Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- maiseach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mì-mhaise Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- m'suthe Norman
- m'thuthe Norman
- misure Friulian
- mexura Venetian
- hoof
- meat
- measurer
- measurage
- measurest
- measureth
- remeasure
- outmeasure
- mismeasure
- premeasure
- measurably
- measurable
- commeasure
- biomeasure
- measurement
- semimeasure
- measureless
- immeasurate
- overmeasure
- undermeasure
- comeasurable
- unmeasurable
- immeasurable
- hypermeasure
- quasimeasure
- supermeasure
- nonmeasurable
- measuremental
- pseudomeasure
- measurability
- measurelessly
- remeasurement
- countermeasure
- measurableness
- premeasurement
- mismeasurement
- measurelessness
- postmeasurement
- overmeasurement
- undermeasurement
- anticountermeasure
- countercountermeasure