strait
English
/stɹeɪt/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
- (archaic) Righteous, strict.
- (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
- (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- (obsolete) Difficult; distressful.
- (obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English streit derived from Old French estreit derived from Latin strictus (tightened, narrow, compressed, having been tightened, tight).
Origin
Latin
strictus
Gloss
tightened, narrow, compressed, having been tightened, tight
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Straits of Tiran English
- Sunda English
- Sunda Strait English
- Tiran English
- Tiran Strait English
- cross-strait English
- handed English
- jacket English
- strait-handed English
- strait-handedness English
- straitjacket English
- straitly English
- straitness English
- stress English
- stretto English
- strict English
- *strinctus Latin
- strictura Latin
- strictus Latin
- strictūra Latin
- strettamente Italian
- strettezza Italian
- strettissimo Italian
- stretto Italian
- strettoia Italian
- strettoio Italian
- strict French
- étreint French
- estrecho Spanish, Castilian
- estricto Spanish, Castilian
- *strenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *streyg- Proto-Indo-European
- strede Norwegian Bokmål
- estrito Portuguese
- streit Middle English
- estreint Old French
- estreit Old French
- estroit Old French
- streta Esperanto
- estret Catalan, Valencian
- estricte Catalan, Valencian
- streta Ido
- streteso Ido
- estreito Old Portuguese
- stret Romansh
- stretg Romansh
- strètg Romansh
- estrechu Asturian
- stret Friulian
- estrecho Old Spanish
- strizh Breton
- stroet Walloon
- estreit ONF.