висок

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vysokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Adjective

висо́к (visók) (adverb висо́ко)

  1. high, tall, lofty, towering, elevated
  2. high, high-pitched (of a sound)
  3. loud (of a sound)
  4. eminent, distinguished

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vysokъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

висок (visok) (comparative повисок, superlative највисок, diminutive височок, abstract noun височина or височество)

  1. tall
    Antonym: ни́зок (nízok)
  2. high, high-altitude
  3. lofty, elevated
  4. high-ranking
  5. high, great, intense
  6. high-pitched

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Noun

висок (visokm

  1. plumb bob, plummet

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Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, from висе́ть (visétʹ, to hang) +‎ -о́к (-ók); original meaning (still found dialectally) "hair hanging at the temples". Compare Belarusian виска́та (viskáta, slovenly woman with disheveled hair).

Pronunciation

Noun

висо́к (visókm inan (genitive виска́, nominative plural виски́, genitive plural виско́в, relational adjective висо́чный)

  1. (anatomy) temple

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “висок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vysokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋǐsok/
  • Hyphenation: ви‧сок

Adjective

вѝсок (definite вѝсокӣ, comparative ви̏шӣ, Latin spelling vìsok)

  1. high, tall
    Ускоро ћеш бити висок као и твој тата. — Soon you'll be as tall as your father.
  2. elevated
  3. raised
  4. loft

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