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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
herself	year	dear	#296: high	above	received	read

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: hī, IPA: /haɪ/, SAMPA: /haI/
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  Rhymes: -aɪ

[ Homophones

• hi
• hie

[ Etymology

Old English hēah < Germanic *hauhaz < Indo-European *keu-k-, a suffixed form of *keu-. Cognate with Dutch hoog, German hoch; and with Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча.

[ Adjective

high (comparative higher, superlative highest)

1. Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
2. Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
3. (slang) To be under the influence of a mood affecting drug; stoned.
4. Of a quantity or value, great or large.

   a high interest rate

[ Translations

elevated

Aramaic: Syriac: ܪܡܐ (rāmā, romo) c. Hebrew: רמא (rāmā, romo) c. Bulgarian: приповдигнат, извисен Catalan: alt ca(ca) Chinese: 高 (gāo) Croatian: visok hr(hr) Dutch: hoog nl(nl) Finnish: korkea fi(fi) French: haut fr(fr) German: hoch de(de) Hungarian: magas hu(hu)

Interlingua: alte Italian: alto it(it), elevato it(it), illustre it(it) Japanese: 高い (たかい, takai) Korean: 높다 (nopda) Kurdish: به‌رز ku(ku) Malay: tinggi ms(ms) Old Church Slavonic: въіскъ (vysokŭ) Portuguese: alto pt(pt) m., alta pt(pt) f. Russian: высокий ru(ru) m. Spanish: alto es(es) Swedish: hög sv(sv)

tall, lofty

Aramaic: Syriac: ܪܡܐ (rāmā, romo) c. Hebrew: רמא (rāmā, romo) c. Bulgarian: висок bg(bg) Catalan: alt ca(ca) Croatian: visok hr(hr) Czech: vysoký cs(cs) m. Dutch: hoog nl(nl) Finnish: korkea fi(fi) French: haut fr(fr) German: hoch de(de)

Greek: ψηλός el(el) m. (psilós) Hungarian: magas hu(hu) Interlingua: alte Italian: alto it(it), elevato it(it) Japanese: 高い (たかい, takai) Korean: 높다 (nopda) Portuguese: alto pt(pt) m., alta pt(pt) f. Russian: высокий ru(ru) m. Spanish: alto es(es) Swedish: hög sv(sv)

slang: stoned

Catalan: drogat ca(ca) Croatian: napušen hr(hr), nadrogiran hr(hr) Dutch: high nl(nl) Finnish: pilvessä fi(fi) French: planer fr(fr) German: berauscht Greek: μαστουρωμένος el(el) m. (mastouroménos)

Icelandic: skakkur is(is) m., skökk is(is) f., skakkt is(is) n. Interlingua: drogate Italian: fatto it(it), eccitato it(it), su di giri it(it), schizzato it(it), scoppiato it(it), flippato it(it), fuso it(it), gasato it(it) Portuguese: alto pt(pt) m., alta pt(pt) f. Spanish: colocado es(es) Swedish: hög sv(sv)

great or large quantity

Croatian: visok hr(hr) Dutch: hoog nl(nl)

Russian: высокий ru(ru) m. Swedish: hög sv(sv)

[ Derived terms

get high high as a kite high and dry high and low high-end

high five high-minded high-strung high tea

[ Noun

Singular high

Plural highs

high (plural highs)

1. A period of euphoria due to an intake of drugs

   That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown