висок

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vysokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [viˈsɔk]

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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Antonyms

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vysokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvisɔk]

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

Declension

Noun

висок (visok) m

  1. plumb bob, plummet

Declension

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

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈsok]
  • (file)

Noun

висо́к (visók) m inan (genitive виска́, nominative plural виски́, genitive plural виско́в, related adjective висо́чный)

  1. (anatomy) temple

Declension

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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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