висок

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vysokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈsɔk/

Adjective

висок (visók) m

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

Inflection

Antonyms

  • нисък (nisǎk)

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vysokъ.

Adjective

висок (visok) (comparative повисок, superlative највисок)

  1. high
  2. tall

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

висок (visok) m

  1. plumb bob, plummet

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)

  1. (anatomy) temple

Declension

  • висо́чный (visóčnyj)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), висок”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress

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

Declension

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