waist
The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomachThe part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
» What's your waist size?
Was ist dein Taillenumfang?
Was ist Ihr Taillenumfang?
Какой у тебя размер талии?
Какой у тебя объем талии?
Какой у вас обхват талии?
Який у тебе розмір талії?
Який у вас розмір талії?
Meaning
6 sensesThe part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
Taille
та́лияtálija
та́ліяtálija
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
Hüfttuch
по́ясpójas, лифlif
The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
Rumpf, Schiffsrumpf
шкафу́тškafút
That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
The middle part of anything.
The waist of a bell widens into the lip.
Mittelteil, Mitte
Examples
130 sentencesWhat's your waist size?
Який у тебе розмір талії?
ruКакой у тебя размер талии?
deWas ist dein Taillenumfang?
The boy was naked to the waist.
ruМальчик был раздет по пояс.
The water came up to my waist.
ruВода дошла мне до пояса.
deDas Wasser reichte mir bis an die Hüfte.
The water came up to his waist.
ruВода была ему по пояс.
He put his arm around her waist.
ruОн обнял её за талию.
deEr legte seinen Arm um ihre Taille.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaInherited from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaxt, *wæhst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle English wacste (“growth, increase, might, power”), Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.
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