English Explanatory Dictionary

stilt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
  2. A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
  3. Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
  4. A crutch.
  5. The handle of a plough.
verb
  1. to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
  2. to apply unnecessary pomp or formality

Pronunciation

/stɪlt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stilt.wav

Word forms

stilt stilts stilting stilted

Etymology

From Middle English stilte, stulte, from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltijǭ, *staltijǭ, *stultijǭ (“stilt”), from Proto-Germanic *stelt- (“to be stiff”). Akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze.

Derived words

banded stilt black-necked stilt black-winged stilt stiltbird stilt bug stilter stilt grass stilt house stiltify stiltish stiltlike stilt palm stilt plover stilt root stilt sandpiper stiltwalker stiltwalking stilty

Translations

Armenian: ոտնացուպ Belarusian: хаду́ля Belarusian: ды́ба Bengali: রণপা Bulgarian: коки́ли Catalan: xanca Chinese Mandarin: 高蹺 /高跷 Czech: chůdy Danish: stylte Dutch: stelt Estonian: kark Finnish: puujalka French: échasse Galician: zanco Galician: chanca Georgian: ოჩოფეხა German: Stelze Ancient Greek: κωλόβαθρον Hungarian: gólyaláb Icelandic: stulta Irish: cos croise Italian: trampolo Japanese: 竹馬 Korean: 죽마 Latin: grallae Macedonian: наногалка Macedonian: кокила Māori: poukoki Māori: poutoti Norwegian Bokmål: stylte Polish: szczudło Portuguese: perna de pau Romanian: piciorong Romanian: catalige Russian: ходу́ля Serbo-Croatian: ходуља Serbo-Croatian: гигаља Serbo-Croatian: шту̏ла Serbo-Croatian: hodulja Serbo-Croatian: gigalja Serbo-Croatian: štȕla Spanish: zanco Swedish: stylta Tagalog: kikik Turkish: tahta bacak Udmurt: турикук Ukrainian: хі́для Ukrainian: хі́длі Ukrainian: ди́би Ukrainian: ходу́ля Vietnamese: cà kheo
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