size
English
/saɪz/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) An assize.
- (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
- (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
- (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
- (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.
- (figurative) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English syse derived from Old French cise.
Origin
Old French
cise
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Capesize English
- block English
- blocksize English
- brood English
- broodsize English
- cape English
- capesized English
- downsize English
- downsizer English
- downsizing English
- equisized English
- grit English
- life English
- life-size English
- microsize English
- microsized English
- midsized English
- missized English
- monosized English
- multisize English
- multisized English
- nanosize English
- nanosized English
- nanosizer English
- outsize English
- oversize English
- oversized English
- pea-sized English
- polysized English
- queen English
- queen-size English
- resizability English
- resizable English
- resize English
- resizer English
- right English
- rightsize English
- sizable English
- sizableness English
- sizably English
- sized English
- sizeism English
- sizeist English
- sizeless English
- sizelessness English
- sizer English
- sizewise English
- siziness English
- sizism English
- sizy English
- step English
- stepsize English
- supersize English
- undersize English
- undersized English
- unisize English
- unisized English
- unsizable English
- unsized English
- upsize English
- upsizer English
- word English
- wordsize English
- *grautį̄ Proto-Germanic
- サイズ Japanese
- スリーサイズ Japanese
- grietu Old English
- grēat Old English
- grete Middle English
- syse Middle English
- saghas Irish
- cise Old French
- sise Old French
- ဆိုက် Burmese
- size Chinese
- 晒士 Chinese
- 사이즈 Korean
- jaij Marshallese
- jāij Marshallese
- sais Tok Pisin
- life
- step
- grit
- cape
- word
- sizy
- sized
- brood
- right
- block
- sizer
- queen
- resize
- sizism
- upsize
- sizeist
- unisize
- unsized
- sizeism
- sizable
- upsizer
- sizably
- resizer
- outsize
- nanosize
- oversize
- siziness
- sizewise
- midsized
- missized
- Capesize
- unisized
- downsize
- sizeless
- wordsize
- stepsize
- blocksize
- nanosized
- life-size
- pea-sized
- undersize
- oversized
- rightsize
- monosized
- equisized
- unsizable
- polysized
- nanosizer
- downsizer
- broodsize
- multisize
- capesized
- resizable
- supersize
- microsize
- multisized
- downsizing
- queen-size
- microsized
- undersized
- sizableness
- sizelessness
- resizability