size

Etymology 1
Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from, , from , , aphetism of , from the verb , from , composed of , ultimately from. Displaced native.

Noun

 * 1) The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
 * 2) A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
 * 3)  A number of edges in a graph.
 * 4)  Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
 * 5) An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
 * 6)  An assize.
 * 7)  A regulation, piece of ordinance.
 * 8)  A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
 * 9)  A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
 * 1) An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
 * 2)  An assize.
 * 3)  A regulation, piece of ordinance.
 * 4)  A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
 * 5)  A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
 * 1)  A regulation, piece of ordinance.
 * 2)  A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
 * 3)  A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
 * 1)  A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:size

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَقَاس, قِيَاس, حَجْم
 * Hijazi Arabic: مَقاس, قياس, حَجِم
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: tamañu
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Basque: tamaina
 * Belarusian: паме́р,
 * Belizean Creole: saiz
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: gidak-on
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Choctaw: chito
 * Coptic: ⲙⲁⲓⲏ
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: størrelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: grandeco,
 * Estonian: suurus
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ზომა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μέγεθος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Igbo: ndẹlẹ
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 大きさ, ;  ;, 寸尺, ,
 * Kapampangan: degulan
 * Kazakh: мөлшер, өлшем, үлкендік
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ຂະຫນາດ, ຂນາດ, ເຖົາ
 * Latin: magnitūdō
 * Latvian: lielums
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: големина
 * Malay: saiz
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: størrelse
 * Old English: miċelnes
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: chhika
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tomhas, meudachd
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: величѝна
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: veľkosť, rozmer
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sukat
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: ро́змір,
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zulu: ubukhulu
 * ǃXóõ: ʻǁnàhã


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: паме́р
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: size//晒士//嘥士, 大小
 * Hokkien: 大小
 * Mandarin:
 * Choctaw: chito
 * Czech:
 * Danish: størrelse
 * Dutch:, kledingmaat
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: suurus,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 寸尺,
 * Kazakh: өлшем
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Latvian: izmērs
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Malay: saiz
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: størrelse
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: meudachd
 * Slovak: rozmer
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: ро́змір
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * French: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
 * 2)  To classify or arrange by size.
 * 3)  To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
 * 4)  To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
 * 5)  To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
 * 6)  To take a greater size; to increase in size.
 * 7) * after 1633 (first published),, Farewell to Love
 * Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.
 * 1)  To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
 * 2)  To swell; to increase the bulk of.
 * 1)  To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese:


 * Bulgarian: сортирам по размер
 * Finnish: luokitella koon mukaan, lajitella koon mukaan
 * Japanese: 大きさ順に選別する;  大きさ順に並べる
 * Spanish: formar por tamaño, ordenar por tamaño


 * Finnish: arvioida koko
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
From, of unclear origin; related to , perhaps ultimately related to / ,  or perhaps shortened from , from

Noun

 * 1)  A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
 * 2) Wallpaper paste.
 * 3) The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
 * 4) Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
 * 1) Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.

Derived terms

 * sizing

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: pohjuste
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido: glutinajo,
 * Japanese:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian: лепило за тапети
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: tapétaragasztó
 * Japanese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: коричка на рана
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 血糊

Verb

 * 1)  To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

Translations

 * Finnish:, pohjamaalata
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 礬水を塗る
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  size

Pronoun

 * 1)  (you – plural or polite)