Altitude

//ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd//

Synonyms for "altitude" (37 found)

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Translations

107 translations across 32 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِرْتِفَاع noun (absolute height)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • yüksəklik noun (absolute height)
  • yüksəklik noun (distance measured upwards)
  • yüksəklik noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • височина́ noun (distance measured upwards)
  • височина́ noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • надмо́рска височина́ noun (absolute height)

Catalan

2 entries
  • altitud noun (absolute height)
  • alçada noun (absolute height)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 海拔 noun (absolute height)
  • 高度 noun (absolute height)
  • 高度 noun (distance measured upwards)

Czech

3 entries
  • nadmořská výška noun (absolute height)
  • výška noun (distance measured upwards)
  • výška noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Danish

1 entries
  • højde noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hoogte noun (absolute height)
  • hoogte noun (distance measured upwards)
  • hoogte noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • hoogte noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • alteco noun (absolute height)
  • alteco noun (distance measured upwards)
  • alteco noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • alteco noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

Finnish

4 entries
  • korkeus noun (absolute height)
  • korkeus noun (distance measured upwards)
  • korkeus noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • korkeus noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

French

4 entries
  • altitude noun (absolute height)
  • altitude noun (distance measured upwards)
  • altitude noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)
  • hauteur noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

German

3 entries
  • Höhe noun (absolute height)
  • Höhe noun (distance measured upwards)
  • Höhe noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Greek

3 entries
  • υψόμετρο noun (absolute height)
  • ύψος noun (distance measured upwards)
  • ύψος noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רום noun (absolute height)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • magasság noun (absolute height)
  • magasság noun (distance measured upwards)
  • magasság noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • magasság noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

Irish

4 entries
  • airde noun (absolute height)
  • airde noun (distance measured upwards)
  • airde noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • airde noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

Italian

4 entries
  • altezza noun (distance measured upwards)
  • altezza noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • altezza noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)
  • altitudine noun (absolute height)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 海抜 noun (absolute height)
  • 高さ noun (distance measured upwards)
  • 高度 noun (absolute height)
  • 高度 noun (distance measured upwards)

Korean

1 entries
  • 해발 noun (absolute height)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • өндөр noun (absolute height)
  • өндөр noun (distance measured upwards)
  • өндөр noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • یوكسكلك noun (absolute height)
  • یوكسكلك noun (distance measured upwards)
  • یوكسكلك noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • یوكسكلك noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

Persian

3 entries
  • بلندا noun (distance measured upwards)
  • فرازا noun (absolute height)
  • فرازا noun (distance measured upwards)

Polish

1 entries
  • wysokość bezwzględna noun (absolute height)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • altitude noun (absolute height)
  • altitude noun (distance measured upwards)
  • altitude noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • altitude noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

Romanian

4 entries
  • altitudine noun (absolute height)
  • înălțime noun (absolute height)
  • înălțime noun (distance measured upwards)
  • înălțime noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Russian

4 entries
  • альтиту́да noun (absolute height)
  • возвы́шенность noun (distance measured upwards)
  • высота́ noun (absolute height)
  • высота́ noun (distance measured upwards)

Spanish

2 entries
  • altitud noun (absolute height)
  • altura noun (distance measured upwards)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kimo noun (absolute height)

Swedish

4 entries
  • altitud noun (absolute height)
  • altitud noun (distance measured upwards)
  • höjd noun (absolute height)
  • höjd noun (distance measured upwards)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • layog noun (absolute height)
  • tayog noun (absolute height)
  • tayog noun (distance measured upwards)
  • tayog noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)

Turkish

4 entries
  • irtifa noun (absolute height)
  • irtifa noun (distance measured upwards)
  • irtifa noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • yükseklik noun (absolute height)

Venetan

4 entries
  • altézsa noun (absolute height)
  • altézsa noun (distance measured upwards)
  • altézsa noun (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex)
  • altézsa noun (distance measured angularly of a heavenly body)

Sample sentences

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We are cruising at an altitude of 39,000 feet.

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The plane climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters.

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What is the altitude of the plateau?

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This mountain has an altitude of 3,000 meters.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.