Strait

//stɹeɪt//

Synonyms for "strait" (172 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Strong matches (51)

Related words (86)

Noun(3 words)
passsoundstraits
Proper Noun(1 words)
soms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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related to

18 entries

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similar

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Translations

176 translations across 97 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • Ngushtë adj (tight, close, confined)
  • Shtejt (gheg) adj (tight, close, confined)
  • ngushticë noun (narrow channel of water)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ወሽመጥ noun (narrow channel of water)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πορθμός noun (narrow channel of water)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بُوغَاز noun (narrow channel of water)
  • مَضِيق noun (narrow channel of water)
  • مُخْتَنَق noun (narrow channel of water)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նեղուց noun (narrow channel of water)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • boğaz noun (narrow channel of water)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • боғаҙ noun (narrow channel of water)

Basque

1 entries
  • itsasate noun (narrow channel of water)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пралі́ў noun (narrow channel of water)
  • прато́ка noun (narrow channel of water)

Bengali

2 entries
  • প্রণালি noun (narrow channel of water)
  • প্রণালী noun (narrow channel of water)

Breton

1 entries
  • strizh-mor noun (narrow channel of water)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ограничен adj (tight, close, confined)
  • тесен adj (tight, close, confined)
  • затрудне́ние noun (difficult position)
  • про́лив noun (narrow channel of water)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပင်လယ်လက်ကြား noun (narrow channel of water)
  • ရေလက်ကြား noun (narrow channel of water)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • проли́в noun (narrow channel of water)

Catalan

1 entries
  • estret noun (narrow channel of water)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • selet noun (narrow channel of water)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 海峽 /海峡 noun (narrow channel of water)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 海峽 /海峡 noun (narrow channel of water)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 紧 adj (tight, close, confined)
  • 海峽 /海峡 noun (narrow channel of water)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • boğaz noun (narrow channel of water)

Czech

1 entries
  • průliv noun (narrow channel of water)

Danish

3 entries
  • nor noun (narrow channel of water)
  • stræde noun (narrow channel of water)
  • sund noun (narrow channel of water)

Dari

1 entries
  • تَنْگَه noun (narrow channel of water)

Dutch

4 entries
  • nauw noun (narrow channel of water)
  • nauw noun (difficult position)
  • straat noun (narrow channel of water)
  • zee-engte noun (narrow channel of water)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • markolo noun (narrow channel of water)

Estonian

1 entries
  • väin noun (narrow channel of water)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ahdas adj (tight, close, confined)
  • kaita adj (tight, close, confined)
  • kapea adj (tight, close, confined)
  • kannas noun (isthmus)

French

1 entries
  • détroit noun (narrow channel of water)

Galician

2 entries
  • estreito noun (narrow channel of water)
  • freo noun (narrow channel of water)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სრუტე noun (narrow channel of water)

German

3 entries
  • Enge noun (narrow channel of water)
  • Meerenge noun (narrow channel of water)
  • Straße noun (narrow channel of water)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 adj (tight, close, confined)

Greek

2 entries
  • πορθμός noun (narrow channel of water)
  • στενό noun (narrow pass, passage or street)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • સામુદ્રધુની noun (narrow channel of water)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מיצר \ מֵצַר noun (narrow channel of water)
  • צָרָה noun (difficult position)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आबनाए noun (narrow channel of water)
  • जलडमरू noun (narrow channel of water)
  • जलडमरूमध्य noun (narrow channel of water)
  • जलसंधि noun (narrow channel of water)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szoros noun (narrow channel of water)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sund noun (narrow channel of water)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • selat noun (narrow channel of water)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تَنْگِه noun (narrow channel of water)
  • تَنْگْنا noun (difficult position)

Iranun

1 entries
  • tarusan noun (narrow channel of water)

Irish

1 entries
  • caol noun (narrow channel of water)

Italian

2 entries
  • stretta noun (difficult position)
  • stretto noun (narrow channel of water)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 困難 noun (difficult position)
  • 海峡 noun (narrow channel of water)
  • 苦境 noun (difficult position)
  • 難局 noun (difficult position)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಜಲಸಂಧಿ noun (narrow channel of water)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бұғаз noun (narrow channel of water)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ច្រកសមុទ្រ noun (narrow channel of water)
  • ដៃសមុទ្រ noun (narrow channel of water)

Korean

1 entries
  • 해협 noun (narrow channel of water)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • пролив noun (narrow channel of water)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кысык noun (narrow channel of water)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຊ່ອງແຄບ noun (narrow channel of water)

Latin

1 entries
  • fretum noun (narrow channel of water)

Latvian

1 entries
  • šaurums noun (narrow channel of water)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • sąsiauris noun (narrow channel of water)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • те́сен adj (tight, close, confined)
  • мо́реуз noun (narrow channel of water)
  • про́ток noun (narrow channel of water)
  • те́снец noun (narrow channel of water)

Malay

1 entries
  • selat noun (narrow channel of water)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • കടലിടുക്ക് noun (narrow channel of water)
  • ജലസന്ധി noun (narrow channel of water)

Marathi

1 entries
  • सामुद्रधुनी noun (narrow channel of water)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • тэнгисийн хоолой noun (narrow channel of water)
  • хоолой noun (narrow channel of water)

Māori

4 entries
  • kikī adj (tight, close, confined)
  • awa noun (narrow channel of water)
  • kūititanga noun (narrow channel of water)
  • kūititanga noun (isthmus)

Nepali

1 entries
  • जलसन्धि noun (narrow channel of water)

Nogai

1 entries
  • богаз noun (narrow channel of water)

Norman

1 entries
  • dêtrait noun (narrow channel of water)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • tengav noun (narrow channel of water)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • čoalbmi noun (narrow channel of water)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • kanal noun (narrow channel of water)
  • strede noun (narrow channel of water)
  • strete noun (narrow channel of water)
  • sund noun (narrow channel of water)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بوغاز noun (narrow channel of water)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • морйоуз noun (narrow channel of water)

Pashto

2 entries
  • آبنا noun (narrow channel of water)
  • ترۍ noun (narrow channel of water)

Polish

1 entries
  • cieśnina noun (narrow channel of water)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • aperto noun (difficult position)
  • estreito noun (narrow channel of water)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪਣਜੋੜ noun (narrow channel of water)

Romanian

2 entries
  • strâmtoare noun (narrow channel of water)
  • strâmtoare noun (difficult position)

Russian

4 entries
  • затрудне́ние noun (difficult position)
  • затрудни́тельное положе́ние noun (difficult position)
  • проли́в noun (narrow channel of water)
  • прото́к noun (narrow channel of water)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • caol noun (narrow channel of water)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • morèuz noun (narrow channel of water)
  • tjèsnac noun (narrow channel of water)
  • tèsnac noun (narrow channel of water)
  • škrìpac noun (difficult position)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • සමුද්රසන්ධි noun (narrow channel of water)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prieliv noun (narrow channel of water)

Slovene

2 entries
  • ožina noun (narrow channel of water)
  • preliv noun (narrow channel of water)

Spanish

3 entries
  • aprieto noun (difficult position)
  • estrecho noun (narrow channel of water)
  • paso noun (narrow channel of water)

Swedish

2 entries
  • nor noun (narrow channel of water)
  • sund noun (narrow channel of water)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kipot noun (narrow channel of water)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гулӯгоҳ noun (narrow channel of water)

Tamil

1 entries
  • நீரிணை noun (narrow channel of water)

Tatar

1 entries
  • бугаз noun (narrow channel of water)

Telugu

1 entries
  • జలసంధి noun (narrow channel of water)

Thai

1 entries
  • ช่องแคบ noun (narrow channel of water)

Turkish

1 entries
  • boğaz noun (narrow channel of water)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • bogaz noun (narrow channel of water)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • проли́в noun (narrow channel of water)
  • прото́ка noun (narrow channel of water)

Urdu

2 entries
  • آب نائے noun (narrow channel of water)
  • آبْنائے noun (narrow channel of water)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بوغۇز noun (narrow channel of water)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • boʻgʻoz noun (narrow channel of water)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • eo biển noun (narrow channel of water)

Võro

1 entries
  • salm noun (narrow channel of water)

Welsh

4 entries
  • culfor noun (narrow channel of water)
  • cyfyngfor noun (narrow channel of water)
  • cyfyngfor noun (narrow channel of water)
  • swnt noun (narrow channel of water)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • דורכגאָס noun (narrow channel of water)
  • דורכגוס noun (narrow channel of water)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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At this point the sea narrows into a strait.

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This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.

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The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.

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The rail-line was carried under the Tsugaru Strait to Hokkaido.

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