Threshold

//ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld//

Synonyms for "threshold" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(3 words)
doorsilldoorstepbrink

Strong matches (39)

Noun(2 words)
doordoorway

Related words (64)

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25 entries

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Synonyms

3 entries

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27 entries

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derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

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22 entries

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Translations

228 translations across 97 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • prag noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • shkam noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • shqem noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • βηλός noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بِدَايَة noun (outset of an action or project)
  • عَتَبَة noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Armenian

3 entries
  • շեմ noun (point at which an action is triggered)
  • շեմք noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • սեմ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • astana noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • kandar noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • буҫаға noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • тупһа noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Basque

1 entries
  • atalase noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • паро́г noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গোবরাট noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Breton

1 entries
  • treuzoù noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • нача́ло noun (outset of an action or project)
  • праг noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • праг noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • преддве́рие noun (entrance)

Burmese

3 entries
  • တံခါးခုံ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • ဖိနပ်ချွတ် noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • အပေါက်ဝ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Catalan

4 entries
  • capçalera noun (start of the landing area)
  • llindar noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • llindar noun (entrance)
  • llindar noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 門檻 /门槛 noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • 門限 /门限 noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • 閾值 /阈值 noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • прагъ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Chuvash

2 entries
  • алӑк янаххи noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • пусаха noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • bosağa noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Czech

1 entries
  • práh noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Danish

4 entries
  • dørtærskel noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • skattefri bundgrænse noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • tærskel noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • tærskel noun (entrance)

Dutch

2 entries
  • drempel noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • drempelwaarde noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Erzya

1 entries
  • кенкшикелькс noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • enirejo noun (entrance)
  • sojlo noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • sojlo noun (entrance)

Estonian

1 entries
  • künnis noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alaraja noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • aloituspiste noun (outset of an action or project)
  • kynnys noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • kynnys noun (entrance)

French

4 entries
  • seuil noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • seuil noun (point at which an action is triggered)
  • seuil noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • seuil noun (outset of an action or project)

Galician

3 entries
  • limiar noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • limiar noun (entrance)
  • limiar noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ზღურბლი noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

German

4 entries
  • Anfang noun (outset of an action or project)
  • Ausgangspunkt noun (outset of an action or project)
  • Beginn noun (outset of an action or project)
  • Landeschwelle noun (start of the landing area)

Greek

4 entries
  • αφετηρία noun (outset of an action or project)
  • κατώφλι noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • κατώφλι noun (entrance)
  • κατώφλι noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מִפְתָּן noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • מִפְתָּן noun (entrance)
  • מַדְרֵגָה noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • סַף noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Hindi

2 entries
  • डेवढ़ी noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • दहलीज़ noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • küszöb noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • küszöbérték noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þröskuldur noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • ambang noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Irish

1 entries
  • tairseach noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Italian

4 entries
  • entrata noun (entrance)
  • soglia noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • soglia noun (point at which an action is triggered)
  • soglia di casa noun (entrance)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 敷居 noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • 敷居 noun (entrance)
  • 閾値 noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Karachay Balkar

1 entries
  • босагъа noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • босаға noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • табалдырық noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ធរណីទ្វារ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Korean

3 entries
  • 문지방 noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • 문턱 noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • 역치 noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • посагъа noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • босого noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Lao

1 entries
  • ທໍຣະນີປະຕູ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • slīksnis noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Latin

1 entries
  • līmen noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Latvian

1 entries
  • slieksnis noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • slenkstis noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • prog noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • праг noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • праг noun (entrance)

Malay

1 entries
  • ambang noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Marathi

1 entries
  • उंबरठा noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • босго noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Māori

3 entries
  • paepae noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • paepaepoto noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • paewae noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Nogai

1 entries
  • босага noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Norman

2 entries
  • ché d'la porte noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • pas dé l'us noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • derazînk noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • şîpane noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • dørstokk noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • dørstokk noun (entrance)
  • fribeløp noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • frikortsgrense noun (income at which income tax becomes due)

Occitan

4 entries
  • lindal noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • pompidor noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • solar noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • sulhet noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • порогъ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • къӕсӕр noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اشیك noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • اشیك noun (entrance)

Pashto

2 entries
  • آستانه noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • درګا noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Persian

3 entries
  • آستان noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • آستانه noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • درگاه noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Polabian

1 entries
  • роrg noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Polish

4 entries
  • przedsionek noun (entrance)
  • próg noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • próg noun (entrance)
  • próg noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cabeceira noun (start of the landing area)
  • limiar noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • limiar noun (point at which an action is triggered)
  • patamar noun (entrance)

Romanian

1 entries
  • prag noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Russian

4 entries
  • нача́ло noun (outset of an action or project)
  • поро́г noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • поро́г noun (point at which an action is triggered)
  • поро́г noun (income at which income tax becomes due)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • stairsneach noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • prȁg noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • пра̏г noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Shor

2 entries
  • позаа noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • позаға noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • antu noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • sogghia noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prah noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Slovene

1 entries
  • prag noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • бозого noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Spanish

4 entries
  • limen noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • límite noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • portal noun (entrance)
  • tranco noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fribelopp noun (income at which income tax becomes due)
  • tröskel noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • tröskelvärde noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • gilid noun (point at which an action is triggered)
  • gilid noun (point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general)

Tajik

2 entries
  • даргоҳ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • остона noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Tatar

1 entries
  • бусага noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గడప noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Thai

1 entries
  • ธรณีประตู noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Turkish

2 entries
  • eşik noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • eşik noun (point at which an action is triggered)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • bosaga noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Tuvan

3 entries
  • бозага noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • казапча noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • эргин noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • порі́г noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • рrоh noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Urdu

4 entries
  • آسْتانَہ noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • دہلیز noun (point at which an action is triggered)
  • ڈیوڑھی noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • ڈیوڑی noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بوسۇغا noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • boʻsagʻa noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • ostona noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ngưỡng noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • ngưỡng cửa noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Volapük

2 entries
  • domasoliad noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • soliad noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Walloon

1 entries
  • soû noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Welsh

3 entries
  • rhiniog noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • trothwy noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)
  • trothwy noun (point at which an action is triggered)

West Flemish

1 entries
  • zulle noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שוועל noun (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!

Source: tatoeba (714824)

When the input exceeds a certain threshold, an output signal is instantaneously released.

Source: tatoeba (1256544)

His pain exceeded every threshold.

Source: tatoeba (1256548)

In a few seconds I would have overcome the desperation threshold.

Source: tatoeba (1256555)

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