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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesweit
Pronunciation / Transliteration: vaɪt
"Es ist ein weiter Weg bis dorthin."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
At, to, or by a great distance; a long way off in space or time.
"We do not have to look far to find examples of this phenomenon."
- 1
Situated at a great distance; remote.
"They traveled to a far country to start their new lives."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Inherited from Middle English 'far', 'fer', from Old English 'feorr', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German 'faro', Gothic 'fairra', and ultimately rooted in the Proto-Indo-European base '*per-' meaning 'forward, through, beyond'. Over centuries, it has retained its primary spatial and temporal directional meaning while expanding into various idiomatic expressions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Far" is said worldwide
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loin
Transliteration: lwɛ̃
"La maison n'est pas loin d'ici."
weit
Transliteration: vaɪt
"Es ist ein weiter Weg bis dorthin."
lontano
Transliteration: lonˈtaːno
"La scuola è molto lontana da casa mia."
lejos
Transliteration: ˈlexos
"El supermercado está muy lejos."
longe
Transliteration: ˈlõʒi
"Eles moram longe da cidade."
दूर
Transliteration: door
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"मेरा घर यहाँ से बहुत दूर है।"
远
Transliteration: yuǎn
Script: 中文汉字
"我家离这里很远。"
멀리
Transliteration: meolli
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 멀리 떠났다."
遠い
Transliteration: tōi
Script: 日本語
"私たちの学校はここから遠いです。"
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