What does altezza in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word altezza in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use altezza in Italian.

The word altezza in Italian means height, height, height, pitch, highness, height, extent, height, elevation, altitude, at eye level, depth of water, maximum height, medium height, eye-level, piezometric surface, piezometric head, real height, height above sea level, be capable of, be at, be equipped to handle a situation, measure up, live up to, measure up, in height. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word altezza

height

sostantivo femminile (dimensione verticale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Misura l'altezza dell'armadio per vedere se entra in ascensore.
Measure the height of the wardrobe to see if it will fit in the lift.

height

sostantivo femminile (grandezza geometrica) (geometry)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il rettangolo misura venti centimetri in altezza.
The rectangle has a height of twenty centimetres.

height

sostantivo femminile (luogo elevato sul circondario)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Da questa altezza si domina la vallata.
From this height we see the entire valley.

pitch

sostantivo femminile (frequenza di un suono) (sound)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'altezza è uno dei caratteri distintivi del suono.
Pitch is one of the distinctive features of sound.

highness

sostantivo femminile (titolo dato ai reali) (royal title)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Diamo il benvenuto a Sua Altezza Reale il Principe di Galles.
We would like to welcome His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

height, extent

sostantivo femminile (figurato (grandezza, eccellenza) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Si distingueva per la sua altezza di ingegno.
He will surely reach great heights in his career.

height, elevation, altitude

sostantivo femminile (grandezza astronomica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ci manca lo strumento per misurare l'altezza del corpo celeste.
We don't have the instrument we need to measure the height of the celestial body.

at eye level

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

depth of water

maximum height

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

medium height

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'altezza media della nostra famiglia è sempre stata fonte di imbarazzo.
The average height of our family has always an embarrassment to us.

eye-level

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

piezometric surface, piezometric head

real height

height above sea level

be capable of

verbo intransitivo (essere allo stesso livello)

I due schermidori sono all'altezza l'uno dell'altro.

be at

verbo intransitivo (essere vicino nello spazio) (location)

All'altezza del distributore di benzina gira a destra e poi prosegui dritto per un chilometro.

be equipped to handle a situation

measure up

live up to

verbo intransitivo (figurato (avere le qualità per [qlcs])

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])

measure up

in height

(conjunction: Connects words, clauses, and sentences--for example, "and," "but," "because," "in order that.")
Filippo mi supera di dieci centimetri in altezza.

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