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Pronunciation / Transliteration: inchi
"이 모니터는 27인치입니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of linear measure equal to one-twelfth of a foot (2.54 centimeters).
"The screen of the new tablet measures ten inches diagonally."
- 1
To move very slowly and carefully in a specified direction.
"The car began to inch forward through the heavy traffic."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'inch' originates from the Latin 'uncia', meaning 'one-twelfth', which referred to a twelfth of a foot. The term evolved through Old French 'unche' before entering Middle English as 'ynche'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inch" is said worldwide
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pouce
Transliteration: /pus/
"La table est plus longue de quelques pouces."
Zoll
Transliteration: /tsɔl/
"Der Bildschirm hat eine Diagonale von 15 Zoll."
pollice
Transliteration: /ˈpol.li.tʃe/
"La neve è caduta per diversi pollici."
pulgada
Transliteration: /pulˈɣa.ða/
"Necesito una tabla de dos pulgadas de grosor."
polegada
Transliteration: /pu.leˈɡa.dɐ/
"A chuva acumulou mais de uma polegada."
इंच
Transliteration: inch
"यह कपड़ा लंबाई में कुछ इंच कम है।"
英寸
Transliteration: yīngcùn
"屏幕大小为十五英寸。"
인치
Transliteration: inchi
"이 모니터는 27인치입니다."
インチ
Transliteration: inchi
"そのテレビの画面は32インチです。"
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