loft

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒft/, enPR: lŏft (General American) IPA(key): /lɔft/, enPR: lôft (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /lɑft/, enPR: lŏft Rhymes: -ɒft === Noun === loft (countable and uncountable, plural lofts) (obsolete, except in derivatives) Air, the air; the sky, the heavens. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. Such an attic used as an atelier. (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc. Hyponyms: rood-loft, organ loft a choir loft (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building. Ellipsis of pigeon loft. (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward). (cricket) A lofted drive. (obsolete) A floor or room placed above another. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lift (noun) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === loft (third-person singular simple present lofts, present participle lofting, simple past and past participle lofted) (transitive) To propel high into the air. (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface. (transitive) To furnish with a loft space. (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === loft (comparative more loft, superlative most loft) (obsolete, rare) Lofty; proud; haughty. ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === FLOT == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse lopt (“attic, air”). Cognate to luft (“air”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlʌfd] === Noun === loft n (singular definite loftet, plural indefinite lofter) attic, room immediately below the roof of a building ceiling, structure separating stories in a building (by extension) an upper limit to something ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse lopt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɔft/ Rhymes: -ɔft === Noun === loft n (genitive singular lofts, nominative plural loft) air Synonym: andrúmsloft sky Synonym: himinn loft, attic Synonym: háaloft ceiling ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse lopt. === Noun === loft n (definite singular loftet, indefinite plural loft, definite plural lofta or loftene) a loft or attic the ceiling of a room a two-storey medieval building === References === “loft” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “loft” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse lopt. === Noun === loft n (definite singular loftet, indefinite plural loft, definite plural lofta) a loft or attic a two-storey building made in medieval times or in a similar style === References === “loft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /loft/ === Noun === loft f alternative form of lyft (“air”) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English loft. Doublet of lift and luft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɔft/ Rhymes: -ɔft Syllabification: loft === Noun === loft m inan loft apartment ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “loft”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Noun === loft m (plural lofts) loft === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “loft”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA == Swedish == === Noun === loft n a loft (attic or similar space directly beneath the roof of a building) Synonym: vindsutrymme (archaic) the upper floor (upstairs) of a two-story house Synonym: övervåning ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ha tomtar på loftet (“to be crazy”) ==== See also ==== vind (“attic”) === References === “loft”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “loft”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “loft”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian luft, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Cognate with English lift and Dutch lucht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /loft/ === Noun === loft c (plural loften) sky group of clouds ==== Further reading ==== “loft”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011