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depth

/dɛpθ/

Rhymes with -ɛpθ

Where it comes from

From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Cognates

Cognate with Scots deepth, Saterland Frisian Djüpte, West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte, German Low German Deepd, Luxembourgish Déift, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt, Norwegian Nynorsk djupt, dypt, and Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”); further to Old English diepe, German Tiefe, Icelandic dýpi, Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, Swedish djup.

noun depths

countable, uncountable the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
Similar: deepness, lowness, abyss, bottom, bathos, nadir
countable, uncountable the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
countable, figuratively, uncountable the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc. The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
countable, uncountable lowness the depth of a sound
countable, uncountable the total palette of available colors
countable, uncountable the property of appearing three-dimensional The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
countable, literary, plural normally, uncountable the deepest part (usually of a body of water) The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
countable, literary, plural normally, uncountable a very remote part. Into the depths of the jungle...
countable, uncountable the most severe part in the depth of the crisis
countable, uncountable the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
countable, uncountable a pair of toothed wheels which work together
countable, uncountable the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
countable, uncountable the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
countable, uncountable A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
countable, uncountable An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: profoundness, profundity, astuteness, profound, deep, profoundly, deeply, deepening, deepen, extensively, extensive, gravity, extended, broadness, width, solidity

Translations

Every language

noun vertical distance below a surface

Español	profundidad, calo, hondura, calado
한국어	깊이 gipi, 심도 simdo
日本語	深さ fukasa, 深度 shindo
中文	深度 shēndù
हिन्दी	गहराई gahrāī
Kiswahili	kina
Português	profundidade, fundura, profundeza
Français	profondeur
Deutsch	Tiefe
Italiano	profondità
Ελληνικά	βάθος váthos
Română	adâncime, profunzime
Русский	глубина́ glubiná
Tiếng Việt	độ sâu
العربية	عَمْق ʕamq
עברית	עומק \ עֹמֶק 'omek

noun distance between the front and the back

日本語	奥行き okuyuki

noun intensity of an emotion, situation, etc.

Español	profundidad

noun perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point

Français	épaisseur

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@misc{depth_2026,
  title = {depth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/depth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}