high tide (countable and uncountable , plural high tides )
The natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
Synonyms: flood tide , rising tide
Antonym: low tide
The time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level.
( figuratively ) A climax , culminating point or phase.
( euphemistic ) Synonym of menstruation
2006 Mar. 3 , Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd , Season 1, Episode 6:
Do you not like Aunt Irma? I've got an aunt like that. It's my term for... my time of the month . What time of the month? The weekend? No... you know, it... it's high tide . But we're not on the coast.
( obsolete , rare ) A great festival .
the natural tide at its highest level
Belarusian: прылі́ў m ( prylíŭ )
Bikol Central: taob (bcl)
Bulgarian: прили́в (bg) m ( prilív )
Catalan: plenamar (ca) f , marea alta f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高潮 (zh) ( gāocháo )
Czech: příliv (cs) m
Danish: flod (da) c , højvande (da) n
Dutch: hoog tij n , hoog water n , hoogwater (nl) n , vloed (nl)
Esperanto: alta tajdo
Estonian: tõus
Finnish: korkeavesi , vuoksi (fi)
French: marée haute (fr) f , mer haute f , pleine mer (fr) f
Galician: marea alta f , marea chea f , preamar (gl) f
Georgian: მაღალი წყალი ( maɣali c̣q̇ali ) , მოქცევა ( mokceva ) , ზღვის მოქცევის უმაღლესი წერტილი ( zɣvis mokcevis umaɣlesi c̣erṭili ) , წყლის უმაღლესი დონე მოქცევისას ( c̣q̇lis umaɣlesi done mokcevisas )
German: Flut (de) f , Hochwasser (de) n
Greek: πλημμυρίδα (el) f ( plimmyrída )
Hindi: उच्च ज्वारभाटा ( ucc jvārbhāṭā )
Hungarian: dagály (hu)
Icelandic: flóð (is) n
Ilocano: panagadalem ti baybay , atab
Irish: lán mara m , taoide lán f , barr taoide m , ionradh ard m
Italian: alta marea (it) f , acqua alta f
Japanese: 高潮 (ja) ( こうちょう, kōchō ) , 満潮 (ja) ( まんちょう, manchō ) , 満ち潮 (ja) ( みちしお, michishio )
Korean: 고조(高潮) (ko) ( gojo ) , 만조(滿潮) (ko) ( manjo )
Latvian: paisums m
Macedonian: пли́ма f ( plíma ) , при́лив m ( príliv )
Maori: tai pari
Norman: haut dg'ieau m ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flo (no) f , høyvann n , høgvann n , høgvatn n , høyvatn n
Nynorsk: flod f , høgvatn n
Okinawan: 満潮 ( みちす, michisu ) , 満潮 ( みちしゅ, michishu )
Persian: مهکشند ( mehkešand )
Polish: przypływ (pl) m
Portuguese: maré alta
Romanian: maree înaltă f
Russian: прили́в (ru) m ( prilív ) , полово́дье (ru) n ( polovódʹje ) , наивы́сший у́ровень прили́ва n ( naivýsšij úrovenʹ prilíva )
Scottish Gaelic: muir-làn m , làn-mara m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: плима f , прилив m
Roman: plima (sh) f , priliv (sh) m
Slovak: príliv m
Slovene: plima (sl) f
Southern Kalinga: lumina
Spanish: marea alta f , pleamar (es) , plenamar f
Swedish: högvatten (sv) n , flod (sv) c
Tagalog: taog , taib (tl) , taeb , laki ng tubig
Tok Pisin: haiwara
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: прили́в m ( prylýv )
Welsh: penllanw m
Yámana: yaraku
Yonaguni: 満潮 ( んてぃす, ntisu )
the time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Czech: doba (cs) f přílivu (cs) m
Danish: flod (da) c , højvande (da) n
Dutch: hoog tij n , hoog water n , hoogwater (nl) n
Finnish: korkeavesi , vuoksi (fi)
French: mer haute f
Georgian: ზღვის მაქსიმალური მოქცევა ( zɣvis maksimaluri mokceva ) , ზღვის მაქსიმალური მოქცევის პერიოდი ( zɣvis maksimaluri mokcevis ṗeriodi )
Hungarian: dagály (hu)
Macedonian: пли́ма f ( plíma ) , при́лив m ( príliv )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flotid m or f , høyvann n , høgvann n , høgvatn n , høyvatn n
Nynorsk: flodtid f , høgvatn n
Russian: прили́в (ru) m ( prilív ) , полово́дье (ru) n ( polovódʹje ) , наивы́сший у́ровень прили́ва n ( naivýsšij úrovenʹ prilíva )
Scottish Gaelic: muir-làn m
Spanish: pleamar (es) f , marea alta f , plenamar f
Swedish: flod (sv) c
climax, culminating point or phase
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