English

Noun

garums

1. plural of garum

Latvian

Etymology

From garš ‎(“long”) +‎ -ums.

Noun

garums m (1st declension)

1. length (distance from one end to the other)

   ceļa, upes garums‎ ― path, river length

   svārku garums‎ ― skirt length

   auguma garums‎ ― height (lit. height length)

   garuma mērvienības‎ ― unit of length

2. (geography) longitude (distance in degrees between a given place and the prime meridian)

   ģeogrāfiskais garums‎ ― longitude (lit. geographic length)

   austrumu garums‎ ― East longitude

   rietumu garums‎ ― West longitude

3. (of texts, words, etc.) length, size

   romāna garums‎ ― the length of the novel

   vārda garums‎ ― the length of the word

   vēstules garums‎ ― the length of the letter, message

4. (of a time period, e.g., the time taken by a given action or activity) length

   nakts garums‎ ― the length of the night

   sarunas garums‎ ― the length of the conversation

5. (phonetics, phonology) length (longer pronunciation of a vowel or consonant)

   patskaņa garumu apzīmē ar svītru virs attiecīgā burta‎ ― vowel length is marked with a bar above the corresponding letter

6. (instrumental, with viss) maximum length

   izstiept kājas visā garumā‎ ― to stretch out (one's) legs to full (lit. all) length (= as far as possible)

Declension

Derived terms

• viļņa garums