adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
acrobatic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌækɹəˈbætɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: AE2 K R AH0 B AE1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
vigorously active
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
vigorously active
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an acrobatic dance
- an athletic child
- athletic playing
- gymnastic exercises
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros) Proto-Indo-European *gwem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gwm̥yéti Proto-Hellenic *gwəňňō Proto-Indo-European *gweh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *égwēn Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor. French acrobateder. English acrobat Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acrobatic From acrobat + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: акрабаты́чны (akrabatýčny) — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Catalan: acrobàtic — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Danish: akrobatisk — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Esperanto: akrobata — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Finnish: akrobaattinen — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- French: acrobatique — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Galician: acrobático — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- German: akrobatisch — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- German: artistisch — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Indonesian: akrobatik — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Indonesian: akrobatis — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Italian: acrobatico — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Norwegian Bokmål: akrobatisk — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Norwegian Nynorsk: akrobatisk — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Polish: akrobatyczny — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Portuguese: acrobático — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Russian: акробати́ческий (akrobatíčeskij) — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Spanish: acrobático — of or pertaining to an acrobat
- Ukrainian: акробати́чний (akrobatýčnyj) — of or pertaining to an acrobat
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