adj
Meaning 1
Living or taking place in the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
aerial
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹiəl/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɛːɹɪjəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/ˈɛəɹiəl/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/ˈeɹiəl/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/ˈɛɹiəl/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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/ˈeə̯ɹiəl/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/ˈiə̯ɹiəl/ cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /ˈeɾeəl/
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Scotland: /-ɪəl/
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Scotland: /-iəl/
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obsolete: /eɪˈɪəɹɪəl/
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obsolete: /eɪˈɛəɹɪəl/
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homophone: areal
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homophone: Ariel
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiəl
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 R IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Positioned high up; elevated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
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adj
Meaning 4
Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 5
Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- aerial photography
- an aerial view of the landscape
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Above the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A move that involves performing a full rotation while in the air, without touching any equipment such as a balance beam or panel mat with one's hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
An aerial photograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Lanczos3 for sharp results. May produce aerials. — Krita 5.2.2
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 13
existing or living or growing or operating in the air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- aerial roots of a philodendron
- aerial particles
- small aerial creatures such as butterflies
- aerial warfare
- aerial photography
- aerial cable cars
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air- Thomas Carlyle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away
- aerial fancies
- an airy apparition
- physical rather than ethereal forms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aeriform, airy, aery, ethereal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forward pass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pass, passing play, passing game, passing
Narrower terms: flare pass, flare, screen pass
noun
Meaning 16
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electrical device
Narrower terms: dipole, dipole antenna, directional antenna, omnidirectional antenna, nondirectional antenna
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der. Latin āerius English -al English aerial From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial.
Across languages
Translations
150 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جَوِّيّ (jawwiyy) — taking place in the air
- Arabic: هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy) — taking place in the air
- Armenian: օդային (ōdayin) — taking place in the air
- Asturian: aereu — taking place in the air
- Belarusian: паве́траны (pavjétrany) — taking place in the air
- Belarusian: атмасфе́рны (atmasfjérny) — taking place in the air
- Bulgarian: възду́шен (vǎzdúšen) — taking place in the air
- Bulgarian: атмосфе́рен (atmosféren) — taking place in the air
- Catalan: aeri — taking place in the air
- Chinese Mandarin: 空中 (kōngzhōng) — taking place in the air
- Czech: vzduchový — taking place in the air
- Czech: vzdušný — taking place in the air
- Esperanto: aera — taking place in the air
- Estonian: lennupõhine — taking place in the air
- Finnish: ilma- — taking place in the air
- Finnish: lento- — taking place in the air
- French: aérien — taking place in the air
- Galician: aéreo — taking place in the air
- Georgian: საჰაერო (sahaero) — taking place in the air
- German: Luft- — taking place in the air
- Ancient Greek: ἀέριος (aérios) — taking place in the air
- Hebrew: אֲוִירִי (avirí) — taking place in the air
- Hindi: आकाशीय (ākāśīya) — taking place in the air
- Hungarian: légi — taking place in the air
- Hungarian: függő — taking place in the air
- Ido: aerala — taking place in the air
- Indonesian: aerial — taking place in the air
- Italian: aereo — taking place in the air
- Latin: aerius — taking place in the air
- Macedonian: воздушен (vozdušen) — taking place in the air
- Malay: aerial — taking place in the air
- Old English: lyften — taking place in the air
- Iranian Persian: هَوایی (havâyi) — taking place in the air
- Polish: powietrzny — taking place in the air
- Portuguese: aéreo — taking place in the air
- Romanian: aerian — taking place in the air
- Russian: возду́шный (vozdúšnyj) — taking place in the air
- Russian: атмосфе́рный (atmosférnyj) — taking place in the air
- Serbo-Croatian: зра́чан — taking place in the air
- Serbo-Croatian: zráčan — taking place in the air
- Slovak: vzdušný — taking place in the air
- Slovene: zračen — taking place in the air
- Spanish: aéreo — taking place in the air
- Tagalog: hangining — taking place in the air
- Tajik: ҳавоӣ (havoyi) — taking place in the air
- Ukrainian: пові́тряний (povítrjanyj) — taking place in the air
- Ukrainian: повітря́ний (povitrjányj) — taking place in the air
- Ukrainian: атмосфе́рний (atmosférnyj) — taking place in the air
- Urdu: ہَوائی (havāī) — taking place in the air
- Belarusian: эфі́рны (efírny) — ethereal
- Catalan: aeri — ethereal
- Chinese Mandarin: 虚幻 (xūhuàn) — ethereal
- Finnish: eteerinen — ethereal
- Georgian: ეთერული (eteruli) — ethereal
- Irish: aerga — ethereal
- Italian: etereo — ethereal
- Portuguese: etéreo — ethereal
- Russian: эфи́рный (efírnyj) — ethereal
- Ukrainian: ефі́рний (efírnyj) — ethereal
- Czech: letecký — (aviation) pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air
- Polish: lotniczy — (aviation) pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air
- Ukrainian: літа́льний (litálʹnyj) — (aviation) pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air
- Afrikaans: antenne — device for receiving or transmitting
- Afrikaans: opvangdraad — device for receiving or transmitting
- Afrikaans: lugdraad — device for receiving or transmitting
- Albanian: antenë — device for receiving or transmitting
- Arabic: هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Armenian: ալեհավաք (alehavakʻ) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Armenian: անտենա (antena) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Azerbaijani: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Basque: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Belarusian: антэ́на (anténa) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Bengali: আকাশ-তার (akaś-tar) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Bengali: অ্যান্টেনা (ênṭena) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Bulgarian: анте́на (anténa) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Burmese: ကောင်းကင်ကြိုး (kaung:kangkrui:) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Burmese: အင်တင်နာ (angtangna) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Catalan: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Chinese Cantonese: 天線 /天线 — device for receiving or transmitting
- Chinese Mandarin: 天線 /天线 (tiānxiàn) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Czech: anténa — device for receiving or transmitting
- Danish: antenne — device for receiving or transmitting
- Dutch: antenne — device for receiving or transmitting
- Esperanto: anteno — device for receiving or transmitting
- Estonian: antenn — device for receiving or transmitting
- Finnish: antenni — device for receiving or transmitting
- French: antenne — device for receiving or transmitting
- Georgian: ანტენა (anṭena) — device for receiving or transmitting
- German: Antenne — device for receiving or transmitting
- Greek: κεραία (keraía) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Hebrew: אַנְטֶנָּה (anténa) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Hebrew: מְשׁוֹשָׁה (meshoshá) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Hindi: एन्टेना (enṭenā) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Hindi: ऐंटिना (a͠iṭinā) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Hungarian: antenna — device for receiving or transmitting
- Icelandic: loftnet — device for receiving or transmitting
- Indonesian: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Irish: aeróg — device for receiving or transmitting
- Italian: antenna — device for receiving or transmitting
- Japanese: アンテナ (antena) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Japanese: 空中線 (kūchūsen) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Kazakh: антенна (antenna) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Kazakh: толқынтор (tolqyntor) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Khmer: អង់តែន (ʼɑngtaen) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Khmer: អង្តែន (ʼɑɑʼɑngtaen) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Korean: 안테나 (antena) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Kyrgyz: антенна (antenna) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Lao: ສາຍອາກາດ (sāi ʼā kāt) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Latvian: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Lithuanian: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Macedonian: антена (antena) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Malay: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Maltese: antenna — device for receiving or transmitting
- Maltese: erjal — device for receiving or transmitting
- Māori: hihi irirangi — device for receiving or transmitting
- Māori: pou irirangi — device for receiving or transmitting
- Māori: pūhihi — device for receiving or transmitting
- Marathi: संवेदानाग्र (sauvedānāgra) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Mongolian: антен (anten) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Norwegian Bokmål: antenne — device for receiving or transmitting
- Norwegian Nynorsk: antenne — device for receiving or transmitting
- Iranian Persian: آنْتِن (ânten) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Polish: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Portuguese: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Romanian: antenă — device for receiving or transmitting
- Russian: анте́нна (antɛ́nna) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Serbo-Croatian: анте́на — device for receiving or transmitting
- Serbo-Croatian: anténa — device for receiving or transmitting
- Slovak: anténa — device for receiving or transmitting
- Slovene: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Spanish: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Swedish: antenn — device for receiving or transmitting
- Tagalog: antena — device for receiving or transmitting
- Tajik: антенна (antenna) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Tamil: வானலை வாங்கி (vāṉalai vāṅki) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Thai: เสาอากาศ (sǎo-aa-gàat) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Thai: สายอากาศ (sǎai-aa-gàat) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Turkish: anten — device for receiving or transmitting
- Turkmen: antenna — device for receiving or transmitting
- Ukrainian: анте́на (anténa) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Urdu: اینْٹینا (enṭenā) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Urdu: مُحاس (muhās) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Uyghur: ئانتېننا (antënna) — device for receiving or transmitting
- Uzbek: antenna — device for receiving or transmitting
- Vietnamese: ăng-ten — device for receiving or transmitting
- Vietnamese: ăngten — device for receiving or transmitting
- Vietnamese: ăng ten — device for receiving or transmitting
- Vietnamese: dây trời — device for receiving or transmitting
- Welsh: erial — device for receiving or transmitting
- Yiddish: אַנטענע (antene) — device for receiving or transmitting
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