adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Atlantic
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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ət-lăn'tĭk
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Received-Pronunciation: /ətˈlæn.tɪk/
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British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ətˈlan.tɪk/
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General-American: ăt-lăn'tĭk
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/ætˈlæn.tɪk/
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/ætˈlæn.ɪk/
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[ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
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rhymes with -æntɪk
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 T L AE1 N T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 T L AE1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 4
Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 5
Descended from the legendary Atlas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 6
Of or pertaining to the atlas, the uppermost vertebra in the spinal columns of humans and some other animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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Synonyms: atlanto-, atlo-
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name
Meaning 7
The Atlantic Ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 8
A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 9
A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 10
A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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adjective
Meaning 12
relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Atlantic currents
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noun
Meaning 13
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Atlantic Ocean
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ocean
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh2- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Antillean Creole: atlantik — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Arabic: أَطْلَسِيّ (ʔaṭlasiyy) — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Asturian: atlánticu — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Belarusian: атланты́чны (atlantýčny) — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Catalan: atlàntic — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Cornish: Atlantek — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Czech: atlantský — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Danish: atlantisk — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Dutch: Atlantisch — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Esperanto: atlantika — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- French: atlantique — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Galician: atlántico — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- German: atlantisch — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Hungarian: atlanti — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Irish: Atlantach — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Italian: atlantico — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Latvian: atlantisks — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Marshallese: Atļaņtiik — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Norwegian Bokmål: atlantisk — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Norwegian Nynorsk: atlantisk — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Occitan: atlantic — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Polish: atlantycki — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Portuguese: atlântico — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Romanian: atlantic — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Russian: атланти́ческий (atlantíčeskij) — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Slovak: atlantický — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Spanish: atlántico — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Ukrainian: атланти́чний (atlantýčnyj) — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Welsh: Iwerydd — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Welsh: Atlantaidd — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Welsh: Atlantig — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
- Yiddish: אַטלאַנטיש (atlantish) — pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean
Real reading context