adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- atmospheric phenomena
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
atmospheric
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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Australian, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK: ătməsfĕrĭk
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌætməsˈfɛɹɪk/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˌatməsˈfɛɹɪk/
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Scotland, Wales: /ˌatməsˈfɛɾɪk/
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Australian: /ˌætməsˈfeɹɪk/
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New-Zealand: /ˌɛtməsˈfeɹək/
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Canada, US: ătməsfîrĭk
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/ˌætməsˈfɪɹɪk/ mirror–nearer merger
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/ˌætməsˈfɪəɹɪk/ without the mirror–nearer merger
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rhymes with -ɪəɹɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
Translucent or hazy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: painting
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a dark atmospheric thriller
- atmospheric concert
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or located in the atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- atmospheric tests
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atmospherical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English atmospher(e) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atmospheric From atmospher(e) + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մթնոլորտային (mtʻnolortayin) — relating to the atmosphere
- Asturian: atmosféricu — relating to the atmosphere
- Belarusian: атмасфе́рны (atmasfjérny) — relating to the atmosphere
- Belarusian: атмасфэ́рны (atmasférny) — relating to the atmosphere
- Bhojpuri: वायुमंडलीय (vāyumaṇḍəlīya) — relating to the atmosphere
- Bulgarian: атмосфе́рен (atmosféren) — relating to the atmosphere
- Catalan: atmosfèric — relating to the atmosphere
- Czech: atmosférický — relating to the atmosphere
- Danish: atmosfærisk — relating to the atmosphere
- Dutch: atmosferisch — relating to the atmosphere
- Estonian: atmosfääriline — relating to the atmosphere
- Finnish: atmosfäärinen — relating to the atmosphere
- French: atmosphérique — relating to the atmosphere
- Galician: atmosférico — relating to the atmosphere
- Georgian: ატმოსფერული (aṭmosperuli) — relating to the atmosphere
- German: atmosphärisch — relating to the atmosphere
- Greek: ατμοσφαιρικός (atmosfairikós) — relating to the atmosphere
- Hindi: वायुमंडलीय (vāyumaṇḍlīya) — relating to the atmosphere
- Hungarian: légköri — relating to the atmosphere
- Irish: atmaisféarach — relating to the atmosphere
- Italian: atmosferico — relating to the atmosphere
- Kashubian: atmòsfericzny — relating to the atmosphere
- Macedonian: атмосфе́рски (atmosférski) — relating to the atmosphere
- Manx: aeragh — relating to the atmosphere
- Norman: atmosphéthique — relating to the atmosphere
- Norwegian Bokmål: atmosfærisk — relating to the atmosphere
- Norwegian Nynorsk: atmosfærisk — relating to the atmosphere
- Polish: atmosferyczny — relating to the atmosphere
- Polish: atmosferowy — relating to the atmosphere
- Portuguese: atmosférico — relating to the atmosphere
- Romanian: atmosferic — relating to the atmosphere
- Russian: атмосфе́рный (atmosférnyj) — relating to the atmosphere
- Scottish Gaelic: àileach — relating to the atmosphere
- Scottish Gaelic: àileanta — relating to the atmosphere
- Serbo-Croatian: атмо̀сфе̄рскӣ — relating to the atmosphere
- Serbo-Croatian: atmòsfērskī — relating to the atmosphere
- Slovak: atmosférický — relating to the atmosphere
- Slovene: atmosferski — relating to the atmosphere
- Spanish: atmosférico — relating to the atmosphere
- Swedish: atmosfärisk — relating to the atmosphere
- Turkish: atmosferik — relating to the atmosphere
- Turkish: cevvi — relating to the atmosphere
- Ukrainian: атмосфе́рний (atmosférnyj) — relating to the atmosphere
- Finnish: tunnelmallinen — evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality
- Georgian: ატმოსფერული (aṭmosperuli) — evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality
- German: atmosphärisch — evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality
- Polish: klimatyczny — evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality
- Polish: nastrojowy — evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality
- Ukrainian: атмосферний (atmosfernyj) — evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality
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