adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
environmental
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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rhymes with -ɛntəl
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UK: /ɪnˌvaɪ.ɹə(n)ˈmɛn.təl/
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US: /ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 N V AY2 R AH0 N M EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 2
Environmentally friendly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 4
concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- environmental pollution
Meaning relationships
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- environmental factors
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle French environnementbor. English environment English -al English environmental From environment + -al.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: mjedisor — pertaining to the environment
- Albanian: ambiental — pertaining to the environment
- Arabic: بِيئِيّ (bīʔiyy) — pertaining to the environment
- Catalan: ambiental — pertaining to the environment
- Catalan: mediambiental — pertaining to the environment
- Chinese Mandarin: 環境的 /环境的 (huánjìng de) — pertaining to the environment
- Czech: environmentální — pertaining to the environment
- Danish: miljø- — pertaining to the environment
- Danish: miljømæssig — pertaining to the environment
- Estonian: keskkonna- — pertaining to the environment
- Finnish: ympäristöllinen — pertaining to the environment
- Finnish: ympäristö- — pertaining to the environment
- Finnish: ympäristön- — pertaining to the environment
- French: environnemental — pertaining to the environment
- German: Umwelt- — pertaining to the environment
- Greek: περιβαλλοντικός (perivallontikós) — pertaining to the environment
- Hebrew: סְבִיבָתִי (s'vivatí) — pertaining to the environment
- Italian: ambientale — pertaining to the environment
- Norman: envithonnementa — pertaining to the environment
- Polish: środowiskowy — pertaining to the environment
- Portuguese: ambiental — pertaining to the environment
- Russian: относя́щийся к окружа́ющей среде́ (otnosjáščijsja k okružájuščej sredé) — pertaining to the environment
- Russian: экологи́ческий (ekologíčeskij) — pertaining to the environment
- Upper Sorbian: wobswětowy — pertaining to the environment
- Spanish: ambiental — pertaining to the environment
- Swahili: kimazingira — pertaining to the environment
- Swedish: miljö- — pertaining to the environment
- Swedish: miljömässig — pertaining to the environment
- Turkish: çevresel — pertaining to the environment
Real reading context