Standard Lemma guide

horizontal

adj · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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: /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌhoɹəˈzɒn.təl/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌhɔɹɪˈzɔn.təl/
  • India: /hə.rɪˈzɔːn.ʈəl/
  • India: /hɔː-/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO2 R AH0 Z AA1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • horizontal lines

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Relating to horizontal markets

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, marketing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Pertaining to the horizon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Having the two notes sound successively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: linear, melodic

Antonyms: vertical

6

adj

Meaning 6

Relating to sexual intercourse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality

Examples

  • horizontal tango

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A horizontal component of a structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Horizon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective

Meaning 11

parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a horizontal surface

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: vertical, inclined

12

noun

Meaning 12

something that is oriented horizontally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: orientation

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: horisontale — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Albanian: horizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Amharic: አግድም (ʾägdəm) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Arabic: أُفُقِيّ (ʔufuqiyy) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Armenian: հորիզոնական (horizonakan) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Asturian: horizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Azerbaijani: üfüqi — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Basque: horizontala — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Belarusian: гарызанта́льны (haryzantálʹny) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Belarusian: пазе́мны (pazjémny) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Bengali: অনুভূমিক (onubhumik) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Bulgarian: хоризонта́лен (horizontálen) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Bulgarian: водора́вен (vodoráven) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Burmese: အလျားလိုက် (a.lya:luik) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Catalan: horitzontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Cebuano: pinahigda — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Chichewa: yopingasa — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水平 (shuǐpíng) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橫的 /横的 (héng de) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Corsican: orizzontali — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Crimean Tatar: köndelen — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Czech: vodorovný — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Czech: horizontální — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Danish: vandret — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Dutch: horizontaal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Esperanto: horizontala — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Estonian: horisontaalne — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Faroese: vatnrættur — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Finnish: vaakasuora — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Finnish: vaakasuuntainen — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Finnish: vaaka- — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • French: horizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Galician: horizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Georgian: ჰორიზონტალური (horizonṭaluri) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • German: horizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • German: waagrecht — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • German: waagerecht — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Greek: οριζόντιος (orizóntios) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Gujarati: આડી (āḍī) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Haitian Creole: orizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Hausa: a kwance — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Hebrew: אפקי (ofkí) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Hindi: क्षैतिज (kṣaitij) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Hungarian: vízszintes — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Icelandic: lárétt — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Igbo: kehoraizin — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Indonesian: horisontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Irish: cothrománach — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Italian: orizzontale — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Japanese: 水平な (suihei na) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Japanese: 横の (yoko no) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Javanese: horisontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Kazakh: көлденең (köldeneñ) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Khmer: ផ្ដេក (phdeek) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Korean: 가로의 (garoui) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Korean: 수평의 (supyeong'ui) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Korean: 지평의 (jipyeong'ui) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Central Kurdish: ئاسۆیی (asoyî) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Lao: ອອກຕາມລວງນອນ (ʼǭk tām lūang nǭn) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Latin: horizontālis — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Latvian: horizontāls — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Lithuanian: horizontalus — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Macedonian: хоризонтален (horizontalen) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Macedonian: водорамен (vodoramen) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Malagasy: marindrano — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Malay: melintang — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Malay: mendatar — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Malay: mengufuk — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Malayalam: തിരശ്ചീനമായ (tiraścīnamāya) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Maltese: orizzontali — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Manx: co-ard — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Manx: co-chruinnagh — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Manx: rea — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Māori: huapae — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Marathi: क्षैतिज (kṣaitij) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Mongolian: хэвтээ (xevtee) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Moore: sasre — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: horisontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannrett — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vassrett — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: horisontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vassrett — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Occitan: orizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Persian: افقی (ofoqi) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Polish: poziomy — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Polish: horyzontalny — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Portuguese: horizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Romanian: orizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Russian: горизонта́льный (gorizontálʹnyj) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Rwanda-Rundi: itambitse — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Samoan: faʻalava — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàireil — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Serbo-Croatian: хоризонталан — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Serbo-Croatian: водораван — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Serbo-Croatian: horizontalan — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodoravan — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Slovak: horizontálny — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Slovak: vodorovný — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Slovene: horizontalen — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Slovene: vodoraven — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Spanish: horizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Sundanese: horisontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Swedish: vågrät — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Swedish: horisontell — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Tagalog: higa — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Tajik: уфуқӣ (ufuqi) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Tamil: கிடைமட்ட (kiṭaimaṭṭa) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Tatar: горизонталь (ğörizontalʹ) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Telugu: సమాంతరము (samāntaramu) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Thai: แนวราบ — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Turkish: yatay — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Ukrainian: горизонта́льний (horyzontálʹnyj) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Ukrainian: позе́мний (pozémnyj) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Ukrainian: позе́мий (pozémyj) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Urdu: افقی (ufuqī) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Uzbek: gorizontal — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Vietnamese: ngang — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Welsh: llorweddol — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Yiddish: האָריזאָנטאַל (horizontal) — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Yoruba: petele — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Zulu: ovundlile — parallel to the plane of the horizon
  • Bulgarian: хоризонта́лен (horizontálen) — marketing: relating to horizontal markets
  • Bulgarian: хоризонтов (horizontov) — pertaining to the horizon
  • Irish: cothromán — A horizontal component
  • Romanian: orizontală — A horizontal component
  • Welsh: llorwedd — A horizontal component
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