adj · 5 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:/ˌʌðəˈwɜːldli/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:ŭth'ər-wûrldʹli
General-American:/ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹl(d)li/
General-American:/ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹəl(d)li/
General-American:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ldli
CMU ARPABET:AH1 DH ER0 W ER1 L D L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ethereal, transcendental, unworldly
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
Odd and unfamiliar; strange, uncanny, weird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From other world (“a world beyond death; a world other than the everyday world”) + -ly (suffix meaning having the likeness of, resembling forming adjectives).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech:
nadpozemský
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Finnish:
ylimaallinen
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
French:
d'un autre monde
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Georgian:
არაამქვეყნიური
(araamkveq̇niuri)
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
German:
jenseitig
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Greek:
απόκοσμος
(apókosmos)
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Ancient Greek:
ἀποκόσμιος
(apokósmios)
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Hindi:
अलौकिक
(alaukik)
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Italian:
oltremondano
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Italian:
oltrenaturale
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Latin:
ultrāmundānus
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Macedonian:
оносветски
(onosvetski)
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Polish:
nieziemski
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Russian:
потусторо́нний
(potustorónnij)
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Russian:
не от ми́ра сего́
(ne ot míra sevó)
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Spanish:
de otro mundo
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Spanish:
ultramundano
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Swedish:
utomvärldslig
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
Turkish:
yabancı
— of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world
