Standard Lemma guide

spatial

adj · 3 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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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈspæɪ.ʃəl/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃəl
  • CMU ARPABET: S P EY1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to (the dimension of) space.

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

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to (outer) space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the first dimension to concentrate on is the spatial one
  • spatial ability
  • spatial awareness
  • the spatial distribution of the population

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spacial

Antonyms: nonspatial

History

Etymology

From Latin spatium + -al.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَضَائِيّ (faḍāʔiyy) — pertaining to space
  • Armenian: տարածական (taracakan) — pertaining to space
  • Belarusian: прасто́равы (prastóravy) — pertaining to space
  • Bulgarian: простра́нствен (prostránstven) — pertaining to space
  • Catalan: espacial — pertaining to space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空間的 /空间的 (kōngjiān de) — pertaining to space
  • Czech: prostorový — pertaining to space
  • Danish: rumlig — pertaining to space
  • Danish: rum- — pertaining to space
  • Dutch: ruimtelijk — pertaining to space
  • Dutch: ruim- — pertaining to space
  • Esperanto: spaca — pertaining to space
  • Finnish: avaruudellinen — pertaining to space
  • Finnish: spatiaalinen — pertaining to space
  • French: spatial — pertaining to space
  • Georgian: სივრცითი (sivrciti) — pertaining to space
  • Georgian: სივრცული (sivrculi) — pertaining to space
  • Georgian: სივრცობრივი (sivrcobrivi) — pertaining to space
  • German: räumlich — pertaining to space
  • German: Raum- — pertaining to space
  • Greek: διαστημικός (diastimikós) — pertaining to space
  • Greek: χωρικός (chorikós) — pertaining to space
  • Hebrew: מֶרחָבִי — pertaining to space
  • Hindi: अंतरिक्ष (antrikṣ) — pertaining to space
  • Hindi: अंतरिक्षीय (antrikṣīya) — pertaining to space
  • Hungarian: térbeli — pertaining to space
  • Indonesian: spasial — pertaining to space
  • Irish: spásúil — pertaining to space
  • Irish: spás- — pertaining to space
  • Irish: spásúlachta — pertaining to space
  • Italian: spaziale — pertaining to space
  • Japanese: 空間的 (kūkanteki) — pertaining to space
  • Japanese: 空間の (kūkan no) — pertaining to space
  • Korean: 공간적 (gongganjeok) — pertaining to space
  • Korean: 공간의 (gonggan-ui) — pertaining to space
  • Latin: spatialis — pertaining to space
  • Macedonian: просторен (prostoren) — pertaining to space
  • Norwegian Bokmål: romlig — pertaining to space
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rom- — pertaining to space
  • Persian: فضایی (fazâyi) — pertaining to space
  • Polish: przestrzenny — pertaining to space
  • Portuguese: espacial — pertaining to space
  • Romanian: spațial — pertaining to space
  • Russian: простра́нственный (prostránstvennyj) — pertaining to space
  • Serbo-Croatian: про́сто̄рнӣ — pertaining to space
  • Serbo-Croatian: próstōrnī — pertaining to space
  • Slovak: priestorový — pertaining to space
  • Slovene: prostórski — pertaining to space
  • Spanish: espacial — pertaining to space
  • Swedish: rumslig — pertaining to space
  • Swedish: rymd- — pertaining to space
  • Tajik: фазоӣ (fazoyi) — pertaining to space
  • Turkish: boyutsal — pertaining to space
  • Turkish: mekâna ait — pertaining to space
  • Turkish: mekânsal — pertaining to space
  • Turkish: uzamsal — pertaining to space
  • Turkish: uzaya ait — pertaining to space
  • Turkish: uzaysal — pertaining to space
  • Ukrainian: просторо́вий (prostoróvyj) — pertaining to space
  • Vietnamese: không gian — pertaining to space
  • Welsh: gofodol — pertaining to space
Real reading context

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