welkin

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛlkɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈwɛlkən/
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• rhymes with (General American) -ɛlkən
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Inherited from Middle English welkne (“weather; heavens; (earlier) cloud”), from Old English wolcnu (“sky, heavens”), plural form of wolcn (“cloud”), from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *wulkną (“cloud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥ɡ-no-m, from *welg- (“damp; wet”). Cognate with Dutch wolk (“cloud”), German Wolke (“cloud”).

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَمَاء (samāʔ) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Bengali: আশমান (aśman) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Bulgarian: небосвод (nebosvod) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒼穹 /苍穹 (cāngqióng) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Chinese Mandarin: 天穹 (tiānqióng) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Dutch: hemelgewelf — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Dutch: uitspansel — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• French: ouelquin — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• French: voûte céleste — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• German: Firmament — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• German: Himmel — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• German: Himmelszelt — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Greek: στερέωμα (steréoma) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Hungarian: mennybolt — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Middle English: welkne — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Russian: небеса́ (nebesá) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Sanskrit: अम्बर (ambara) — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Serbo-Croatian: ша̑р — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Serbo-Croatian: šȃr — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Spanish: bóveda celeste — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Spanish: firmamento — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Turkish: arş — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Turkish: asuman — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Turkish: felek — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Turkish: feza — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Turkish: sema — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Turkish: uçmağ — sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
• Bulgarian: небе (nebe) — upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
• Middle English: welkne — upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
• Russian: небо (nébo) — upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.