meteor
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from μετά (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, to heave, to raise up”).
The original sense of “atmospheric phenomenon” gave rise to meteorology, but the meaning of "meteor" is now restricted to extraterrestrial objects burning up as they enter the atmosphere.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtɪ.ə/, /ˈmiːtɪɔː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmiːtiɚ/, [ˈmiːɾiɚ], /ˈmiːtiɔɹ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
meteor (plural meteors)
- (now meteorology) An atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars). [from 16th c.]
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
- Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare,
For freezing Meteors and congealed cold: […]
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 10:
- The twilight, the meteors call'd fire-balls, or flying dragons, and the northern lights, inhabit the higher regions of the atmosphere.
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
- A meteor in the hazy air / Play’d before his path; / Before him now it roll’d / A globe of livid fire […] Anon to Thalaba it mov’d, / And wrapt him in its pale innocuous fire.
- A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]
- (juggling) A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
- (martial arts) A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.
- (figurative) Any short-lived source of wonderment.
Usage notes edit
- (streak of light in night sky): Not to be confused with meteoroid and meteorite (cause and remains of a meteor), or asteroid and comet (celestial bodies).
Quotations edit
- p. 1859 December, Herman Melville, “The Portent (1859)”
- But the streaming beard is shown
- (Weird John Brown),
- The meteor of the war.
Synonyms edit
- (streak of light in night sky): falling star, shooting star, faxed star, 🌠︎
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
meteor
- aerometeor
- Great Meteor
- hydrometeor
- lithometeor
- meteor hammer
- meteor bumper
- meteor shower
- meteor storm
- meteor strike
- meteorette
- meteoric
- meteorism
- meteorist
- meteorite
- meteoritic
- meteoriticist
- meteoritics
- meteorize
- meteorograph
- meteoroid
- meteoroidal
- meteorology
- meteoromancy
- meteorometer
- meteoroscope
- meteoroscopy
- meteorosophistical
- meteorous
- meteory
Translations edit
streak of light
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juggling prop
striking weapon
Verb edit
meteor (third-person singular simple present meteors, present participle meteoring, simple past and past participle meteored)
- (intransitive) To move at great speed.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meteor m (plural meteors)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meteor m inan
- meteor (fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere)
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
See also edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
meteor c or n
Declension edit
Declension of meteor
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | meteor | meteoren meteoret |
meteorer | meteorerne |
| genitive | meteors | meteorens meteorets |
meteorers | meteorernes |
Further reading edit
- “meteor” in Den Danske Ordbog
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From English meteor or German Meteor.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meteor (plural meteorok)
- (astronomy) meteor (a fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meteor | meteorok |
| accusative | meteort | meteorokat |
| dative | meteornak | meteoroknak |
| instrumental | meteorral | meteorokkal |
| causal-final | meteorért | meteorokért |
| translative | meteorrá | meteorokká |
| terminative | meteorig | meteorokig |
| essive-formal | meteorként | meteorokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | meteorban | meteorokban |
| superessive | meteoron | meteorokon |
| adessive | meteornál | meteoroknál |
| illative | meteorba | meteorokba |
| sublative | meteorra | meteorokra |
| allative | meteorhoz | meteorokhoz |
| elative | meteorból | meteorokból |
| delative | meteorról | meteorokról |
| ablative | meteortól | meteoroktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
meteoré | meteoroké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
meteoréi | meteorokéi |
| Possessive forms of meteor | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | meteorom | meteorjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | meteorod | meteorjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | meteorja | meteorjai |
| 1st person plural | meteorunk | meteorjaink |
| 2nd person plural | meteorotok | meteorjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | meteorjuk | meteorjaik |
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- meteor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).
Noun edit
meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorer, definite plural meteorene)
- a meteor
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “meteor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).
Noun edit
meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorar, definite plural meteorane)
- a meteor
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “meteor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meteor m inan
Declension edit
Declension of meteor
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian meteora or French météore or German Meteor.
Noun edit
meteor m (plural meteori)
- meteor (streak of light caused by extraterrestrial matter entering the atmosphere)
Declension edit
Declension of meteor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) meteor | meteorul | (niște) meteori | meteorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) meteor | meteorului | (unor) meteori | meteorilor |
| vocative | meteorule | meteorilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
metèōr m (Cyrillic spelling метѐо̄р)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
meteor c
Declension edit
| Declension of meteor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | meteor | meteoren | meteorer | meteorerna |
| Genitive | meteors | meteorens | meteorers | meteorernas |
Related terms edit
See also edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French météorite.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: me‧te‧or
Noun edit
meteor (definite accusative meteoru, plural meteorlar)
See also edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meteor”, in Nişanyan Sözlük