atmosphere

See also: atmosphère

English

Alternative forms

• atmosphære (archaic)

Etymology

From French atmosphère, from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”); corresponding to atmo- +‎ -sphere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæt.məsˌfɪə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/

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Noun

atmosphere (countable and uncountable, plural atmospheres)

1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

   Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere

   Meronyms: see Thesaurus:atmosphere

2. The air in a particular place.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 2:

     The last hue of crimson had died away in the west, and the depth of the rich purple atmosphere was unbroken.

   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016:

     Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

3. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.

   Synonyms: air, ambiance, feeling, mood

4. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
5. (television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.

Related terms

• atmospheric
• atmospherics

Derived terms

• endoatmosphere
• exoatmosphere
• protoatmosphere
• subatmosphere

 

Translations

gases surrounding the Earth

• Afrikaans: atmosfeer (af)
• Albanian: atmosferë (sq)
• Arabic: جَو‎ m (jaw)
• Armenian: մթնոլորտ (hy) (mtʿnolort)
• Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: atmosfer
• Bashkir: атмосфера (atmosfera)
• Belarusian: атмасфе́ра f (atmasfjéra)
• Bengali: বায়ুমণ্ডল (bn) (baẏumônḍôl)
• Breton: aergelc’h m
• Bulgarian: атмосфе́ра (bg) f (atmosféra)
• Burmese: လေထု (my) (lehtu.)
• Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f, aerosfera f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大氣層, 大气层 (daai⁶ hei³ cang⁴)

  Mandarin: 大氣 (zh), 大气 (zh) (dàqì), 氣圈 (zh), 气圈 (zh) (qìquān), 大氣層 (zh), 大气层 (zh) (dàqìcéng)

  Min Nan: 大氣 (zh-min-nan), 大气 (tāi-khì)

• Czech: atmosféra (cs), ovzduší (cs)
• Danish: atmosfære (da) c
• Dutch: atmosfeer (nl) m, dampkring (nl)
• Esperanto: atmosfero
• Estonian: atmosfäär (et), õhkkond (et), õhustik (et)
• Finnish: ilmakehä (fi), atmosfääri (fi)
• French: atmosphère (fr) m
• Galician: atmosfera (gl) f
• Georgian: ატმოსფერო (aṭmospero)
• German: Atmosphäre (de) f
• Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira)
• Gujarati: વાતાવરણ m (vātāvraṇ)
• Hawaiian: lewa
• Hebrew: אטמוספירה \ אַטְמוֹסְפֶרָה‎ (he) f (atmosfera)
• Hindi: वायुमण्डल (hi) m (vāyumaṇḍal), वायुमंडल (hi) m (vāyumaṇḍal), वातावरण (hi) m (vātāvraṇ)
• Hungarian: atmoszféra (hu), légkör (hu)
• Iban: atmosfera
• Icelandic: andrúmsloft (is) n, lofthjúpur (is) n
• Ido: atmosfero (io)
• Indonesian: atmosfer (id)
• Interlingua: atmosphera
• Irish: atmaisféar, aerbhrat m
• Japanese: 大気 (ja) (たいき, taiki), 大気圏 (ja) (たいきけん, taikiken)
• Kalmyk: атмосфер (atmosfer)
• Kazakh: атмосфера (atmosfera)
• Khmer: បរិយាកាស (km) (paʼreyaakaah)
• Korean: 대기 (ko) (daegi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: keşûhewa (ku) m, atmosfer (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: атмосфера (ky) (atmosfera)

• Lao: ບັນຍາກາດ (lo) (ban nyā kāt)
• Latvian: atmosfēra (lv) f
• Lithuanian: atmosfera f
• Macedonian: атмосфера (mk) f (atmosfera)
• Malay: atmosfera (ms)
• Malayalam: അന്തരീക്ഷം (ml) (antarīkṣaṃ)
• Maltese: atmosfera f
• Mapudungun: neyenmapu
• Mongolian: агаар мандал (agaar mandal)
• Norman: atmosphère m (Guernsey), atmosphéthe m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atmosfære (no) m

  Nynorsk: atmosfære m

• Occitan: atmosfèra (oc) f
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭓𐭅𐭀𐭆‎ (ʾntrwʾz /andarwāz/)
• Pashto: دمامه‎ (ps) f (damámá), هواويجه‎ f (hawāweǰa)
• Persian: اندروا‎ (fa) (andarvâ), جو‎ (fa) (jav), اتمسفر‎ (fa) (atmosfer)
• Polish: atmosfera (pl) f
• Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f
• Romanian: atmosferă (ro) f
• Russian: атмосфе́ра (ru) f (atmosféra)
• Sanskrit: वायुमण्डलम् n (vāyumaṇḍalam)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: атмосфе́ра f

  Roman: atmosféra (sh) f

• Slovak: atmosféra (sk) f, ovzdušie n
• Slovene: atmosfera (sl) f, ozračje (sl) n
• Spanish: atmósfera (es) f, aire (es) m
• Swahili: angahewa
• Swedish: atmosfär (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaanginan, kahanginan
• Tajik: атмосфера (atmosfera)
• Tamil: ககனம் (ta) (kakaṉam)
• Tatar: атмосфера (atmosfera)
• Telugu: వాతావరణము (te) (vātāvaraṇamu)
• Thai: บรรยากาศ (th) (ban-yaa-gàat)
• Turkish: atmosfer (tr), havaküre
• Turkmen: atmosfera (tk)
• Tuvan: атмосфера (atmosfera)
• Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra)
• Urdu: کرہ ہوائی‎
• Uyghur: ئاتموسفېرا‎ (atmosfëra)
• Uzbek: atmosfera (uz)
• Vietnamese: khí quyển (vi)
• Volapük: lutem (vo)
• Welsh: awyrgylch m
• Yiddish: אַטמאָספֿער‎ f (atmosfer), אַטמאָספֿערע‎ f (atmosfere)

air in a particular place

• Albanian: atmosferë (sq)
• Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f
• Belarusian: атмасфе́ра f (atmasfjéra)
• Bulgarian: атмосфе́ра (bg) f (atmosféra)
• Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空氣 (zh), 空气 (zh) (kōngqì), 環境 (zh), 环境 (zh) (huánjìng)

• Dutch: atmosfeer (nl) m
• Esperanto: atmosfero
• Estonian: õhkkond (et), õhustik (et), atmosfäär (et)
• Finnish: ilma (fi), atmosfääri (fi)
• French: atmosphère (fr) m
• Galician: atmosfera (gl) f
• Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira)
• Indonesian: atmosfer (id)
• Interlingua: atmosphera
• Japanese: 空気 (ja) (くうき, kūki)

• Kalmyk: атмосфер (atmosfer)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: atmosfer (ku) f

• Lithuanian: atmosfera f
• Norman: atmosphère m (Guernsey), atmosphéthe m (Jersey)
• Occitan: atmosfèra (oc) f
• Persian: اندروا‎ (fa) (andarvâ)
• Polish: atmosfera (pl) f
• Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f
• Romanian: atmosferă (ro) f
• Russian: атмосфе́ра (ru) f (atmosféra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: атмосфе́ра f

  Roman: atmosféra (sh) f

• Spanish: atmósfera (es) f
• Telugu: వాతావరణం (te) (vātāvaraṇaṁ)
• Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra)
• Vietnamese: bầu không khí

mood or feeling

• Albanian: atmosferë (sq)
• Arabic: جَو‎ (jaw)
• Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: ab-hava (az), ovqat (az)
• Bulgarian: атмосфера (bg) (atmosfera)
• Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f, ambient (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣氛 (zh), 气氛 (zh) (qìfēn), 氛圍 (zh), 氛围 (zh) (fēnwéi), 情調 (zh), 情调 (zh) (qíngdiào)

• Czech: atmosféra (cs)
• Danish: atmosfære (da) c
• Dutch: sfeer (nl) m
• Esperanto: etoso
• Estonian: õhkkond (et), õhustik (et), atmosfäär (et)
• Finnish: ilmapiiri (fi), tunnelma (fi), henki (fi)
• French: ambiance (fr) f
• Galician: atmosfera (gl) f, ambiente (gl) m
• Georgian: ატმოსფერო (aṭmospero), გარემო (garemo)
• German: Atmosphäre (de) f
• Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira)
• Hebrew: אווירה‎ (he) f (avira)
• Hungarian: hangulat (hu)
• Indonesian: atmosfer (id), suasana (id), situasi (id)
• Interlingua: atmosphera, ambiente
• Japanese: 雰囲気 (ja) (ふんいき, fun'iki)

• Korean: 분위기 (ko) (bunwigi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: atmosfer (ku) f

• Lithuanian: atmosfera f
• Malay: suasana
• Maltese: atmosfera, burdata
• Norwegian: stemming

  Bokmål: atmosfære (no) m

  Nynorsk: atmosfære m

• Persian: اندروا‎ (fa) (andarvâ), جو‎ (fa) (jav)
• Polish: atmosfera (pl) f, nastrój (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f, ambiente (pt) m
• Romanian: atmosferă (ro) f, ambient (ro) m, ambianță (ro) f
• Russian: атмосфе́ра (ru) f (atmosféra), обстано́вка (ru) f (obstanóvka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: угођај m, атмосфе́ра f

  Roman: ugođaj (sh) m, atmosféra (sh) f

• Spanish: atmósfera (es) f, ambiente (es) m, clima (es) m
• Swedish: atmosfär (sv) c
• Telugu: వాతావరణం (te) (vātāvaraṇaṁ)
• Turkish: atmosfer (tr)
• Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra)
• Vietnamese: bầu không khí, không khí (vi)
• Volapük: dälod

a unit of measurement for pressure

• Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f
• Bulgarian: атмосфе́ра (bg) f (atmosféra)
• Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大氣壓 (zh), 大气压 (zh) (dàqìyā), 氣壓 (zh), 气压 (zh) (qìyā)

• Czech: atmosféra (cs) f
• Danish: atmosfære (da) c
• Dutch: atmosfeer (nl) m
• Estonian: atmosfäär (et)
• Finnish: normaali-ilmakehä, ilmakehä (fi)
• French: atmosphère (fr) m
• Galician: atmosfera (gl) f
• German: Atmosphäre (de)

• Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira)
• Hungarian: atmoszféra (hu)
• Indonesian: atmosfer (id)
• Norman: atmosphère m (Guernsey), atmosphéthe m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atmosfære (no) m

  Nynorsk: atmosfære m

• Persian: اتمسفر‎ (fa)
• Polish: atmosfera (pl) n
• Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f, atmosfera física f
• Russian: атмосфе́ра (ru) f (atmosféra)
• Swedish: atmosfär (sv) c
• Turkish: atmosfer (tr)
• Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra)

See also

• ambiance, ambience
• mood