meteor
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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/
Noun
editmeteor (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
editDerived terms
edit- 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
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Verb
editmeteor (third-person singular simple present meteors, present participle meteoring, simple past and past participle meteored)
- (intransitive) To move at great speed.
Further reading
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmeteor m (plural meteors)
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmeteor 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
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
editDanish
editNoun
editmeteor c or n
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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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
editEtymology
editFrom English meteor or German Meteor.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeteor (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
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).
Noun
editmeteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorer, definite plural meteorene)
- a meteor
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “meteor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).
Noun
editmeteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorar, definite plural meteorane)
- a meteor
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “meteor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeteor m inan (related adjective meteorowy or meteoryczny)
- (astronomy) meteor (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))
- (astronomy) meteor, falling star, shooting star (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)
- Synonyms: meteoroid, spadająca gwiazda
Declension
editFurther reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian meteora or French météore or German Meteor.
Noun
editmeteor m (plural meteori)
- meteor (streak of light caused by extraterrestrial matter entering the atmosphere)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmetèōr m (Cyrillic spelling метѐо̄р)
Declension
editSwedish
editNoun
editmeteor c
Declension
editDeclension of meteor | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | meteor | meteoren | meteorer | meteorerna |
Genitive | meteors | meteorens | meteorers | meteorernas |
Related terms
editSee also
editTurkish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French météorite.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: me‧te‧or
Noun
editmeteor (definite accusative meteoru, plural meteorlar)
See also
editReferences
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meteor”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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