tubular
English
editEtymology
editBy surface analysis, tubule + -ar. The sense meaning "cool" or "awesome" is believed to be a figurative extension originating in surfing lingo, from the way that an excellent wave encloses a surfer within tubular walls of water.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: tyo͞obyo͝olər, enPR: tyo͞obyələr
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːbjʊlə/, /ˈt͡ʃuː-/, /-bjə-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt(j)ubjələɹ/, /-bju-/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtjʉːbjʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˈtjʉːbjələ(ɹ)/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: tu‧bul‧ar
Adjective
edittubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)
- Shaped like a tube.
- tubular bell
- 1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
- As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice cross girders.
- Relating to, or composed of, tubes or tubules.
- (US, slang, dated) Cool, awesome.
- 2007, Brian Laesch, The Verge of Psychosis: An Aspiring Actor's Journal:
- It was such a tubular party, Journal! But a few minutes later, I walked up to the Hermosa Beach Pier and left the girls with my things, thinking the totally bitchin' party would continue. But when I got back, they were all gone.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- acinotubular
- aquatubular
- craniotubular
- extratubular
- glomerulotubular
- hemitubular
- intertubular
- intratubular
- microtubular
- multitubular
- myotubular
- nanotubular
- neurotubular
- nontubular
- papillotubular
- paratubular
- peritubular
- pretubular
- pseudotubular
- quasitubular
- renotubular
- reticulotubular
- sarcotubular
- semitubular
- sinotubular
- subtubular
- transtubular
- tubular bells
- tubularize
- tubular sponge hydroid
- unitubular
- vesiculotubular
- YouTubular
Related terms
editTranslations
editshaped like a tube
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of or pertaining to a tube
consisting of tubes
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cool, awesome
See also
editCatalan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [tu.βuˈlar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [tu.buˈla]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [tu.buˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
- Hyphenation: tu‧bu‧lar
Adjective
edittubular m or f (masculine and feminine plural tubulars)
- tubular (shaped like a tube)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tubular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tubular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tubular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tubular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
editPronunciation
editAdjective
edittubular m or f (plural tubulares)
- tubular (shaped like a tube)
Related terms
editInterlingua
editAdjective
edittubular (not comparable)
- tubular, tube-shaped
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (most of Brazil) -aʁ, (Southern Brazil) -aɻ
- Hyphenation: tu‧bu‧lar
Adjective
edittubular m or f (plural tubulares)
- tubular (shaped like a tube)
Related terms
editRomanian
editAlternative forms
edit- тубулар (tubular) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
editBorrowed from French tubulaire.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittubular m or n (feminine singular tubulară, masculine plural tubulari, feminine and neuter plural tubulare)
Declension
editDeclension of tubular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | tubular | tubulară | tubulari | tubulare | ||
definite | tubularul | tubulara | tubularii | tubularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | tubular | tubulare | tubulari | tubulare | ||
definite | tubularului | tubularei | tubularilor | tubularelor |
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
edittubular m or f (masculine and feminine plural tubulares)
- tubular (shaped like a tube)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tubular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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