vertical

English

Alternative forms

• vertic (poetical)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticālis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːtɪkəl/
• (US) enPR: vûr'tĭkəl, IPA^(key): /ˈvɝtɪkəl/

• audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

vertical (comparative more vertical, superlative most vertical)

1. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.

   vertical lines

2. In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
3. In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
4. (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
5. (wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
6. (music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.

   Synonym: harmonic

   Antonym: horizontal

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• double vertical line
• nonvertical
• postvertical
• subvertical
• vertical bar
• vertical blinds
• vertical circle
• vertical deflection
• vertical ellipsis
• vertical farming
• vertical flute
• vertical integration
• vertical interval
• verticalism
• verticalize
• vertical kampong
• vertical-lift bridge
• vertical line
• vertical lips
• vertically
• vertical market
• vertical mower
• verticalness
• vertical publication
• vertical smile
• vertical stabiliser
• vertical stabilizer
• verticutter
• vertilinear

 

Related terms

• vortal

Translations

being perpendicular to horizontal

• Arabic: عَمُودِيّ‎ (ar) (ʕamūdiyy), رَأْسِيّ‎ (raʔsiyy)
• Armenian: ուղղահայաց (hy) (ułłahayacʿ)
• Assamese: থিয় (thio)
• Asturian: vertical (ast)
• Azerbaijani: şaquli (az)
• Belarusian: вертыка́льны (vjertykálʹny), проставе́сны (prostavjésny)
• Bengali: খাড়া (bn) (khaṛa)
• Bulgarian: вертика́лен (bg) (vertikálen), отвесен (bg) (otvesen)
• Catalan: vertical (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豎的／竖的 (zh) (shù de), 垂直 (zh) (chuízhí), 直立 (zh) (zhílì)

• Czech: svislý (cs), vertikální (cs)
• Danish: lodret (da)
• Dutch: verticaal (nl)
• Esperanto: vertikala
• Estonian: vertikaal
• Finnish: pystysuora (fi), pystysuuntainen (fi), pysty (fi)
• French: vertical (fr)
• Galician: vertical (gl)
• Georgian: შვეული (šveuli), ვერტიკალური (verṭiḳaluri)
• German: vertikal (de), senkrecht (de)
• Greek: κατακόρυφος (el) (katakóryfos), κάθετος (el) (káthetos)
• Hebrew: אֲנָכִי‎ (he) (anakhí)
• Hindi: लंबवत् (lambvat), ऊर्ध्वाधर (ūrdhvādhar)
• Hungarian: függőleges (hu), vertikális
• Icelandic: lóðrétt
• Italian: verticale (it)
• Japanese: 垂直の (ja) (すいちょくの, suichoku no), 縦の (ja) (たての, tate no), 直立の (ja) (ちょくりつの, chokuritsu no)
• Korean: 수직의 (ko) (sujigui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەستوونی‎ (estûnî)

  Northern Kurdish: stûnî (ku) f

• Latvian: vertikāls
• Limburgish:

  Eupen: värtikaal

• Lithuanian: vertikalus
• Macedonian: вертикален (vertikalen)
• Maori: poutū, torotika, tūmāhoehoe, tūmārōhoehoe (refers specifically to the overhead sun), tūmārōhoehoe (refers specifically to the overhead sun), tūhoehoe (refers specifically to the overhead sun)
• Moore: selle, tĩidga
• Old English: upriht
• Persian: ایستاده‎ (fa) (istâde), عمودی‎ (fa) ('amudi), راست‎ (fa) (râst), قائم‎ (fa) (qâ'em)
• Polish: pionowy (pl), wertykalny (pl)
• Portuguese: vertical (pt)
• Romanian: vertical (ro)
• Russian: вертика́льный (ru) (vertikálʹnyj), отве́сный (ru) (otvésnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìreach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вертикалан, усправан

  Roman: vertikalan (sh), uspravan (sh)

• Slovak: vertikálny (sk), kolmý
• Slovene: navpičen (sl), vertikalen
• Spanish: vertical (es)
• Swedish: lodrät (sv) c, vertikal (sv) c
• Tagalog: tayo (tl)
• Turkish: dikey (tr)
• Ukrainian: вертика́льний (vertykálʹnyj), прямови́сний (prjamovýsnyj)
• Welsh: fertigol (cy)

Noun

vertical (plural verticals)

1. A vertex or zenith.
2. A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
3. An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
4. A vertical component of a structure.
5. (marketing) A vertical market.

   We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals.

Further reading

• vertical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin verticālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾtiˈkal/, [beɾ.t̪iˈkal]

Adjective

vertical (epicene, plural verticales)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verticālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /vəɾ.tiˈkal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bər.tiˈkal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /veɾ.tiˈkal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

vertical m or f (masculine and feminine plural verticals)

1. vertical

   Antonym: horitzontal

Derived terms

• verticalment

French

Etymology

From Late Latin verticālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.ti.kal/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: verticale, verticales

Adjective

vertical (feminine verticale, masculine plural verticaux, feminine plural verticales)

1. vertical

Derived terms

• barre verticale

Further reading

• “vertical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin verticālis.

Adjective

vertical m or f (plural verticais)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin verticālis.

Adjective

vertical m (feminine singular verticala, masculine plural verticai, feminine plural verticales)

1. vertical

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Late Latin verticālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrtiˈkal/

Adjective

vertical

1. vertical

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin verticālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.t͡ʃiˈkaw/ [veh.t͡ʃiˈkaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.t͡ʃiˈkaw/ [veh.t͡ʃiˈkaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾ.t͡ʃiˈkaw/ [veɾ.t͡ʃiˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁ.t͡ʃiˈkaw/ [veχ.t͡ʃiˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.t͡ʃiˈkaw/ [veɻ.t͡ʃiˈkaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.tiˈkal/ [vɨɾ.tiˈkaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ver‧ti‧cal

Adjective

vertical m or f (plural verticais, not comparable)

1. vertical

   Antonym: horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vertical.

Adjective

vertical m or n (feminine singular verticală, masculine plural verticali, feminine and neuter plural verticale)

1. vertical

Declension

Declension of vertical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vertical		verticală	verticali	verticale
	definite	verticalul		verticala	verticalii	verticalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vertical		verticale	verticali	verticale
	definite	verticalului		verticalei	verticalilor	verticalelor

Related terms

• verticalitate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verticālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾtiˈkal/ [beɾ.t̪iˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ver‧ti‧cal

Adjective

vertical (plural verticales)

1. vertical
2. portrait (a print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.; in smartphones)

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• en vertical
• línea vertical
• piano vertical
• verticalmente

 

Further reading

• “vertical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014