meteor

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See also: Meteor and 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)

  1. (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.
  2. 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.]
  3. (juggling) A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
  4. (martial arts) A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.
  5. (figurative) Any short-lived source of wonderment.

Usage notes[edit]

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]

Coordinate terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

meteor

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

meteor (third-person singular simple present meteors, present participle meteoring, simple past and past participle meteored)

  1. (intransitive) To move at great speed.

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

meteor m (plural meteors)

  1. meteor

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

meteor m inan

  1. 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]

  • meteor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • meteor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

meteor c or n

  1. (astronomy) meteor

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]

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English meteor or German Meteor.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtɛor]
  • Hyphenation: me‧te‧or
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun[edit]

meteor (plural meteorok)

  1. (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]

  1. ^ 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]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).

Noun[edit]

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorer, definite plural meteorene)

  1. a meteor

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).

Noun[edit]

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorar, definite plural meteorane)

  1. a meteor

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈtɛ.ɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɔr
  • Syllabification: me‧te‧or

Noun[edit]

meteor m inan

  1. (astronomy) meteor

Declension[edit]

Declension of meteor
singular plural
nominative meteor meteory
genitive meteoru meteorów
dative meteorowi meteorom
accusative meteor meteory
instrumental meteorem meteorami
locative meteorze meteorach
vocative meteorze meteory

Further reading[edit]

  • meteor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • meteor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian meteora or French météore or German Meteor.

Noun[edit]

meteor m (plural meteori)

  1. 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]

  • IPA(key): /metěoːr/
  • Hyphenation: me‧te‧or

Noun[edit]

metèōr m (Cyrillic spelling метѐо̄р)

  1. (astronomy) meteor

Declension[edit]

Declension of meteor
singular plural
nominative metèōr meteori
genitive meteóra meteora
dative meteoru meteorima
accusative meteor meteore
vocative meteoru / meteore meteori
locative meteoru meteorima
instrumental meteorom meteorima

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

meteor c

  1. meteor

Declension[edit]

Declension of meteor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative meteor meteoren meteorer meteorerna
Genitive meteors meteorens meteorers meteorernas

Related terms[edit]

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French météorite.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: me‧te‧or

Noun[edit]

meteor (definite accusative meteoru, plural meteorlar)

  1. meteor

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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