English Explanatory Dictionary

Atlantic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Atlantic Ocean.
  2. A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
name
  1. A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
  2. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.
  3. Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
  4. Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
  5. Descended from the legendary Atlas.
noun
  1. A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the atlas, the uppermost vertebra in the spinal columns of humans and some other animals.

Pronunciation

ət-lăn'tĭk /ətˈlæn.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Atlantic.wav ăt-lăn'tĭk /ætˈlæn.tɪk/ /ætˈlæn.ɪk/ [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]

Word forms

Atlantic the Atlantic Atlantick Atlantics

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

Synonyms

atlanto- atlo-

Derived words

amphiatlantic Atlantic City Atlantic County Atlantic croaker Atlantic Daylight Time Atlantic ghost crab Atlantic Highlands Atlantic hookear sculpin Atlantic silverside Atlantic Standard Time Zone Atlantic tarpon Atlantic Time Atlantic trumpetfish Atlantic Wall East Atlantic peacock wrasse Euro-Atlantic Graveyard of the Atlantic Mid-Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organisation North Atlantic Treaty Organization Subatlantic transatlantic trans-Atlantic West Atlantic trumpetfish Atlantic diet Atlantic surf clam
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