English Explanatory Dictionary

heavens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.
  2. plural of heaven: the abode of God or the gods; the abode of the blessed departed.
  3. plural of heaven: the near sky of the weather, etc.
  4. plural of heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence.
intj
  1. An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heaven
name
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛvənz/ [ˈhɛvn̩z] en-us-heavens.ogg

Word forms

heavens

Etymology

Variant of Evans.

Synonyms

wow for crying out loud for Christ's sake for God's sake for goodness' sake for pity's sake good grief

Derived words

heaven of heavens the heavens open the heavens opened though the heavens fall heavens to Murgatroyd good heavens great heavens heavens above heavens no heavens to Betsy merciful heavens my heavens thank heavens

Translations

Arabic: سَمَاوَات Belarusian: нябёсы Bulgarian: небеса́ Chinese Mandarin: 天空 Chinese Mandarin: 天 Czech: nebesa Finnish: taivas French: cieux Galician: ceo German: Himmel Greek: ουρανός Hungarian: ég Italian: cieli Japanese: 天上 Japanese: 空 Macedonian: не́беса Church Slavic: небеса Polish: niebiosa Portuguese: céu Russian: небеса́ Serbo-Croatian: небѐса Serbo-Croatian: nebèsa Slovak: nebesia Slovak: nebesá Slovene: nebesa Spanish: cielo Swedish: himmel Tagalog: sangkalangitan Ukrainian: небеса́
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