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Atlantic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • ăt-lăn'tĭk (General-American)
  • /ətˈlæn.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ətˈlan.tɪk/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • ət-lăn'tĭk
  • /ætˈlæn.ɪk/
  • [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
  • /ætˈlæn.tɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. (not-comparable) 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. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
  4. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
  5. (not-comparable) Descended from the legendary Atlas.
    • The Seav'n Atlantick sisters. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Atlantick alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

Atlantic diet · Atlantic surf clam

Descendants

Atlantaidd · Atlantig

Translations (34)

ru атланти́ческий (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · cy Atlantaidd (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · sk atlantický (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · cs atlantský (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · pt atlântico (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · nn atlantisk (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · lv atlantisks (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · uk атланти́чний (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · cy Iwerydd (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · ro atlantic (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · fi Atlantin (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · oc atlantic (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · it atlantico (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · gcf atlantik (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · mh Atļaņtiik (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · eo atlantika (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · de atlantisch (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · es atlántico (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · be атланты́чны (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · cy Atlantig (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · gl atlántico (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · ast atlánticu (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · ga Atlantach (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · da atlantisk (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · hu atlanti (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · nb atlantisk (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · pl atlantycki (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · fi atlanttinen (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · nl Atlantisch (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · ar أَطْلَسِيّ (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · kw Atlantek (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · ca atlàntic (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · yi אַטלאַנטיש (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean) · fr atlantique (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean)

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Atlantic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • ăt-lăn'tĭk (General-American)
  • /ətˈlæn.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ətˈlan.tɪk/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • ət-lăn'tĭk
  • /ætˈlæn.ɪk/
  • [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
  • /ætˈlæn.tɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-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.

Meanings

  1. A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
    • Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern. 1952 December, R. S. McNaught, “The Voice of the Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 839:
    • A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years. 1958 June 14, “The Last British Atlantic”, in Railway Magazine, page 383:
    • It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic. 1944 January and February, 'Voyageur', “Atlantic Locomotives on the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 26:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Atlantick alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Atlantics Number=Plur lexicographic

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Atlantic en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • ăt-lăn'tĭk (General-American)
  • /ətˈlæn.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ətˈlan.tɪk/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • ət-lăn'tĭk
  • /ætˈlæn.ɪk/
  • [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
  • /ætˈlæn.tɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-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.

Meanings

  1. The Atlantic Ocean.
  2. A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
  3. A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
  4. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Atlantick alternative, obsolete lexicographic
the Atlantic canonical lexicographic

Deriveds

Atlantic sturgeon · Atlantic ghost crab · Mid-Atlantic · Atlantic Daylight Time · Atlantic sixgill shark · Graveyard of the Atlantic · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Atlantic Time · Atlantic County · Atlantic Standard Time Zone · Atlantic trumpetfish · Atlantic silverside · trans-Atlantic · Atlantic hookear sculpin · Euro-Atlantic · Atlantic tarpon · West Atlantic trumpetfish · Atlantic Flyway · East Atlantic peacock wrasse · North Atlantic Treaty Organisation · Atlantic humpback dolphin · Subatlantic · Atlantic Highlands · Atlantic croaker · transatlantic · Atlantic City · amphiatlantic · Atlantic Wall

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