Atlantic

English

Alternative forms

Atlantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin ātlanticus.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ət-lăn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /ətˈlæn.tɪk/
(General American) enPR: ăt-lăn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /ætˈlæn.tɪk/
Rhymes: -æntɪk

Proper noun

Atlantic

The Atlantic Ocean.
A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
A city in Iowa, USA, and county seat of Cass County.

Derived terms

Translations

the Atlantic Ocean

Arabic: الْأَطْلَسِيّ‎ m (al-ʾaṭlasiyy), الْأَطْلَنْطِيّ‎ m (al-ʾaṭlanṭiyy)
Asturian: Atlánticu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大西洋 (zh) (Dàxī Yáng)
Czech: Atlantik (cs) m
Dutch: Atlantisch (nl)
Finnish: Atlantti (fi)
French: Atlantique (fr) m
Galician: Atlántico (gl) m
Georgian: ატლანტიკა (aṭlanṭiḳa), ატლანტის ოკეანე (aṭlanṭis oḳeane)
German: Atlantik (de) m
Japanese: 大西洋 (ja) (Taiseiyō)
Korean: 대서양 (ko) (Daeseoyang)

Navajo: Haʼaʼaahjí tónteel
Occitan: Atlantic (oc) m
Polish: Atlantyk (pl) m, Ocean Atlantycki (pl) m
Portuguese: Atlântico (pt) m
Russian: Атла́нтика (ru) f (Atlántika), Атланти́ческий океа́н (ru) m (Atlantíčeskij okeán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Атла̀нтик m

Roman: Atlàntik (sh) m
Spanish: Atlántico (es) m
Swahili: Atlantiki
Swedish: Atlanten (sv)
Welsh: yr Iwerydd m
Yiddish: אַטלאַנטיק‎ (atlantik)

Adjective

Atlantic (not comparable)

Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
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 USA.
Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
Descended from the legendary Atlas.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
  The seven Atlantic sisters.

Translations

pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean

Antillean Creole: atlantik
Arabic: أَطْلَسِيّ‎ (ʾaṭlasiyy)
Catalan: atlàntic
Dutch: Atlantisch (nl)
Esperanto: atlantika
French: atlantique (fr)
German: atlantisch (de)
Irish: Atlantach

Norwegian:
Bokmål: atlantisk

Nynorsk: atlantisk
Polish: atlantycki (pl)
Portuguese: atlântico (pt)
Russian: атланти́ческий (ru) (atlantíčeskij)
Spanish: atlántico (es)
Yiddish: אַטלאַנטיש‎ (atlantish)

Noun

Atlantic (plural Atlantics)

(rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.

Anagrams

tantalic

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