horizontal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French horizontal

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɔːɹəˈzɑːntəl/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

horizontal (comparative more horizontal, superlative most horizontal)

  1. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
  2. (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
  3. (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
    • 1667: As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 594-5
  4. (wine tasting) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

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Noun

horizontal (plural horizontals)

  1. A horizontal component of a structure.
  2. (geology) horizon
  3. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum.

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Asturian

Adjective

horizontal (epicene, plural horizontales)

  1. horizontal

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French

Etymology

Derived from Latin horizōn (“horizon”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

horizontal (feminine singular horizontale, masculine plural horizontaux, feminine plural horizontales)

  1. horizontal

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Further reading

Galician

Adjective

horizontal m or f (plural horizontais)

  1. horizontal

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German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

horizontal (not comparable)

  1. horizontal

Declension
Declension of horizontal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist horizontal sie ist horizontal es ist horizontal sie sind horizontal
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative horizontaler horizontale horizontales horizontale
genitive horizontalen horizontaler horizontalen horizontaler
dative horizontalem horizontaler horizontalem horizontalen
accusative horizontalen horizontale horizontales horizontale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der horizontale die horizontale das horizontale die horizontalen
genitive des horizontalen der horizontalen des horizontalen der horizontalen
dative dem horizontalen der horizontalen dem horizontalen den horizontalen
accusative den horizontalen die horizontale das horizontale die horizontalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein horizontaler eine horizontale ein horizontales (keine) horizontalen
genitive eines horizontalen einer horizontalen eines horizontalen (keiner) horizontalen
dative einem horizontalen einer horizontalen einem horizontalen (keinen) horizontalen
accusative einen horizontalen eine horizontale ein horizontales (keine) horizontalen

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Derived terms
  • Horizontale

Further reading

Portuguese

Adjective

horizontal m or f (plural horizontais, not comparable)

  1. horizontal

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Spanish

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /oɾiθonˈtal/, [oɾiθõn̪ˈt̪al]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /oɾisonˈtal/, [oɾisõn̪ˈt̪al]

Adjective

horizontal (plural horizontales)

  1. horizontal

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