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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

horizontal (comparative more horizontal, superlative most horizontal)

  1. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
    horizontal lines
  2. (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets
  3. (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
  4. (wine) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
  5. (music, of an interval) Having the two notes sound successively.
    Synonyms: linear, melodic
    Antonym: vertical
  6. (sex, euphemistic) Relating to sexual intercourse.
    horizontal tango
    • 2020 February 2, Mariella Frostrup, “One is a great guy; the other is good in bed. So who do I choose?”, in The Guardian‎:
      Comparing a man who inspires you intellectually and makes you laugh with a guy who fulfils all your horizontal desires means you’re not comparing like with like.
  7. (biology) Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
    Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.

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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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Albanian

Etymology

Probably from English horizontal; the -al adjectival suffix is neither native to Albanian, nor was it borrowed from Latin earlier on.

Adjective

horizontal (feminine horizontale)

  1. horizontal

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Asturian

Adjective

horizontal (epicene, plural horizontales)

  1. horizontal
    Antonym: vertical

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French

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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

  1. horizontal
    Antonym: vertical

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Galician

Adjective

horizontal m or f (plural horizontais)

  1. horizontal
    Antonym: vertical

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

horizontal (strong nominative masculine singular horizontaler, not comparable)

  1. horizontal
    Synonyms: waagrecht, waagerecht
    Antonyms: vertikal, senkrecht

Declension

Positive forms of horizontal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal

Adjective

horizontal m or f (plural horizontais, not comparable)

  1. horizontal
    Antonym: vertical

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /oɾiθonˈtal/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /oɾisonˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal

Adjective

horizontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural horizontales)

  1. horizontal
    Antonym: vertical
  2. landscape (a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides; in smartphones)
    Antonym: vertical

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