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See also: Meteor and meteor.

English

Etymology

From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, raised from the ground, hanging, lofty), from μετά (metá, in the midst of, among, between) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, to lift, to heave, to raise up).

The original sense of “atmospheric phenomenon” gave rise to meteorology, but the meaning of "meteor" is now restricted to extraterrestrial objects burning up as they enter the atmosphere.

Pronunciation

Noun

meteor (plural meteors)

  1. (now meteorology) An atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).
    • c. 1587–1588, , Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
      Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare,
      For freezing Meteors and congealed cold:
    • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 10:
      The twilight, the meteors call'd fire-balls, or flying dragons, and the northern lights, inhabit the higher regions of the atmosphere.
    • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: or T N Longman and O Rees, , by Biggs and Cottle, , →OCLC:
      A meteor in the hazy air / Play’d before his path; / Before him now it roll’d / A globe of livid fire Anon to Thalaba it mov’d, / And wrapt him in its pale innocuous fire.
  2. A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star.
  3. (juggling) A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
  4. (martial arts) A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.
  5. (figurative) Any short-lived source of wonderment.

Usage notes

Quotations

  • p. 1859 December, Herman Melville, “The Portent (1859)”
    But the streaming beard is shown
    (Weird John Brown),
    The meteor of the war.

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Verb

meteor (third-person singular simple present meteors, present participle meteoring, simple past and past participle meteored)

  1. (intransitive) To move at great speed.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

meteor m (plural meteors)

  1. meteor

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

Noun

meteor m inan

  1. meteor (fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere)
    Synonyms: (dated) povětroň, létavice

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Danish

Noun

meteor c or n

  1. (astronomy) meteor

Declension

Declension of meteor
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative meteor meteoren
meteoret
meteorer meteorerne
genitive meteors meteorens
meteorets
meteorers meteorernes

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English meteor or German Meteor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: me‧te‧or
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

meteor (plural meteorok)

  1. (astronomy) meteor (a fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere)

Declension

Possessive forms of meteor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. meteorom meteorjaim
2nd person sing. meteorod meteorjaid
3rd person sing. meteorja meteorjai
1st person plural meteorunk meteorjaink
2nd person plural meteorotok meteorjaitok
3rd person plural meteorjuk meteorjaik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).

Noun

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorer, definite plural meteorene)

  1. a meteor

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron).

Noun

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorar, definite plural meteorane)

  1. a meteor

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Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
meteor

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros).

Pronunciation

Noun

meteor m inan (related adjective meteorowy or meteoryczny)

  1. (astronomy) meteor (atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon; these were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars))
    Coordinate terms: meteoroid, meteoryt
  2. (astronomy) meteor, falling star, shooting star (fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star)
    Synonyms: meteoroid, spadająca gwiazda

Declension

Further reading

  • meteor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • meteor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • meteor in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian meteora or French météore or German Meteor.

Noun

meteor m (plural meteori)

  1. meteor (streak of light caused by extraterrestrial matter entering the atmosphere)

Declension

Declension of meteor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative meteor meteorul meteori meteorii
genitive-dative meteor meteorului meteori meteorilor
vocative meteorule meteorilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /metěoːr/
  • Hyphenation: me‧te‧or

Noun

metèōr m (Cyrillic spelling метѐо̄р)

  1. (astronomy) meteor

Declension

Declension of meteor
singular plural
nominative metèōr meteori
genitive meteóra meteora
dative meteoru meteorima
accusative meteor meteore
vocative meteoru / meteore meteori
locative meteoru meteorima
instrumental meteorom meteorima

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

meteor c

  1. meteor

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French météorite.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧te‧or

Noun

meteor (definite accusative meteoru, plural meteorlar)

  1. meteor

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