universe

See also Universe

English

Alternative forms

• Universe (dated or religious)

Etymology

From Old French univers, from Latin universum (“all things, as a whole, the universe”), neuter of universus (“all together, whole, entire, collective, general, literally turned or combined into one”), from uni-, combining form of unus (“one”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of verto (“I turn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈjuːnəˌvɝs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Noun

universe (plural universes)

1. The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.

   I think that the universe was created by a life force rather than a deity.

2. An entity similar to our Universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
3. Everything under consideration.

   In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.

4. An imaginary collection of worlds.

   The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.

5. Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting.

   That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe.

Derived terms

• clockwork universe
• known universe
• observable universe
• parallel universe
• physical universe
• universe of discourse

Related terms

• universal
• universal set
• university

Translations

the Universe

• Arabic: كون (ar) (kawn) m, الكون (ar) (al-kawn)
• Bashkir: ғәләм (ba) (ğäläm)
• Basque: unibertso (eu)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: (neol) akksmun m

• Catalan: univers (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宇宙 (cmn) (Yǔzhòu)

• Czech: vesmír (cs) m
• Danish: univers (da) n
• Dutch: heelal (nl) n, universum (nl) n
• Esperanto: universo (eo)
• Faroese: alheimur (fo) m
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (fi), universumi (fi), kosmos (fi)
• French: Univers (fr) m
• Galician: universo (gl) m
• German: Universum (de) n, Weltall (de) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) (sýmpan) n
• Hebrew: יקום (he) (yekúm) m
• Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (hi) (brahmāṇḍ), विश्व (hi) (viśv)
• Hungarian: világegyetem (hu), univerzum (hu), világmindenség (hu)
• Icelandic: alheimur (is) m
• Ido: universo (io)
• Interlingua: universo (ia)
• Irish: cruinne (ga) f
• Italian: universo (it) m

• Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) (うちゅう, Uchū)
• Korean: 우주 (ko) (Uju) (宇宙 (ko))
• Latgalian: vysaine f
• Latvian: visums (lv) m
• Lithuanian: visata (lt) f
• Macedonian: вселена (mk) (vsélena) f
• Malay: alam semesta (ms), jagat raya (ms)
• Navajo: yágháhookáán
• Norwegian: univers (no) n
• Persian: کیهان (fa) (keyhân), هستی (fa) (hasti)
• Polish: Wszechświat (pl) m
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Romanian: univers (ro) n
• Russian: Вселенная (ru) (Vselénnaja) f
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्ड (sa) (brahmāṇḍa), विश्व (sa) (viśva)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan (gd) m, cruinne-cè (gd) m and f, saoghal (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: svemir, vasiona, vaseljena
• Spanish: universo (es) m
• Swahili: ulimwengu (sw)
• Swedish: universum (sv)
• Thai: จักรวาล (th) (jàk-grà-waan), เอกภพ (th) (àyk-gà-póp), เอกภาพ (th) (àyk-gà-pâap)
• Turkish: uzay (tr), evren (tr), cihan (tr) n
• Urdu: کائنات (ur) (kainat) f
• Vietnamese: vũ trụ (vi) (宇宙 (vi))
• West Frisian: hielal (fy)
• Yiddish: אוניווערס (yi) m

an entity similar to our universe

• Bashkir: ғәләм (ba) (ğäläm)
• Catalan: univers (ca) m
• Danish: univers (da) n
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (fi), universumi (fi)
• French: univers (fr) m
• German: Universum (de) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) (sýmpan) n
• Ido: universo (io)

• Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) (うちゅう, uchū)
• Macedonian: вселена (mk) (vsélena) f
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселенная (ru) (vselénnaja) f, мир (ru) (mir) m
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan (gd) m, saoghal (gd) m, cruinne-cè (gd) m and f
• Serbo-Croatian: vasiona, vaseljena
• Spanish: universo (es) m

everything under consideration

• Danish: univers (da) n
• Finnish: avaruus (fi)
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) (sýmpan) n
• Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (hi)
• Japanese: 森羅万象 (しんらばんしょう, shinrabanshō)

• Macedonian: вселена (mk) (vsélena) f
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселенная (ru) (vselénnaja) f, мир (ru) (mir) m
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan (gd) m, saoghal (gd) m, cruinne-cè (gd) m and f

an imaginary collection of worlds

• Danish: univers (da) n
• Finnish: maailma (fi), maailmat (fi)
• German: Universum (de) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) (sýmpan) n
• Macedonian: вселена (mk) (vsélena) f

• Persian: کیهان (fa) (keyhân)
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселенная (ru) (vselénnaja) f, мир (ru) (mir) m
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan (gd) m, saoghal (gd) m, cruinne-cè (gd) m and f

intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting

• Bashkir: донъя (ba) (donya)
• Danish: univers (da) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) (sýmpan) n
• Macedonian: вселена (mk) (vsélena) f

• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселенная (ru) (vselénnaja) f
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan (gd) m, saoghal (gd) m, cruinne-cè (gd) m and f

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• Dutch: universum n (1,3), heelal n (1), spectrum n (2), scala n (2)
• French: univers m
• Interlingua: universo
• Italian: universo m
• Hebrew: יקום (YeKum)
• Lithuanian: visata f
• Maltese: univers m

• Persian: کیهان (keyhān)
• Romanian: univers n
• Swedish: universum n (1,3)
• Telugu: విశ్వం (vishvam)
• Ukrainian: всесвіт (vsesvit) m
• Welsh: bydysawd

See also

• om
• universe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• universe (economics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:universe (economics)
• universe (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:universe (mathematics)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /uː.nɪˈwɛːr.seː/

Adverb

ūniversē (not comparable)

1. Generally; in general.