meteoric

English

Etymology

meteor +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk

Adjective

meteoric (comparative more meteoric, superlative most meteoric)

1. Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.

   meteoric iron

2. Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.

   Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top.

3. (geology) Of water: originating in the atmosphere.
4. Influenced by the weather.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, page 299:

     On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven.

Related terms

• meteor
• meteorite
• meteoritic
• meteoritics
• meteoroid
• meteoroidal
• meteorology
• meteorological

Translations

pertaining to a meteor

• Catalan: meteòric
• Dutch: meteorisch
• French: météorique (fr)
• Greek: μετεωρικός (el) (meteorikós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: meteorico (1,2)
• Romanian: meteoric (ro)
• Swedish: meteorisk

Anagrams

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Romanian

Etymology

From French météorique.

Adjective

meteoric m or n (feminine singular meteorică, masculine plural meteorici, feminine and neuter plural meteorice)

1. meteoric

Declension

Declension of meteoric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	meteoric		meteorică	meteorici	meteorice
	definite	meteoricul		meteorica	meteoricii	meteoricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	meteoric		meteorice	meteorici	meteorice
	definite	meteoricului		meteoricei	meteoricilor	meteoricelor