Atlantic

English

Alternative forms

• Atlantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin ātlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ət-lăn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /ətˈlæn.tɪk/

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• (General American) enPR: ăt-lăn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /ætˈlæn.tɪk/
• Rhymes: -æntɪk

Proper noun

Atlantic

1. The Atlantic Ocean.
2. A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
3. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.

Derived terms

• amphiatlantic
• Atlantic City
• Atlantic County
• Atlantic Highlands
• Euro-Atlantic
• Mid-Atlantic
• trans-Atlantic
• transatlantic

 

Translations

Atlantic Ocean — see Atlantic Ocean

Adjective

Atlantic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
2. Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the USA.
3. Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
4. Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
5. Descended from the legendary Atlas.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.

Translations

pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean

• Antillean Creole: atlantik
• Arabic: أَطْلَسِيّ‎ (ʾaṭlasiyy)
• Asturian: atlánticu
• Belarusian: атланты́чны (atlantýčny)
• Catalan: atlàntic
• Cornish: Atlantek
• Czech: atlantský (cs)
• Danish: atlantisk
• Dutch: Atlantisch (nl)
• Esperanto: atlantika
• French: atlantique (fr)
• Galician: atlántico (gl)
• German: atlantisch (de)
• Hungarian: atlanti (hu)

• Irish: Atlantach
• Latvian: atlantisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atlantisk

  Nynorsk: atlantisk

• Occitan: atlantic
• Polish: atlantycki (pl)
• Portuguese: atlântico (pt)
• Romanian: atlantic (ro)
• Russian: атланти́ческий (ru) (atlantíčeskij)
• Slovak: atlantický
• Spanish: atlántico (es)
• Ukrainian: атланти́чний (atlantýčnyj)
• Yiddish: אַטלאַנטיש‎ (atlantish)

Noun

Atlantic (plural Atlantics)

1. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
   • 1944 January and February, "Voyageur", “Atlantic Locomotives on the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 26:

     It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic.

Anagrams

• tantalic