Atlantic

English

Alternative forms

• Atlantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin ātlanticus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ət-lăn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /ətˈlæn.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 in Iowa, USA, and county seat of Cass County.

Derived terms

• amphiatlantic
• Atlantic City
• Atlantic County
• Euro-Atlantic
• transatlantic

 

Translations

the Atlantic Ocean

• Arabic: الْأَطْلَسِيّ‎ m (al-ʾaṭlasiyy), الْأَطْلَنْطِيّ‎ m (al-ʾaṭlanṭiyy)
• Asturian: Atlánticu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大西洋 (zh) (Dàxī Yáng)

• Czech: Atlantik (cs) m
• Dutch: Atlantisch (nl)
• Finnish: Atlantti (fi)
• French: Atlantique (fr) m
• Galician: Atlántico (gl) m
• Georgian: ატლანტიკა (aṭlanṭiḳa), ატლანტის ოკეანე (aṭlanṭis oḳeane)
• German: Atlantik (de) m
• Japanese: 大西洋 (ja) (Taiseiyō)
• Korean: 대서양 (ko) (Daeseoyang)

• Navajo: Haʼaʼaahjí tónteel
• Occitan: Atlantic (oc) m
• Polish: Atlantyk (pl) m, Ocean Atlantycki (pl) m
• Portuguese: Atlântico (pt) m
• Russian: Атла́нтика (ru) f (Atlántika), Атланти́ческий океа́н (ru) m (Atlantíčeskij okeán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Атла̀нтик m

  Roman: Atlàntik (sh) m

• Spanish: Atlántico (es) m
• Swahili: Atlantiki
• Swedish: Atlanten (sv)
• Welsh: yr Iwerydd m
• Yiddish: אַטלאַנטיק‎ (atlantik)

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.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     The seven Atlantic sisters.

Translations

pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean

• Antillean Creole: atlantik
• Arabic: أَطْلَسِيّ‎ (ʾaṭlasiyy)
• Catalan: atlàntic
• Dutch: Atlantisch (nl)
• Esperanto: atlantika
• French: atlantique (fr)
• German: atlantisch (de)
• Irish: Atlantach

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atlantisk

  Nynorsk: atlantisk

• Polish: atlantycki (pl)
• Portuguese: atlântico (pt)
• Russian: атланти́ческий (ru) (atlantíčeskij)
• Spanish: atlántico (es)
• Yiddish: אַטלאַנטיש‎ (atlantish)

Noun

Atlantic (plural Atlantics)

1. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.

Anagrams

• tantalic