universe

See also: Universe

English

Alternative forms

• Universe

Etymology

From Middle English universe, 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 vertō (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːnəˌvɝs/

• Audio (GA)

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Noun

universe (plural universes)

2. The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.

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

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

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

5. (marketing, economics) A sample taken from the population.
6. An imaginary collection of worlds.

   The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.

7. A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.

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

Derived terms

• clockwork universe
• Herbrand universe
• known universe
• observable universe
• parallel universe
• risk universe
• universe of discourse

 

Related terms

• universal
• universal set
• university

Translations

the Universe

• Abaza: дуна́й (dunáj)
• Abkhaz: адунеи (adunej)
• Adyghe: дунаир (dunajir)
• Afrikaans: heelal (af), universum (af)
• Albanian: gjithësi (sq) f
• Alemannic German: Ünivärsum (Alsatian)
• Amharic: ጠፈር (ṭäfär)
• Arabic: كَوْن m (kawn), اَلْكَوْن (al-kawn), عَالَم (ar) m (ʕālam)

  Egyptian Arabic: كون m (koun), أكوان f pl (ʔakwaan)

• Aragonese: uniberso m
• Armenian: տիեզերք (hy) (tiezerkʻ)
• Assamese: বিশ্বব্ৰহ্মাণ্ড (bissobrohmando), মহাজগত (mohazogot)
• Asturian: universu m
• Aymara: pacha (ay)
• Azerbaijani: kainat (az)
• Bambara: diɲɛ, duniya
• Bashkir: ғәләм (ğələm)
• Basque: unibertso (eu)
• Bavarian: Wödall
• Belarusian: сусве́т m (susvjét), Сусве́т m (Susvjét)
• Bengali: মহাবিশ্ব (môhabiśbô)
• Berber:

  Central Atlas Tamazight: ddunit

  Kabyle: ameɣṛad, ameghrad

  Tashelhit: ^{(please verify)} akksmun m

• Breton: hollved (br) m
• Bulgarian: вселе́на (bg) f (vseléna)
• Burmese: စကြဝဠာ (my) (ca.kra.wa.la), လောကဓာတ် (my) (lau:ka.dhat)
• Catalan: univers (ca) m
• Chechen: тӏурнене (tʼurnene)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 宇宙 (jyu⁵ zau⁶)

  Hakka: 宇宙 (yí-chhiu)

  Mandarin: 宇宙 (zh) (yǔzhòu)

  Min Nan: 宇宙 (zh-min-nan) (í-tiū, ú-tiū)

• Chukchi: ӈаргынэн (ṇargynėn)
• Chuvash: ҫут тӗнче (śut tĕnč̬e)
• Cornish: ollvys m, ollves m
• Corsican: universu m
• Crimean Tatar:

  Cyrillic: дюнйа, алем

  Latin: dünya, alem

• Czech: vesmír (cs) m
• Danish: univers (da) n
• Dutch: heelal (nl) n, universum (nl) n
• Dzongkha: འཇིག་རྟེན། ('jig rten)
• East Futuna: atulaulau, malamanei
• Emilian: univêrs m
• Erzya: менельть-масторт (meńeľť-mastort), масторава (mastorava)
• Esperanto: universo (eo)
• Estonian: universum
• Faroese: alheimur m
• Fiji Hindi: sansaar
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (fi), universumi (fi), kosmos (fi)
• French: univers (fr) m, Univers (fr) m

  Old French: univers m

• Friulian: univiers m
• Galician: universo (gl) m
• Georgian: სამყარო (samq̇aro)
• German: Universum (de) n, Weltall (de) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) n (sýmpan)

  Ancient: σύμπαν n (súmpan)

• Guaraní: arapy
• Gujarati: બ્રહ્માંડ (brahmā̃ḍ)
• Haitian Creole: linivè
• Hawaiian: ao holoʻokoʻa
• Hebrew: יקום (he) m (yekúm)
• Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (hi) (brahmāṇḍ), विश्व (hi) (viśva)
• Hungarian: világegyetem (hu), univerzum (hu), világmindenség (hu)
• Icelandic: alheimur (is) m
• Ido: universo (io)
• Ilocano: law-ang
• Indonesian: alam semesta (id)
• Ingush: ӏайлам (ˀajlam)
• Interlingua: universo
• Interlingue:
• Irish: cruinne f
• Italian: universo (it) m
• Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) (うちゅう, uchū)
• Javanese: alam semesta
• Kalmyk: орчлң (orçlñ)
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ (kn) (brahmāṇḍa)
• Kapampangan: sikluban
• Karachay-Balkar: дуния (duniya), алам (alam)
• Kashubian: swiatnica
• Kazakh: әлем (kk) (älem)
• Khakas: чайаан-чалбах (çayaan-çalbax), чир-чалбах (çir-çalbax), тилекей (tilekey)
• Khmer: សកលលោក (sa’kɑl look), ចក្រវាល (km) (cak viel)
• Korean: 우주 (ko) (uju) (宇宙 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: аалам (ky) (aalam)
• Ladin: univers m
• Lao: ຈັກກະວານ (lo) (chak ka vān)
• Latgalian: vysaine f
• Latin: ūniversum n
• Latvian: visums m
• Lezgi: дуьнья (dün’ä)
• Ligurian: universo m
• Limburgish: hielal, universum
• Lithuanian: visata f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lombard: univèrs m
• Low German: hielal
• Lower Sorbian: swětnišćo n
• Luxembourgish: Universum
• Macedonian: все́лена f (vsélena)
• Malagasy: erana (mg)
• Malay: alam semesta, jagat raya
• Malayalam: പ്രപഞ്ചം (ml) (prapañcaṁ)
• Maltese: univérs m, holqién m
• Manx: dowan m
• Maori: ao tukupū, ao tukipū
• Marathi: विश्व (viśva)
• Mingrelian: ოქიანუ (okianu)
• Mirandese: ouniberso m
• Moksha: мастор (mastor), масторланга (mastorlanga)
• Mongolian: орчлон (mn) (orčlon)
• Nahuatl: cemānāhuac (nah)
• Nanai: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: yágháhookáán
• Neapolitan: nevèrzo m
• Nepali: विश्व (viśwa)
• Nogai: дунья (dun’ya)
• Norman:

  Cotentinais: eunivers m

  Norman: univers m

  Norman: unnivèrs m

• North Frisian: åål
• Norwegian: univers (no) n
• Novial:
• Occitan: univèrs m
• Old Church Slavonic: въселенаꙗ f (vŭselenaja)
• Old English: heofon and eorþe, eall ġesceaft m
• Papiamentu: universo
• Persian: کیهان (fa) (keyhân), هستی (fa) (hasti), کائنات (fa) (kâ'enât)
• Piedmontese: univers m
• Plautdietsch: Weltaul, Weltommfank
• Polish: wszechświat (pl) m, Wszechświat m
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ਵ (viśava), ਦੁਨੀਆ (dunī'ā), ਜਹਾਨ (jahāna), ਬ੍ਰਹਿਮੰਡ (brahimaḍa)
• Quechua: ch'askancha
• Rhine Franconian: Weldall (Palatine)
• Romanian: univers (ro) n
• Romansch: univers m
• Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f (vselénnaja), Вселе́нная (ru) f (Vselénnaja), всесве́т (vsesvét) (archaic, rare)
• Rusyn: весмір (vesmir)
• Samogitian: vėsatuos
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्ड (sa) (brahmāṇḍa), विश्व (sa) (viśva), जगत् (sa) n (jagat)
• Santali: ᱚᱣᱟᱝ (ôvaṅ)
• Sardinian: univérsu m
• Saterland Frisian: Al
• Scots: univers
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, cruinne-cè m or f, saoghal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свемир m, васиона f, васелена f, васељена f

  Latin: svemir (sh) m, vasiona (sh) f, vaselena f, vaseljena f

• Shan: လုမ်ႈၽႃႉ (lūm phâ̰a)
• Shona: rudunhumwe
• Sicilian: universu m
• Sinhalese: විශ්වය (si) (wiśwaya)
• Slovak: vesmír (sk) m
• Slovene: vesolje (sl) n
• Somali: koon
• Sotho: legôhlê
• Southern Altai: ак айазы (ak ayazï), ак айас (ak ayas)
• Spanish: universo (es) m
• Sumerian: 𒀭𒆠 (an-ki)
• Swahili: ulimwengu (sw)
• Swedish: universum (sv)
• Tabasaran: аьлам (a̱lam)
• Tagalog: sansinukob, uniberso
• Tajik: коинот (tg) (koyinot)
• Tamil: அண்டம் (ta) (aṇṭam)
• Tatar: галәм (tt) (ğaläm)
• Telugu: విశ్వం (viśvaṁ)
• Thai: จักรวาล (th) (jàk-grà-waan), เอกภพ (th) (àyk-gà-póp), เอกภาพ (èek-gà-pâap)
• Tibetan: འཇིག་རྟེན ('jig rten)
• Tigrinya: ዓለማት ('alematâ)
• Turkish: uzay (tr), evren (tr), cihan (tr) n, kâinat (tr)
• Turkmen: älem-jahan, älem
• Tuvan: октаргай (oktargay), бүдүмел (büdümel)
• Ukrainian: все́світ (uk) m (vsésvit), Все́світ m (Vsésvit)
• Upper Sorbian: swětnišćo n
• Urdu: کائنات f (kainat)
• Uzbek: olam (uz), borliq (uz), koinot (uz)
• Venetian: universo m
• Veps: mir
• Vietnamese: vũ trụ (vi) (宇宙 (vi))
• Võro: ilm
• Wallisian: 'atulaulau, mālama, malamanei
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Waray-Waray: sangkalibutan, universo
• Welsh: bydysawd (cy) m
• West Frisian: hielal (fy) n
• Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אוניווערס m (univers)
• Yoruba: ayé, àgbáyé
• Yucatec Maya: yóok’ol kaab
• Zulu: umkhathi (noun 3/4)

an entity similar to our universe

• Bashkir: ғәләм (ğələm)
• Catalan: univers (ca) m
• Danish: univers (da) n
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (fi), universumi (fi)
• French: univers (fr) m
• German: Universum (de) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) n (sýmpan)
• Ido: universo (io)
• Italian: universo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) (うちゅう, uchū)
• Macedonian: все́лена f (vsélena)
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f (vselénnaja), мир (ru) m (mir)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: vasióna (sh), vaseljena

• Slovene: vesolje (sl) n
• Spanish: universo (es) m

everything under consideration

• Danish: univers (da) n
• Finnish: avaruus (fi)
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) n (sýmpan)
• Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (hi) (brahmāṇḍ)
• Japanese: 森羅万象 (ja) (しんらばんしょう, shinrabanshō)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: все́лена f (vsélena)
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f (vselénnaja), мир (ru) m (mir)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m or f

an imaginary collection of worlds

• Danish: univers (da) n
• Finnish: maailma (fi), maailmat (fi)
• German: Universum (de) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) n (sýmpan)
• Italian: universo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: все́лена f (vsélena)
• Persian: کیهان (fa) (keyhân)
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f (vselénnaja), мир (ru) m (mir)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m or f

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

• Bashkir: донъя (donʺya)
• Danish: univers (da) n
• Greek: σύμπαν (el) n (sýmpan)
• Italian: universo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: все́лена f (vsélena)
• Portuguese: universo (pt) m
• Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f (vselénnaja)
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m or f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: (1,3) ^{(please verify)} universum (nl) n, (1) ^{(please verify)} heelal (nl) n, (2) ^{(please verify)} spectrum (nl) n, (2) ^{(please verify)} scala (nl) n
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יקום (he) (YeKum)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} universo
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} visata f
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} univers m
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} کیهان (fa) (keyhân)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} univers (ro) n
• Swedish: (1,3) ^{(please verify)} universum (sv) n
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} విశ్వం (viśvaṁ)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} всесвіт (uk) m (vsesvit)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} bydysawd (cy)

See also

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Latin

Etymology

From ūniversus +‎ -ē (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.niˈu̯er.seː/, [uːniˈu̯ɛrs̠eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.niˈver.se/, [uniˈvɛrse]

Adverb

ūniversē (not comparable)

1. Generally; in general.

References

• “universe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “universe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• universe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old French univers, from Latin ūniversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiu̯nivɛrs/

Noun

universe

1. (Late Middle English, rare) The universe; the stars.

Related terms

• universite
• universal

Descendants

• English: universe
• Scots: universe

References

• “ūniverse (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-31.