meteor

Etymology

From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from μετά (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, to heave, to raise up”).

Original sense of “atmospheric phenomenon” gave rise to meteorology, now restricted to extraterrestrial objects burning up as they enter the atmosphere.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmitiɚ/, [ˈmiɾiɚ]

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• Homophone: meatier

Noun

meteor (plural meteors)

1. (archaic) Any atmospheric phenomenon. (Thus the derivation of meteorology.) These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars [next]).
2. A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere: A shooting star or falling star.
3. (juggling) A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
4. (martial arts) A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.

Verb

meteor (third-person singular simple present meteors, present participle meteoring, simple past and past participle meteored)

1. (intransitive) To move at great speed.

Further reading

• meteor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ometer, emoter, ometer, remote

Noun

meteor m (plural meteors)

1. meteor

Etymology

From English meteor or German Meteor.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtɛor]
• Hyphenation: me‧te‧or

Noun

meteor (plural meteorok)

1. (astronomy) meteor (a fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere)

References

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron)

Noun

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorer, definite plural meteorene)

1. a meteor

References

• “meteor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron)

Noun

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorar, definite plural meteorane)

1. a meteor

References

• “meteor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

meteor m inan

1. (astronomy) meteor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metěoːr/
• Hyphenation: me‧te‧or

Noun

metèōr m (Cyrillic spelling метѐо̄р)

1. (astronomy) meteor

Noun

meteor c

1. meteor