English Online Dictionary. What means horizontal? What does horizontal mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French horizontal.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌhoɹəˈzɑntəl/
Adjective
horizontal (comparative more horizontal, superlative most horizontal)
- Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets
- (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
- (wine) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
- (music, of an interval) Having the two notes sound successively.
- Synonyms: linear, melodic
- Antonym: vertical
- (sex, euphemistic) Relating to sexual intercourse.
- horizontal tango
- (biology) Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
Antonyms
- vertical
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
horizontal (plural horizontals)
- A horizontal component of a structure.
- (geology) Horizon.
- A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum
Translations
Anagrams
- notorhizal
Albanian
Etymology
Probably from English horizontal; the -al adjectival suffix is neither native to Albanian, nor was it borrowed from Latin earlier on.
Adjective
horizontal (feminine horizontale)
- horizontal
Related terms
- horizont
Asturian
Adjective
horizontal (epicene, plural horizontales)
- horizontal
- Antonym: vertical
Related terms
- horizonte
French
Alternative forms
- horisontal
Etymology
Derived from Latin horizōn (“horizon”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃.tal/
- Homophones: horisontal, horisontale, horisontales, horizontale, horizontales
Adjective
horizontal (feminine horizontale, masculine plural horizontaux, feminine plural horizontales)
- horizontal
- Antonym: vertical
Derived terms
- horizontalement
Related terms
- horizon
Further reading
- “horizontal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Adjective
horizontal m or f (plural horizontais)
- horizontal
- Antonym: vertical
Derived terms
- horizontalmente
Related terms
- horizonte
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
horizontal (strong nominative masculine singular horizontaler, not comparable)
- horizontal
- Synonyms: waagrecht, waagerecht
- Antonyms: vertikal, senkrecht
Declension
Derived terms
- Horizontale
Further reading
- “horizontal” in Duden online
- “horizontal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Malay
Etymology
From English horizontal, from Middle French horizontal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɔ.ri.zɔn.təl]
- Rhymes: -təl, -əl
- Hyphenation: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal
Adjective
horizontal (Jawi spelling هوريزونتل)
- Perpendicular to the vertical; horizontal.
- Synonyms: melintang, mendatar, mengufuk
- Antonyms: mencancang, menegak, vertikal
Further reading
“horizontal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal
Adjective
horizontal m or f (plural horizontais, not comparable)
- horizontal
- Antonym: vertical
Derived terms
- horizontalmente
Related terms
- horizonte
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /oɾiθonˈtal/ [o.ɾi.θõn̪ˈt̪al]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɾisonˈtal/ [o.ɾi.sõn̪ˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal
Adjective
horizontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural horizontales)
- horizontal
- Antonym: vertical
- landscape (a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides; in smartphones)
- Synonym: apaisado
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “horizontal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28