sky

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
2. With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
3. (archaic, literary, poetic) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of sky blue.
5. The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
6. (informal, obsolete, rare) In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
7. (obsolete) A cloud.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
2. (dated, informal, transitive) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place.
3. (dated, slang, transitive) To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
4. (transitive) To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
5. (transitive) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
7. (intransitive) To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
8. (intransitive) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
9. (intransitive) To raise an oar too high above the water.

Concepts

ciel

cieux

air

firmament

paradis

en haut

atmosphère terrestre

jeter

latitude

nue

ciels

c

en l’air

sphère céleste

survoler

l’air

en altitude

le Ciel

au-dessus de

atmosphère

Opposé de

floor

Synonymes

heaven

firmament

heavens

atmosphere

air

weather

light

space

welkin

ether

horizon

skies

toss

pitch

flip

paradise

clear sky

empyrean

blue sky

cloud

☁️

shoot

shy

climate

high up

throw

universe

upper air

outer space

skim

sky-blue

steep

storm

thrust

thunder

🌩️

world

🗺️

year

Eden

Elysian Fields

Elysium

Heaven

Heavenly City

Shangri-la

up above

high-altitude sky

very high

empty air

City of God

part of the sky

starry-sky

azure curtain

Traductions

Himmel

cielo

cielo

céu

hemel

ουρανός

caelum

cel

gök

lucht

Luft

سماء

firmamento

cèl

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skaɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ski

Appartenant à ancien anglais: sċēo

Appartenant à moyen anglais: skew

Appartenant à ancien anglais: scēo

Appartenant à Old Saxon: scio

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: sky

Appartenant à ancien irlandais: ceo

Appartenant à irlandais: ceo

Appartenant à ancien anglais: scūa

Appartenant à latin: obscūrus

Appartenant à sanskrit: स्कुनाति

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English sky (“sky; cloud; mist”), also spelled ski, skie, [and other forms], from Old Norse ský (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud; sky”), from *skiwô (“cloud; cloud cover, haze; sky”) (whence Old English sċēo (“cloud”) and Middle English skew (“air; sky; (rare) cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Old English scēo (“cloud”), Old Saxon scio, skio, skeo (“light cloud cover”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål sky (“cloud”), Old Irish ceo (“mist, fog”), Irish ceo (“mist, fog”). It is also related to Old English scūa (“shadow, darkness”), Latin obscūrus (“dark, shadowy”), Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “he covers”). See also hide, hose, house, hut, shoe.

Phrases

Sometimes I wonder how there can be so many stars in the sky .

Parfois, je me demande comment il peut y avoir tellement d'étoiles dans le ciel.

A child is looking through a pretend telescope on playground equipment in front of a blue sky .

Un enfant regarde à travers un télescope de prétendent sur l'équipement de l'aire de jeux devant un ciel bleu.

The airplane rose gracefully into the sky .

L'avion se leva gracieusement dans le ciel.

The sun burned mercilessly from the sky .

Le soleil brûlait sans pitié du ciel.