horizontal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French horizontal.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɔːɹəˈzɑːntəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
horizontal (comparative more horizontal, superlative most horizontal)
- Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- horizontal lines
- (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets
- (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 594-595:
- As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air
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- (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
- 2020 February 2, Mariella Frostrup, “One is a great guy; the other is good in bed. So who do I choose?”, in The Guardian:
- Comparing a man who inspires you intellectually and makes you laugh with a guy who fulfils all your horizontal desires means you’re not comparing like with like.
Antonyms
- vertical
Derived terms
- horizontal bar
- horizontal dancing
- horizontal divestiture
- horizontal escalation
- horizontal gene transfer
- horizontal hostility
- horizontal hula
- horizontal integration
- horizontalize
- horizontal jogging
- horizontally
- horizontal mambo
- horizontal market
- horizontalness
- horizontal plane
- horizontal polka
- horizontal proliferation
- horizontal refreshments
- horizontal run
- horizontal sorting
- horizontal standard
- nonhorizontal
- subhorizontal
Translations
parallel to the plane of the horizon
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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
A horizontal component
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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 m (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/
Audio (file) - 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
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
horizontal (strong nominative masculine singular horizontaler, not comparable)
- horizontal
- Synonyms: waagrecht, waagerecht
- Antonyms: vertikal, senkrecht
Declension
Positive forms of horizontal (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist horizontal | sie ist horizontal | es ist horizontal | sie sind horizontal | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | horizontaler | horizontale | horizontales | horizontale |
| genitive | horizontalen | horizontaler | horizontalen | horizontaler | |
| dative | horizontalem | horizontaler | horizontalem | horizontalen | |
| accusative | horizontalen | horizontale | horizontales | horizontale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der horizontale | die horizontale | das horizontale | die horizontalen |
| genitive | des horizontalen | der horizontalen | des horizontalen | der horizontalen | |
| dative | dem horizontalen | der horizontalen | dem horizontalen | den horizontalen | |
| accusative | den horizontalen | die horizontale | das horizontale | die horizontalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein horizontaler | eine horizontale | ein horizontales | (keine) horizontalen |
| genitive | eines horizontalen | einer horizontalen | eines horizontalen | (keiner) horizontalen | |
| dative | einem horizontalen | einer horizontalen | einem horizontalen | (keinen) horizontalen | |
| accusative | einen horizontalen | eine horizontale | ein horizontales | (keine) horizontalen | |
Derived terms
- Horizontale
Further reading
- “horizontal” in Duden online
- “horizontal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ɾi.zõˈtaw/ [o.ɾi.zõˈtaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.ɾi.zõˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾi.zõˈtaɫ]
- 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) /oɾisonˈtal/ [o.ɾi.sõn̪ˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal
Adjective
horizontal (plural horizontales)
- horizontal
- Antonym: vertical
- landscape (a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides; in smartphones)
- Antonym: vertical
Derived terms
- horizontalmente
- plano horizontal
Related terms
- horizonte
Further reading
- “horizontal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014