skyline

skyline

See also: Skyline

English

The skyline of Lower Manhattan.

Etymology

sky +‎ line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/

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Noun

skyline (plural skylines)

1. (earth sciences) The line at which the earth and sky meet.

   Synonym: horizon

2. The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:

     Our arrival at Worcester is heralded by the appearance of the city's cathedral tower, a solid square structure that's dominated the skyline since the 12th century.

3. A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.
4. (journalism) A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
5. (databases) Short for skyline operator.

Translations

horizon — see horizon

silhouette against city or buildings

Arabic: أُفُق‎ m (ʾufuq) Bengali: স্কাইলাইন (skailain) Chinese: Mandarin: 天際線／天际线 (zh) (tiānjìxiàn), 地平線／地平线 (zh) (dìpíngxiàn) Dutch: skyline (nl) m or f Esperanto: horizonto, urbosilueto Finnish: taivaanranta (fi), kaupungin siluetti French: horizon (fr) m, ligne d'horizon (fr) f German: Horizont (de) m, Silhouette (de) f, Skyline (de) f Hebrew: קו רקיע‎ m (káv-rakía) Hungarian: körvonal (hu) Italian: skyline (it) m, orizzonte urbano m, profilo dei tetti m Japanese: スカイライン (sukairain), 地平線 (ja) (ちへいせん, chiheisen) Maori: huapae Persian: افق‎ (fa) (ofoq), آسمان کران‎ (âsmân-karân) Portuguese: skyline (pt) m or f Russian: горизо́нт (ru) m (gorizónt), ли́ния горизонта f (línija gorizonta) Scottish Gaelic: fàire f Turkish: ufuk çizgisi (tr), ufuk hattı, şehir silueti

Verb

skyline (third-person singular simple present skylines, present participle skylining, simple past and past participle skylined)

1. To outline something against the sky.
2. (databases, transitive) To filter by means of the skyline operator.

Further reading

• skyline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Kinsley, Knisely, Knisley

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English skyline.

Noun

skyline m (invariable)

1. skyline

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skyline.

Noun

skyline m or f (plural skylines)

1. skyline (silhouette of a city’s buildings)

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skyline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkailain/ [esˈkai̯.lãĩn]
• Rhymes: -ailain

Noun

skyline m (plural skylines)

1. skyline

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.