atmosphere

atmosphere

See also: atmosphère

English

Alternative forms

• atmosphære (archaic)

Etymology

From French atmosphère, from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”); corresponding to atmo- +‎ -sphere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæt.məsˌfɪə(ɹ)/

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Noun

atmosphere (countable and uncountable, plural atmospheres)

1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

   Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere

   Meronyms: see Thesaurus:atmosphere

2. The air in a particular place.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 2:

     The last hue of crimson had died away in the west, and the depth of the rich purple atmosphere was unbroken.

   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016:

     Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

3. (figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.

   Synonyms: air, ambiance

4. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.

   Synonyms: feeling, mood

5. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
6. (television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
   • 2006, Los Angeles Magazine (volume 51, number 2, page 100)

     Central Casting is in the business of extras, also known as atmosphere or background actors […]

   • 2013, Kerry Segrave, Extras of Early Hollywood: A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945 (page 38)

     "It is estimated conservatively that there are some 50,000 would-be film extras in and around the celluloid capital, persons who would jump at the opportunity to appear as atmosphere in pictures," Scott concluded.

   • 2015, William R. Phillippe, The Pastor's Diary

     By the way, I discovered that we were not extras but background, as far as the director was concerned; and for the producer, we were atmosphere.

Derived terms

• endoatmosphere
• exoatmosphere
• lower atmosphere
• middle atmosphere
• modified atmosphere
• protoatmosphere
• subatmosphere
• you could cut the atmosphere with a knife

 

Related terms

• atmospheric
• atmospherics

Translations

gases surrounding the Earth

Afrikaans: atmosfeer (af) Albanian: atmosferë (sq) Arabic: جَو‎ m (jaw), غِلَاف جَوِّيّ‎ m (ḡilāf jawwiyy) Hijazi Arabic: غلاف جوي‎ m (ḡilāf jawwi) Armenian: մթնոլորտ (hy) (mtʿnolort) Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f Azerbaijani: atmosfer Bashkir: атмосфера (atmosfera) Belarusian: атмасфе́ра f (atmasfjéra), атмасфэ́ра f (atmasféra) Bengali: বায়ুমণ্ডল (bn) (bayumôṇḍôlô) Breton: aergelc’h m Bulgarian: атмосфе́ра (bg) f (atmosféra) Burmese: လေထု (my) (lehtu.) Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f, aerosfera f Chinese: Cantonese: 大氣層, 大气层 (daai6 hei3 cang4) Mandarin: 大氣／大气 (zh) (dàqì), 氣圈／气圈 (zh) (qìquān), 大氣層／大气层 (zh) (dàqìcéng) Min Nan: 大氣 (zh-min-nan), 大气 (tāi-khì) Czech: atmosféra (cs), ovzduší (cs) Danish: atmosfære (da) c Dutch: atmosfeer (nl) m, dampkring (nl) m Esperanto: atmosfero Estonian: atmosfäär (et), õhkkond (et), õhustik (et) Finnish: ilmakehä (fi), atmosfääri (fi) French: atmosphère (fr) m Galician: atmosfera (gl) f Georgian: ატმოსფერო (aṭmospero) German: Atmosphäre (de) f Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira) Gujarati: વાતાવરણ m (vātāvraṇ) Hawaiian: lewa Hebrew: אטמוספירה \\ אַטְמוֹסְפֶרָה‎ (he) f (atmosfera) Hindi: वायुमण्डल (hi) m (vāyumaṇḍal), वायुमंडल (hi) m (vāyumaṇḍal), वातावरण (hi) m (vātāvraṇ) Hungarian: atmoszféra (hu), légkör (hu) Iban: atmosfera Icelandic: andrúmsloft (is) n, lofthjúpur (is) n Ido: atmosfero (io) Indonesian: atmosfer (id) Interlingua: atmosphera Irish: atmaisféar, aerbhrat m Italian: atmosfera (it) f Japanese: 大気 (ja) (たいき, taiki), 大気圏 (ja) (たいきけん, taikiken) Kalmyk: атмосфер (atmosfer) Kazakh: атмосфера (atmosfera) Khmer: បរិយាកាស (km) (paʼreyaakaah) Korean: 대기(大氣) (ko) (daegi), 대기권(大氣圈) (ko) (daegigwon) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: keşûhewa (ku) m, atmosfer (ku) f Kyrgyz: атмосфера (ky) (atmosfera) Lao: ບັນຍາກາດ (lo) (ban nyā kāt) Latvian: atmosfēra (lv) f Lithuanian: atmosfera f Macedonian: атмосфера (mk) f (atmosfera) Malay: atmosfera (ms) Malayalam: അന്തരീക്ഷം (ml) (antarīkṣaṃ) Maltese: atmosfera f Mapudungun: neyenmapu Mongolian: Cyrillic: агаар мандал (agaar mandal) Norman: atmosphère m (Guernsey), atmosphéthe m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: atmosfære (no) m Nynorsk: atmosfære m Occitan: atmosfèra (oc) f Parthian: 𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭓𐭅𐭀𐭆‎ (ʾntrwʾz /andarwāz/) Pashto: دمامه‎ (ps) f (damámá), هواويجه‎ f (hawāweǰa) Persian: اندروا‎ (fa) (andarvâ), جو‎ (fa) (jav), اتمسفر‎ (fa) (atmosfer) Polish: atmosfera (pl) f Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f Romanian: atmosferă (ro) f Russian: атмосфе́ра (ru) f (atmosféra) Sanskrit: वायुमण्डलम् n (vāyumaṇḍalam) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: атмосфе́ра f Roman: atmosféra (sh) f Slovak: atmosféra (sk) f, ovzdušie n Slovene: atmosfera (sl) f, ozračje (sl) n Spanish: atmósfera (es) f, aire (es) m Swahili: angahewa Swedish: atmosfär (sv) c Tagalog: kaanginan, kahanginan Tajik: атмосфера (atmosfera) Tamil: ககனம் (ta) (kakaṉam) Tatar: атмосфера (atmosfera) Telugu: వాతావరణము (te) (vātāvaraṇamu) Thai: บรรยากาศ (th) (ban-yaa-gàat) Turkish: atmosfer (tr), havaküre Turkmen: atmosfera (tk) Tuvan: атмосфера (atmosfera) Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra) Urdu: کرہ ہوائی‎ Uyghur: ئاتموسفېرا‎ (atmosfëra) Uzbek: atmosfera (uz) Vietnamese: khí quyển (vi) Volapük: lutem (vo) Welsh: awyrgylch m Yiddish: אַטמאָספֿער‎ f (atmosfer), אַטמאָספֿערע‎ f (atmosfere)

air in a particular place

Albanian: atmosferë (sq) Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f Belarusian: атмасфе́ра f (atmasfjéra) Bulgarian: атмосфе́ра (bg) f (atmosféra) Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 空氣／空气 (zh) (kōngqì), 環境／环境 (zh) (huánjìng) Dutch: atmosfeer (nl) m Esperanto: atmosfero Estonian: õhkkond (et), õhustik (et), atmosfäär (et) Finnish: ilma (fi), atmosfääri (fi) French: atmosphère (fr) m Galician: atmosfera (gl) f Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira) Indonesian: atmosfer (id) Interlingua: atmosphera Japanese: 空気 (ja) (くうき, kūki) Kalmyk: атмосфер (atmosfer) Korean: 공기(空氣) (ko) (gonggi) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: atmosfer (ku) f Lithuanian: atmosfera f Norman: atmosphère m (Guernsey), atmosphéthe m (Jersey) Occitan: atmosfèra (oc) f Persian: اندروا‎ (fa) (andarvâ) Polish: atmosfera (pl) f Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f Romanian: atmosferă (ro) f Russian: во́здух (ru) m (vózdux), микроклимат (ru) m (mikroklimat) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: атмосфе́ра f Roman: atmosféra (sh) f Spanish: atmósfera (es) f Telugu: వాతావరణం (te) (vātāvaraṇaṁ) Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra) Vietnamese: bầu không khí

environment, conditions, ambience

French: ambience (fr) f Galician: ambiente (gl) m Indonesian: situasi (id) Interlingua: ambiente Portuguese: ambiente (pt) m Romanian: ambient (ro) m, ambianță (ro) f Russian: обстано́вка (ru) f (obstanóvka) Spanish: clima (es) m

mood or feeling

Albanian: atmosferë (sq) Arabic: جَو‎ (jaw) Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f Azerbaijani: ab-hava (az), ovqat (az) Bulgarian: атмосфера (bg) (atmosfera) Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f, ambient (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 氣氛／气氛 (zh) (qìfēn), 氛圍／氛围 (zh) (fēnwéi), 情調／情调 (zh) (qíngdiào) Czech: atmosféra (cs) Danish: atmosfære (da) c Dutch: sfeer (nl) m Esperanto: etoso Estonian: õhkkond (et), õhustik (et), atmosfäär (et) Finnish: ilmapiiri (fi), tunnelma (fi), henki (fi) French: ambiance (fr) f Galician: atmosfera (gl) f, ambiente (gl) m Georgian: ატმოსფერო (aṭmospero), გარემო (garemo) German: Atmosphäre (de) f Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira) Hebrew: אווירה / אֲוִירָה‎ (he) f (avirá) Hungarian: hangulat (hu) Indonesian: atmosfer (id), suasana (id), situasi (id) Interlingua: atmosphera, ambiente Japanese: 雰囲気 (ja) (ふんいき, fun'iki) Korean: 분위기(雰圍氣) (ko) (bunwigi) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: atmosfer (ku) f Lithuanian: atmosfera f Malay: suasana Maltese: atmosfera, burdata Norwegian: Bokmål: atmosfære (no) m Nynorsk: atmosfære m Persian: اندروا‎ (fa) (andarvâ), جو‎ (fa) (jav) Polish: atmosfera (pl) f, nastrój (pl) m inan Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f, ambiente (pt) m Romanian: atmosferă (ro) f, ambient (ro) m, ambianță (ro) f Russian: настрое́ние (ru) n (nastrojénije), настро́й (ru) m (nastrój) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: угођај m, атмосфе́ра f Roman: ugođaj (sh) m, atmosféra (sh) f Spanish: atmósfera (es) f, ambiente (es) m, clima (es) m Swedish: atmosfär (sv) c Telugu: వాతావరణం (te) (vātāvaraṇaṁ) Turkish: atmosfer (tr) Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra) Vietnamese: bầu không khí, không khí (vi) Volapük: dälod

a unit of measurement for pressure

Asturian: atmósfera (ast) f Bulgarian: атмосфе́ра (bg) f (atmosféra) Catalan: atmosfera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 大氣壓／大气压 (zh) (dàqìyā), 氣壓／气压 (zh) (qìyā) Czech: atmosféra (cs) f Danish: atmosfære (da) c Dutch: atmosfeer (nl) m Estonian: atmosfäär (et) Finnish: normaali-ilmakehä, ilmakehä (fi) French: atmosphère (fr) m Galician: atmosfera (gl) f German: Atmosphäre (de) Greek: ατμόσφαιρα (el) f (atmósfaira) Hungarian: atmoszféra (hu) Indonesian: atmosfer (id) Norman: atmosphère m (Guernsey), atmosphéthe m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: atmosfære (no) m Nynorsk: atmosfære m Persian: اتمسفر‎ (fa) Polish: atmosfera (pl) n Portuguese: atmosfera (pt) f, atmosfera física f Russian: атмосфе́ра (ru) f (atmosféra) Swedish: atmosfär (sv) c Turkish: atmosfer (tr) Ukrainian: атмосфе́ра (uk) f (atmosféra)

extras in a scene who have no spoken lines

Russian: массо́вка (ru) f (massóvka)

See also

• ambiance, ambience
• mood