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5-letter words (4 found)

ATLAS,SALAT,TAALS,TALAS,

4-letter words (9 found)

AALS,ALAS,ALTS,LAST,LATS,SALT,SLAT,TAAL,TALA,

3-letter words (11 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,ALT,ATS,LAS,LAT,SAL,SAT,TAS,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AL,AS,AT,LA,ST,TA,

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Definitions and meaning of atlas

atlas

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈætləs/, (sometimes) /ˈætlɪs/
  • (US) enPR: ătʹləs, IPA(key): /ˈætləs/
  • Rhymes: -ætləs
  • Homophone: Atlas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, Bearer (of the Heavens)), from τλῆναι (tlênai, to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear). The sense referring to books of maps comes from the Atlas of Mercator, which he named thus in honor of Atlas, who was supposed to be skillful in astronomy and the doctrine of the sphere. The sense referring to the vertebra reflects that the spine carries the globe of the cranium (the neck carries the head).

Noun

atlas (plural atlases or atlantes)

  1. A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
  2. A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.
  3. (chiefly in anatomy, especially of the human body) A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.
    • 1904: Eugène Collin, An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs, main title (J. & A. Churchill)
      An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs
    • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 55 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
      Our perception of the body as the natural “space of the origin and distribution of disease”, a space determined by the 'anatomical atlas', is merely one of the various ways in which medicine has formed its “knowledge”.
  4. (differential geometry, topology) A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
  5. (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
    Synonyms: atlanto-, atlo-
  6. One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
  7. (architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.
    Synonym: telamon
    Coordinate term: caryatid
  8. (paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
Translations

Etymology 2

Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas)

Noun

atlas (countable and uncountable, plural atlases or atlasses)

  1. (historical) A rich satin fabric.
Translations

Anagrams

  • AASLT, Aalst, Salta, salat, talas

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: at‧las

Etymology 1

From English atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, Bearer (of the Heavens)), from τλῆναι (tlênai, to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear).

Noun

atlas

  1. an atlas; a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text

Etymology 2

From English Atlas moth.

Noun

atlas

  1. the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈatlas]

Noun

atlas m inan

  1. atlas (bound collection of maps)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Apparently coined in Latin in this sense by Gerardus Mercator from the name of the mythological giant Atlas. Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑt.lɑs/
  • Hyphenation: at‧las

Noun

atlas m (plural atlassen)

  1. atlas (bound or digital collection of maps)
    Synonym: kaartenboek
  2. (anatomy) atlas (top vertebra)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: atlas
  • Papiamentu: atlas

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑtlɑs/, [ˈɑ̝t̪l̪ɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtlɑs
  • Syllabification(key): at‧las

Noun

atlas

  1. atlas (collection of maps)
  2. (anatomy) atlas (vertebra)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (collection of maps): kartasto
  • (vertebra): kannattajanikama, atlasnikama

Derived terms

Further reading

  • atlas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • lasta, salat, talas

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin atlas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.tlas/, /a.tlɑs/

Noun

atlas m (plural atlas)

  1. atlas (collection of maps)
  2. (anatomy) atlas

Descendants

  • Romanian: atlas
  • Turkish: atlas

Further reading

  • “atlas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [at̚las]
  • Hyphenation: at‧las

Etymology 1

From Dutch atlas, from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, Bearer (of the Heavens)), from τλῆναι (tlênai, to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear).

Noun

atlas (first-person possessive atlasku, second-person possessive atlasmu, third-person possessive atlasnya)

  1. atlas:
    1. a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
    2. (anatomy) the uppermost vertebra of the neck.
Hyponyms

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas).

Noun

atlas (first-person possessive atlasku, second-person possessive atlasmu, third-person possessive atlasnya)

  1. a rich satin fabric.
    Synonyms: antelas, satin

References

Further reading

  • “atlas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Noun

atlas m (genitive singular atlais, nominative plural atlais)

  1. atlas (bound collection of maps; uppermost vertebra of the neck)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “atlas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “atlas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), a Titan in Greek mythology; first used in this sense by the cartographer Mercator.

Noun

atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas or atlaser, definite plural atlasa or atlasene)

  1. an atlas (book of maps)

Derived terms

  • veiatlas

References

  • “atlas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Noun

atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas, definite plural atlasa)

  1. an atlas (book of maps)

References

  • “atlas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas). Doublet of atlant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat.las/
  • Rhymes: -atlas
  • Syllabification: at‧las
  • Homophone: Atlas

Noun

atlas m inan (diminutive atlasik)

  1. atlas (bound collection of maps)
  2. atlas (bound collection of maps)
  3. (architecture) atlas (figure of a man used as a column)
    Synonyms: atlant, telamon
  4. (anatomy) atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)
    Synonym: dźwigacz

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • atlas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • atlas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, Atlas).

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: Atlas
  • Hyphenation: a‧tlas

Noun

atlas m (invariable)

  1. atlas (collection of maps)
    Synonym: mapoteca
  2. atlas (topmost vertebra)

Hypernyms

  • (topmost vertebra): vértebra, osso

Meronyms

  • (collection of maps): mapa, carta

Holonyms

  • (topmost vertebra): coluna, espinha, espinhaço, esqueleto

Coordinate terms

  • (topmost vertebra): áxis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French atlas.

Noun

atlas n (plural atlase)

  1. atlas

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àtlas m (Cyrillic spelling а̀тлас)

  1. atlas

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Atlas, a titan in Greek mythology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈatlas/ [ˈa.t̪las]
  • Rhymes: -atlas
  • Syllabification: a‧tlas

Noun

atlas m (plural atlas)

  1. (cartography) atlas (a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text)
  2. (anatomy) atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)

See also

  • Atlas (cartografía) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
  • Atlas (hueso) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es

Further reading

  • “atlas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org