ethereal
Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of…Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.
» The voice sounded very weird, almost ethereal.
Meaning
3 sensesPertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.
Near-synonyms: aereous, celestial
ethereal space
ätherisch
эфи́рныйefírnyj
Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts.
Near-synonyms: celestial, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, spiritual, uncorporeal, mystical, otherworldly, transcendental; see also Thesaurus:cosmic
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
himmlisch, ätherisch
- characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
- of or containing or dissolved in ether
- of heaven or the spirit
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Examples
5 sentencesThe voice sounded very weird, almost ethereal.
Jamin's perfectly symmetrical features give her an ethereal and timeless beauty.
Miss Morrison is a little ethereal slip of a girl, with timid eyes and blond hair.
In the Hindu religion, an "avatar" is an incarnation, in tangible human or animal form, of an ethereal deity.
Life is a dream, an ethereal butterfly. The butterfly, a fleeting and fluttering creature, is like life itself—delicate and evanescent.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upperFrom Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upper air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air”). By surface analysis, ether + -ial.
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Forms
more ethereal, most ethereal| Comparative | more ethereal Lesson |
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Synonyms
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3 antonymsWord family
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