aerial
/ˈɛəɹiəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.91 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adj
adj
Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
adj
Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
noun
A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display."
- "A soul [...] was first conceived to be an aerial, or an igneous substance, which animates the body during life, and makes its escape at death [...]."
- "The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm."
- "the great Recompence in view, for which the most exalted Minds have with so much Alacrity, sacrifis'd their Quiet, Health, sensual Pleasures, and every inch of themselves, has never been any thing else but the Breath of Man, the Aerial Coyn of Praise."
- "aerial photography"
- "an aerial view of the landscape"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der. Latin āerius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English aerial From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial.
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Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɛəɹiəl/