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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Homophone: sealing
• Hyphenation: ceil?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix).

Noun

ceiling (plural ceilings)

1. The overhead closure of a room.

2. The upper limit of an object or action.
   • 2008, N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Economics (volume 1, page 114)

     Market forces naturally move the economy to the equilibrium, and the price ceiling has no effect on the price or the quantity sold.

3. (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
4. (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."

5. (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.

6. (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
7. (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
8. (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

Synonyms

• ceil (poetic)
• (mathematics): ceil

Antonyms

• floor

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

ceiling

1. present participle of ceil

Anagrams

• cieling

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo/

Noun

flo m (plural flos, feminine floune)

1. (Quebec) boy

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fl??, from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to blow”). Cognate with English blow, Old Armenian ?????? (be?un, “fertile”), Albanian plas (“to blow, explode”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flo?/, [f??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flo/, [fl?]

Verb

fl? (present infinitive fl?re, perfect active fl?v?, supine fl?tum); first conjugation

1. I breathe, blow

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• flo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fla, fleo, vlo

Etymology

From Old English fl?, from fl?n reanalysed as a plural, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

flo (plural flon or floon)

1. An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
2. (figuratively) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.

Descendants

• English: flo

References

• “fl?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse flóð

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?/, [flu??]
• Homophone: flod

Noun

flo f or m (definite singular floa or floen, indefinite plural floer, definite plural floene)

1. high tide

Synonyms

• høyvann, høgvatn (Nynorsk also), høgvann, høyvatn

Antonyms

• fjære (Nynorsk also), fjøre (Nynorsk also)
• lavvann, lågvatn (Nynorsk also), lågvann, lavvatn
• ebbe (Nynorsk also)

Derived terms

• flo og fjære (“ebb and flow”)
• springflo
• stormflo

See also

• flod (Nynorsk)
• tidevann (“tide”)

References

• “flo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fló (“surface, layer”).

Noun

flo f (definite singular floa, indefinite plural floer or flør, definite plural floene or flørne)

1. a horizontal layer

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse flóð f or n. Akin to English flood. Doublet of flod.

Noun

flo f (definite singular floa, indefinite plural floer or flør, definite plural floene or flørne)

1. a rain shower

Inflection

Etymology 3

Verb

flo

1. (non-standard since 1938) past tense of flå

References

• “flo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fol

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) flad
• (Puter) fled
• (Vallader) flà

Etymology

From Latin fl?tus.

Noun

flo m (plural flos)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) breath (of air)

Derived terms

• (Sutsilvan) trer flo
• (Surmiran) trer igl flo

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French fluor, from Latin fluor.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [fl???], [f???? l???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [fl???], [f???? l???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [fl???], [f???? l???]
• Phonetic: phlo, ph? lo

Noun

flo

1. fluorine