different between celestial vs aerial

English

Alternative forms

• cælestial (archaic), cælestiall (obsolete), celestiall (obsolete), cœlestial (archaic, nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?st???l/, /s??l?sti?l/
• Hyphenation: ce?les?tial

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”).

Adjective

celestial (not comparable)

1. Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
2. Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
3. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.

Synonyms

• (Relating to the sky): heavenly; celest (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

celestial (plural celestials)

1. An inhabitant of heaven.

Etymology 2

From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

Alternative forms

• Celestial (native of China)

Noun

celestial (plural celestials)

1. (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
2. (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

References

• celestial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “celestial”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org.

Anagrams

• cistellae

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais)

1. celestial

Related terms

• ceo

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestials)

1. celestial

Related terms

• cel

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.les.t??i.?aw/, /se.le?.t??i.?aw/, /se.les.?t??jaw/, /se.le?.?t??jaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?l???tja?/

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais, comparable)

1. (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)

   Synonym: celeste

Coordinate terms

• (heavenly): infernal, terreno

Related terms

• celeste
• céu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum (“sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?eles?tjal/, [?e.les?t?jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seles?tjal/, [se.les?t?jal]

Adjective

celestial (plural celestiales)

1. celestial

Related terms

• celeste
• cielo

English

Alternative forms

• aërial (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin ?erius, from Ancient Greek ?????? (aérios), from ??? (a?r, “air”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.i.?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.??.?l/, /???.?i.?l/
  • (obsolete) IPA^(key): /e????.??.?l/, /e???.??.?l/
• Homophones: areal, Ariel
• Rhymes: -??ri?l

Adjective

aerial (comparative more aerial, superlative most aerial)

1. Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

2. (now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. [from 16th c.]
   • 1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, I:

     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 [...].

3. Positioned high up; elevated. [from 16th c.]

4. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. [from 16th c.]
5. Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric. [from 17th c.]
6. (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. [from 17th c.]
7. (botany) Above the ground

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

aerial (plural aerials)

1. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
2. A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
   • 2002, Joseph A. Kotarba, John M. Johnson, Postmodern Existential Sociology (page 78)

     In their dancing, clubbers were flamboyant. They experimented with new dance steps and improvisations, including risky maneuvers and aerials in which women were flipped into the air.

3. (photography) An aerial photograph.

Usage notes

Some make a distinction between an antenna and an aerial, with the former used to indicate a rigid structure, and the latter consisting of a wire strung in the air. For those who do not make a distinction, antenna is more commonly used in the United States and aerial is more commonly used in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Synonyms

• (device for receiving or transmitting): antenna
• (dance move involving one or both feet leaving the ground): air step, acrobatic

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• realia