different between pelagic vs abyssal

English

Etymology

From Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus); from Ancient Greek ????????? (pelagikós), from ??????? (pélagos, “sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??læd??k/, /p??læd??k/
• Rhymes: -æd??k

Adjective

pelagic (comparative more pelagic, superlative most pelagic)

1. (biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
2. Of or pertaining to oceans.

Derived terms

• pelagic trawl
• pelagic zone
• abyssopelagic
• allopelagic
• archipelagic
• bathypelagic
• chimopelagic
• epipelagic
• eupelagic
• hadopelagic
• hemipelagic
• mesopelagic
• micropelagic
• semipelagic

Translations

Noun

pelagic (plural pelagics)

1. (biology) Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.

See also

• benthic
• oceanic
• planktonic

Romanian

Etymology

From French pélagique.

Adjective

pelagic m or n (feminine singular pelagic?, masculine plural pelagici, feminine and neuter plural pelagice)

1. pelagic

Declension

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1690s. From Medieval Latin abyssalis, from Latin abyssus (“abyss”) + -alis (“-al”). Equivalent to abyss +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?s.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?s.l?/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Adjective

abyssal (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]
2. (geography) Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
3. (geology) Pertaining to or occurring at excessive depths in the earth's crust; plutonic. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• byssal

References

• abyssal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin abyssalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bi.sal/

Adjective

abyssal (feminine singular abyssale, masculine plural abyssaux, feminine plural abyssales)

1. abyssal

Derived terms

• gigantisme abyssal
• plaine abyssale

Further reading

• “abyssal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).