meteor
UK/ˈmiːtɪ.ə/US/ˈmi.tiɚ/
meteor noun: an atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).
Noun
meteor (plural meteors)
- An atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).
- Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare,
For freezing Meteors and congealed cold: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC... - The twilight, the meteors call'd fire-balls, or flying dragons, and the northern lights, inhabit the higher regions of the atmosphere.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 10
- Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare,
- A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star.
- Synonyms:
- falling star, shooting star, faxed star, 🌠︎
- A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
- A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.
- Any short-lived source of wonderment.
Verb
meteor (third-person singular simple present meteors, present participle meteoring, simple past and past participle meteored)
- To move at great speed.
meteor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
meteor in Hindi
- streak of light
- उल्का ulkā
meteor in Tamil
- உற்கை, எரிகல், எரிமீன், சுக்கை, வால் மீன்
meteor in Urdu
- streak of light
- اُلْکا ulkā, شِہابِیَّہ śihābiyya, شِہاب śihāb
meteor in Bengali
- streak of light
- উল্কা ulka
More languagesFewer languages
- meteor in Telugu
- ఉల్క ulka
- meteor in Malayalam
- ഉല്ക ulka
- meteor in Kannada
- ಬೀಳ್ಚುಕ್ಕಿ bīḷcukki
- meteor in Punjabi
- ਉਲਕਾ ulakā, ਕੇਤੂ ketū
- meteor in Sanskrit
- उल्का ulkā
- meteor in Assamese
- পপীয়া তৰা popia tora, উল্কা ulka
- meteor in Pashto
- اسماني تيږه asmānítíẓa, شهاب šahãb
- meteor in Tagalog
- bulalakaw, taeng-bituin
- meteor in Arabic
- شِهَاب šihāb
- meteor in Malay
- meteor, tahi bintang
- meteor in Indonesian
- meteor
- meteor in Thai
- ดาวตก daao-dtòk, อุกกาบาต ùk-gaa-bàat, กลาบาต gà-laa-bàat
- meteor in Vietnamese
- sao băng
- meteor in Myanmar
- ဥက္ကာ ukka, ဥပါကြယ် u.pa-krai
Examples of meteor in a sentence
- That year, a meteor fell from the sky.
- The meteor burned up in the atmosphere.
- The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.
Synonyms of meteor
Forms of meteor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | meteors |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | meteors |
| present participle | meteoring |
| past participle | meteored |
| past | meteored |
Origin of meteor
From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from μετά (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, to heave, to raise up”). The original sense of “atmospheric phenomenon” gave rise to meteorology, but the meaning of "meteor" is now restricted to extraterrestrial objects burning up as they enter the atmosphere.
Words formed from meteor
- aerometeor
- Great Meteor
- hydrometeor
- lithometeor
- megacryometeor
- meteor bumper
- meteorette
- meteor hammer
- meteoric
- meteorical
- meteorism
- meteorist
- meteorite
- meteoritic
- meteoriticist
- meteoritics
- meteorize
- meteorlike
- meteorograph
- meteorography
- meteoroid
- meteoroidal
- meteorolite
- meteorology
- meteoromancy
- meteorometer
- meteoroscope
- meteoroscopy
- meteorosophistical
- meteorous
- meteor shower
- meteor steel
- meteor storm
- meteor strike
- meteory
- supermeteor
Phrases with meteor
Questions about meteor
- What does meteor mean?
- Meteor means an atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).
- What is meteor in Hindi?
- Meteor in Hindi is उल्का (ulkā). See Meteor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meteor?
- Meteor can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce meteor?
- Meteor is pronounced /ˈmiːtɪ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of meteor?
- The plural of meteor is meteors.
Words near meteor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meteor (page history and authors); meteor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഉല്ക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಬೀಳ್ಚುಕ್ಕಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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