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See also: Atlas and atłas

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”). The sense referring to books of maps comes from the Atlas of Mercator, which he named thus in honor of Atlas, who was supposed to be skillful in astronomy and the doctrine of the sphere. The sense referring to the vertebra reflects that the spine carries the globe of the cranium (the neck carries the head).

Noun

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atlas (plural atlases or atlantes)

  2. A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
    Coordinate term: gazetteer
  3. A bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc. on any given subject.
    Coordinate term: gazetteer
  4. (chiefly in anatomy, especially of the human body) A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.
    • 1904: Eugène Collin, An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs, main title (J. & A. Churchill)
      An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs
    • 1991, Alan C. F. Colchester, David J. Hawkes, editors, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Springer, →ISBN, page 154:
      In addition to classical radiology systems like angiography, CT scanner or MRI have greatly contributed to the improvement of the patient anatomy investigation. Each examination modality still carries its own information and the need to make a synthesis between them is obvious but still makes different problems hard to solve. There is no unique imaging facility which can bring out the whole set of known anatomical structures, brought together in a neuro-anatomical atlas.
    • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 55 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
      Our perception of the body as the natural “space of the origin and distribution of disease”, a space determined by the 'anatomical atlas', is merely one of the various ways in which medicine has formed its “knowledge”.
    • 2003, Isabelle E. Magnin, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, Springer, →ISBN, page 19:
      Finally, Subsol et al. [6] reported on a method for automatically constructing 3D morphometric anatomical atlantes which is based on the extraction of line and point features and their subsequent non-rigid registration.
  5. (differential geometry, topology) A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
  7. (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
    Synonyms: atlanto-, atlo-
    • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, part II, page 58:
      There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns […]
    • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 174:
      Ribs and spines show through the thin layer of meat left on the carcase, and, where the head meets the body, the crucial first vertebra – the atlas – is exposed.
  8. One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
  9. (architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.
    Synonym: telamon
    Coordinate term: caryatid
  10. (paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas).

Noun

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atlas (countable and uncountable, plural atlases or atlasses)

  1. (historical) A rich satin fabric.
    • 1887, Sir William Hedges, Sir Henry Yule, The Diary of William Hedges, Esq.:
      I saw ye Taffaties and Atlasses in ye warehouse, and gave directions concerning their severall colours and stripes, ordering Mr. Charnock to use his best endeavours to encrease their quantity; […]
    • 2016, Pius Malekandathil, The Indian Ocean in the Making of Early Modern India, page 53:
      Surat was an important port on the west coast of India from where atlases were exported on a large scale […]
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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: at‧las

Etymology 1

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From English atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”).

Noun

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atlas

  1. an atlas; a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text

Etymology 2

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From English Atlas moth.

Noun

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atlas

  1. the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)

Czech

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Noun

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atlas m inan

  1. atlas (bound collection of maps)

Declension

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Declension of atlas (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative atlas atlasy
genitive atlasu atlasů
dative atlasu atlasům
accusative atlas atlasy
vocative atlase atlasy
locative atlasu, atlase atlasech
instrumental atlasem atlasy

Dutch

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Etymology

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Apparently coined in Latin in this sense by Gerardus Mercator from the name of the mythological giant Atlas. Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑt.lɑs/
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  • Hyphenation: at‧las

Noun

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atlas m (plural atlassen)

  1. atlas (bound or digital collection of maps)
    Synonym: kaartenboek
  2. (anatomy) atlas (top vertebra)

Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: atlas
  • → Papiamentu: atlas

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑtlɑs/, [ˈɑ̝t̪l̪ɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtlɑs
  • Hyphenation(key): at‧las

Noun

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atlas

  1. atlas (collection of maps)
  2. (anatomy) atlas (vertebra)

Declension

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Inflection of atlas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative atlas atlakset
genitive atlaksen atlasten
atlaksien
partitive atlasta atlaksia
illative atlakseen atlaksiin
singular plural
nominative atlas atlakset
accusative nom. atlas atlakset
gen. atlaksen
genitive atlaksen atlasten
atlaksien
partitive atlasta atlaksia
inessive atlaksessa atlaksissa
elative atlaksesta atlaksista
illative atlakseen atlaksiin
adessive atlaksella atlaksilla
ablative atlakselta atlaksilta
allative atlakselle atlaksille
essive atlaksena atlaksina
translative atlakseksi atlaksiksi
abessive atlaksetta atlaksitta
instructive — atlaksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of atlas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative atlakseni atlakseni
accusative nom. atlakseni atlakseni
gen. atlakseni
genitive atlakseni atlasteni
atlaksieni
partitive atlastani atlaksiani
inessive atlaksessani atlaksissani
elative atlaksestani atlaksistani
illative atlakseeni atlaksiini
adessive atlaksellani atlaksillani
ablative atlakseltani atlaksiltani
allative atlakselleni atlaksilleni
essive atlaksenani atlaksinani
translative atlaksekseni atlaksikseni
abessive atlaksettani atlaksittani
instructive — —
comitative — atlaksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative atlaksesi atlaksesi
accusative nom. atlaksesi atlaksesi
gen. atlaksesi
genitive atlaksesi atlastesi
atlaksiesi
partitive atlastasi atlaksiasi
inessive atlaksessasi atlaksissasi
elative atlaksestasi atlaksistasi
illative atlakseesi atlaksiisi
adessive atlaksellasi atlaksillasi
ablative atlakseltasi atlaksiltasi
allative atlaksellesi atlaksillesi
essive atlaksenasi atlaksinasi
translative atlakseksesi atlaksiksesi
abessive atlaksettasi atlaksittasi
instructive — —
comitative — atlaksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative atlaksemme atlaksemme
accusative nom. atlaksemme atlaksemme
gen. atlaksemme
genitive atlaksemme atlastemme
atlaksiemme
partitive atlastamme atlaksiamme
inessive atlaksessamme atlaksissamme
elative atlaksestamme atlaksistamme
illative atlakseemme atlaksiimme
adessive atlaksellamme atlaksillamme
ablative atlakseltamme atlaksiltamme
allative atlaksellemme atlaksillemme
essive atlaksenamme atlaksinamme
translative atlakseksemme atlaksiksemme
abessive atlaksettamme atlaksittamme
instructive — —
comitative — atlaksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative atlaksenne atlaksenne
accusative nom. atlaksenne atlaksenne
gen. atlaksenne
genitive atlaksenne atlastenne
atlaksienne
partitive atlastanne atlaksianne
inessive atlaksessanne atlaksissanne
elative atlaksestanne atlaksistanne
illative atlakseenne atlaksiinne
adessive atlaksellanne atlaksillanne
ablative atlakseltanne atlaksiltanne
allative atlaksellenne atlaksillenne
essive atlaksenanne atlaksinanne
translative atlakseksenne atlaksiksenne
abessive atlaksettanne atlaksittanne
instructive — —
comitative — atlaksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative atlaksensa atlaksensa
accusative nom. atlaksensa atlaksensa
gen. atlaksensa
genitive atlaksensa atlastensa
atlaksiensa
partitive atlastaan
atlastansa 		atlaksiaan
atlaksiansa
inessive atlaksessaan
atlaksessansa 		atlaksissaan
atlaksissansa
elative atlaksestaan
atlaksestansa 		atlaksistaan
atlaksistansa
illative atlakseensa atlaksiinsa
adessive atlaksellaan
atlaksellansa 		atlaksillaan
atlaksillansa
ablative atlakseltaan
atlakseltansa 		atlaksiltaan
atlaksiltansa
allative atlakselleen
atlaksellensa 		atlaksilleen
atlaksillensa
essive atlaksenaan
atlaksenansa 		atlaksinaan
atlaksinansa
translative atlaksekseen
atlakseksensa 		atlaksikseen
atlaksiksensa
abessive atlaksettaan
atlaksettansa 		atlaksittaan
atlaksittansa
instructive — —
comitative — atlaksineen
atlaksinensa

Synonyms

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin atlas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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atlas m (plural atlas)

  1. atlas (collection of maps)
  2. (anatomy) atlas

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [at̚las]
  • Hyphenation: at‧las

Etymology 1

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From Dutch atlas, from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”).

Noun

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atlas (uncountable)

  1. atlas:
    1. a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
    2. (anatomy) the uppermost vertebra of the neck.
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas).[1]

Noun

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atlas (uncountable)

  1. a rich satin fabric.
    Synonyms: antelas, satin

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Noun

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atlas m (genitive singular atlais, nominative plural atlais)

  1. atlas (bound collection of maps; uppermost vertebra of the neck)

Declension

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Declension of atlas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative atlas atlais
vocative a atlais a atlasa
genitive atlais atlas
dative atlas atlais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-atlas na hatlais
genitive an atlais na n-atlas
dative leis an atlas
don atlas 		leis na hatlais

Mutation

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Mutated forms of atlas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
atlas n-atlas hatlas not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), a Titan in Greek mythology; first used in this sense by the cartographer Mercator.

Noun

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atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas or atlaser, definite plural atlasa or atlasene)

  1. an atlas (book of maps)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

Noun

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atlas n (definite singular atlaset, indefinite plural atlas, definite plural atlasa)

  1. an atlas (book of maps)

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas). Doublet of atlant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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atlas m inan (diminutive atlasik)

  1. atlas (bound collection of maps)
  2. atlas (bound collection of maps)
  3. (architecture) atlas (figure of a man used as a column)
    Synonyms: atlant, telamon
  4. (anatomy) atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)
    Synonym: dźwigacz

Declension

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Declension of atlas
singular plural
nominative atlas atlasy
genitive atlasu atlasów
dative atlasowi atlasom
accusative atlas atlasy
instrumental atlasem atlasami
locative atlasie atlasach
vocative atlasie atlasy

Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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  • atlas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • atlas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Atlas”).

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Noun

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atlas m (invariable)

  1. atlas (collection of maps)
    Synonym: mapoteca
  2. atlas (topmost vertebra)

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Meronyms

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Holonyms

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Coordinate terms

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  • (topmost vertebra): áxis

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French atlas.

Noun

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atlas n (plural atlase)

  1. atlas

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative atlas atlasul atlase atlasele
genitive-dative atlas atlasului atlase atlaselor
vocative atlasule atlaselor

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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àtlas m (Cyrillic spelling а̀тлас)

  1. atlas

Declension

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Declension of atlas
singular plural
nominative àtlas atlasi
genitive àtlasa ȁtlāsā
dative atlasu atlasima
accusative atlas atlase
vocative atlase atlasi
locative atlasu atlasima
instrumental atlasom atlasima

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Atlas, a titan in Greek mythology.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈatlas/ [ˈa.t̪las]
  • Rhymes: -atlas
  • Syllabification: a‧tlas

Noun

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atlas m (plural atlas)

  1. (cartography) atlas (a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text)
  2. (anatomy) atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)

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