orisonte
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Middle English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Latinate stress) IPA(key): /ɔˈriːzunt(ə)/, /ɔˈriːzun/[1]
- (French stress) IPA(key): /ɔriˈzunt(ə)/, /ɔriˈzuːn/, /ˈɔrizunt(ə)/, /ˈɔrizun/
Noun
[edit]orisonte (plural *orisontes) (chiefly Late Middle English)
- The horizon (point where the sky seems to disappear)[2]
- (astronomy) The circle indicating the horizon on an astrolabe.
- (by extension) The visible sky.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 2, page 448.
- ^ “orīsont(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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