Firmament

//ˈfɜːməm(ə)nt//

Synonyms for "firmament" (32 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

Noun(1 words)

welkin

air azure blue blue sky caelum caelus

Strong matches (9)

canopy canopy of heaven celestial sphere cerulean cope empyrean ether

Noun(2 words)

celestial sphere empyrean

Related words (16)

heaven heavens hyaline lift lifts sky starry heaven the blue the blue serene vault vault of heaven welkin

Noun(4 words)

heavens lift sphere vault of heaven

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

1 entries

surface

Synonyms

1 entries

celestial sphere

derived

4 entries

firmament-wards firmamental firmamentary unfirmamented

related to

7 entries

basis fixed star geocentric heavens ptolemaic system sky vault

Translations

115 translations across 64 languages.

Amharic

1 entries

ሰማይ noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Arabic

2 entries

رَقِيع noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
سماء noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Aramaic

2 entries

רקיעא noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
ܪܩܝܥܐ noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Armenian

3 entries

երկինք noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
երկնակամար noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
ճախարակ noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Bashkir

1 entries

күк көмбәҙе noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Bulgarian

1 entries

небосвод noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Catalan

1 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

天空 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
昊天 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
皓天 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
穹宇 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Czech

3 entries

nebe noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
nebeská báň noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
nebeská klenba noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Danish

1 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Dutch

4 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
gespan noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
hemelgespan noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
hemelgewelf noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Esperanto

1 entries

firmaĵo noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Estonian

2 entries

taevalaotus noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
taevavõlv noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Finnish

3 entries

ala noun (field or sphere of an activity or interest — see also field, sphere)
ilmankansi noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
taivaankansi noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

French

1 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Galician

1 entries

firmamento noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Ge'ez

1 entries

ሰማይ noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Georgian

4 entries

ზეცა noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
ცა noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
ცის თაღი noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
ცის კამარა noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

German

2 entries

Feste noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
Firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Greek

2 entries

στερέωμα noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
στερέωμα noun (field or sphere of an activity or interest — see also field, sphere)

Hawaiian

1 entries

lani noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Hebrew

1 entries

רקיע noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

siélo noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Icelandic

4 entries

andlangur noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
festing noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
himinhvel noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
himinhvolf noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Indonesian

1 entries

cakrawala noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Irish

1 entries

neamh noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Isoko

1 entries

idedeghe noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Italian

2 entries

firmamento noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
firmamento noun (field or sphere of an activity or interest — see also field, sphere)

Japanese

3 entries

大空 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
天空 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
穹蒼 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Khmer

1 entries

មេឃ noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Korean

1 entries

창공 noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Ladino

1 entries

פירמאמינטו noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Latin

1 entries

firmāmentum noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Latvian

1 entries

debesjums noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Macedonian

2 entries

не́бесен свод noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
не́босвод noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Middle English

1 entries

lüft noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Nauruan

1 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Northern Sami

1 entries

albmẹassi noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
himmelhvelv noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
hvelving noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
himmelkvelv noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Occitan

1 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

тврьдѣль noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Old English

3 entries

lyft noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
staþol noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
uprodor noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Persian

1 entries

فلک noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Polish

3 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
nieboskłon noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
nieboskłon noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Portuguese

2 entries

alturas noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
firmamento noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Russian

3 entries

небе́сный свод noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
небосво́д noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
твердь noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अश्मन् noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

iarmailt noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

nȅbo noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
šȃr noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
не̏бо noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
ша̑р noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Spanish

1 entries

firmamento noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Swedish

3 entries

firmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
fäste noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
himlavalv noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Tagalog

1 entries

santinakpan noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Tamil

1 entries

வானம் noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሰማይ noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Tocharian A

1 entries

eprer noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Tumbuka

1 entries

mlengalenga noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Turkish

2 entries

felek noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
gökyüzü noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Ukrainian

1 entries

твердь небесна noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Urhobo

1 entries

irharheghe noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Vietnamese

1 entries

bầu trời noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Vilamovian

1 entries

fjyrmament noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Welsh

2 entries

entrych nef noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)
entrych nen noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Zulu

1 entries

uḿkhathí noun (vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

May the firmament not fall upon him.

Source: tatoeba (781486)

They, in the rock reverberant held fast, / moan at the doors. Here, throned aloft, he reigns; / his sceptre calms their rage, their violence restrains: / else earth and sea and all the firmament / the winds together through the void would sweep.

Source: tatoeba (6779196)

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Source: tatoeba (6984964)

Far away / he sees the firmament all calm and clear, / and from the stern gives signal. We obey, / and shifting camp, set sail and tempt the doubtful way.

Source: tatoeba (7200223)

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