Welkin

//ˈwɛlkɪn//

Synonyms for "welkin" (39 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(1 words)

heavens

aerosphere air atmosphere azure biosphere blue blue sky

Strong matches (12)

caelum caelus canopy canopy of heaven celestial sphere cerulean cope ecosphere empyrean ether

Noun(2 words)

celestial sphere empyrean

Related words (19)

Noun(5 words)

ether firmament lift sphere vault of heaven

firmament gaseous envelope heaven heavens hyaline lift lifts noosphere sky starry heaven the blue the blue serene vault vault of heaven

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

surface

Synonyms

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celestial sphere

Related terms

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ethereal

derived

2 entries

make the welkin ring ring the welkins

related to

3 entries

aether heavens sky

Translations

27 translations across 14 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

سَمَاء noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Bengali

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আশমান noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Bulgarian

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небе noun (upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.)
небосвод noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

天穹 noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
蒼穹 /苍穹 noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Dutch

2 entries

hemelgewelf noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
uitspansel noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

French

2 entries

ouelquin noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
voûte céleste noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

German

3 entries

Firmament noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
Himmel noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
Himmelszelt noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Greek

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στερέωμα noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Hungarian

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mennybolt noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Russian

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небеса́ noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Sanskrit

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अम्बर noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

šȃr noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
ша̑р noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Spanish

2 entries

bóveda celeste noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
firmamento noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Turkish

4 entries

arş noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
asuman noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
felek noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)
feza noun (sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Winds roll the waters, and the great seas rise. / Dispersed we welter on the gulfs. Damp night / has snatched with rain the heaven from our eyes, / and storm-mists in a mantle wrapt the light. / Flash after flash, and for a moment bright, / quick lightnings rend the welkin. Driven astray / we wander, robbed of reckoning, reft of sight. / No difference now between the night and day / e'en Palinurus sees, nor recollects the way.

Source: tatoeba (7009812)

He leaues the vvelkin vvay moſt beaten playne, / And rapt with vvhirling vvheeles, inflames the ſkyen, / With fire not made to burne, but fayrely for to ſhyne.

Source: wiktionary

The ſkye it ſeemes vvould povvre dovvn ſtinking pitch, / But that the Sea, mounting to th' vvelkins cheeke, / Daſhes the fire out.

Source: wiktionary

Come (Sir Page) / Looke on me vvith your VVelkin eye: […]

Source: wiktionary

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