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 Definitions of firmament  [ˈfɜr mə mənt]  

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Definition of 'firmament' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) firmament
the arch or vault of heaven; sky.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < LL firmāmentum sky, L: support, prop)

Definition of 'firmament' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected


Definition of 'firmament' Webster Dictionary 

1.  firmament
fixed foundation; established basis

2.  firmament
the region of the air; the sky or heavens

3.  firmament
the orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres


Definitions of 'firmament' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  firmament
a name given to the vault of the sky conceived as a solid substance studded with stars, so applied in the Vulgate.


Translation of 'firmament' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the sky; the heavens
The stars shine in the endless firmament.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: uitspansel; hemel Arabic flag Arabic: سَماء، القُبَّةُ الزرقاء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: небесна твърд
Brazilian flag Brazilian: firmamento Czech flag Czech: obloha German flag German: das Firmament
Danish flag Danish: himmel; himmelhvælving Greek flag Greek: στερέωμα Spanish flag Spanish: firmamento
Estonian flag Estonian: taevalaotus Farsi flag Farsi: آسمان Finnish flag Finnish: taivaankansi
French flag French: firmament Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׁמָים Hindi flag Hindi: आकाश
Croatian flag Croatian: nebeski svod Hungarian flag Hungarian: égbolt Indonesian flag Indonesian: langit, cakrawala
Icelandic flag Icelandic: festing, himinhvel Italian flag Italian: firmamento Japanese flag Japanese: 天空
Korean flag Korean: 하늘 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dangus Latvian flag Latvian: debesu jums
Malay flag Malay: cakerawala Dutch flag Dutch: hemel Norwegian flag Norwegian: firmament, (himmel)hvelvi
Polish flag Polish: firmament Persian flag Persian: آسمان Pashto flag Pashto: اسمان، هسك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: firmamento Romanian flag Romanian: firmament Russian flag Russian: небесный свод
Slovak flag Slovak: obloha Slovenian flag Slovenian: nebesni svod Serbian flag Serbian: nebeski svod
Swedish flag Swedish: firmament, himlavalv Thai flag Thai: ท้องฟ้า Turkish flag Turkish: gök(yüzü), gökkubbe
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 天空,蒼天 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: небосхил Urdu flag Urdu: آسمان بطور گنبد
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bầu trời Chinese flag Chinese: 天空,太空

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