horizontal

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhoɹəˈzɑntəl/ (Indic) IPA(key): /hɵrɪˈzɔɳʈəl/, /hɵrajˈzɔɳʈəl/ (proscribed) IPA(key): /hɵˈrajzəɳʈəl/ (non-stress-shift from horizon) === Adjective === horizontal (comparative more horizontal, superlative most horizontal) Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon. (wine) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries. (music, of an interval) Having the two notes sound successively. Synonyms: linear, melodic Antonym: vertical (sex, euphemistic) Relating to sexual intercourse. horizontal tango (biology) Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship. ==== Antonyms ==== vertical ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === horizontal (plural horizontals) A horizontal component of a structure. (geology) Horizon. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === notorhizal == Albanian == === Etymology === Probably from English horizontal; the -al adjectival suffix is neither native to Albanian, nor was it borrowed from Latin earlier on. === Adjective === horizontal (feminine horizontale) horizontal ==== Related terms ==== horizont == Asturian == === Adjective === horizontal (epicene, plural horizontales) horizontal Antonym: vertical ==== Related terms ==== horizonte == French == === Alternative forms === horisontal === Etymology === Derived from Latin horizōn (“horizon”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃.tal/ Homophones: horisontal, horisontale, horisontales, horizontale, horizontales === Adjective === horizontal (feminine horizontale, masculine plural horizontaux, feminine plural horizontales) horizontal Antonym: vertical ==== Derived terms ==== horizontalement ==== Related terms ==== horizon === Further reading === “horizontal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Adjective === horizontal m or f (plural horizontais) horizontal Antonym: vertical ==== Derived terms ==== horizontalmente ==== Related terms ==== horizonte == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoʁit͡sɔnˈtaːl/ Rhymes: -aːl === Adjective === horizontal (strong nominative masculine singular horizontaler, not comparable) horizontal Synonyms: waagrecht, waagerecht Antonyms: vertikal, senkrecht ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Horizontale === Further reading === “horizontal” in Duden online “horizontal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch horizontaal (“horizontal”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /horiˈzontal/ [ho.riˈzon̪.t̪al] Rhymes: -ontal Syllabification: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal === Adjective === horizontal (comparative lebih horizontal, superlative paling horizontal or terhorizontal, equative sehorizontal) horizontal Synonym: mendatar ==== Alternative forms ==== horisontal === Further reading === “horizontal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === From English horizontal, from Middle French horizontal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hɔ.ri.zɔn.təl] Rhymes: -təl, -əl Hyphenation: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal === Adjective === horizontal (Jawi spelling هوريزونتل, comparative lebih horizontal, superlative paling horizontal) Perpendicular to the vertical; horizontal. Synonyms: melintang, mendatar, mengufuk Antonyms: mencancang, menegak, vertikal === Further reading === "horizontal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal === Adjective === horizontal m or f (plural horizontais, not comparable) horizontal Antonym: vertical ==== Derived terms ==== horizontalmente ==== Related terms ==== horizonte === Further reading === “horizontal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oɾiθonˈtal/ [o.ɾi.θõn̪ˈt̪al] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /oɾisonˈtal/ [o.ɾi.sõn̪ˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -al Syllabification: ho‧ri‧zon‧tal === Adjective === horizontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural horizontales) horizontal Antonym: vertical landscape (a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides; in smartphones) Synonym: apaisado ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “horizontal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025