ethereal

CEFRC2

/ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very delicate, light, or heavenly in appearance.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

Examples

  • Jamin's perfectly symmetrical features give her an ethereal and timeless beauty.

  • The voice sounded very weird, almost ethereal.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/
  • /iˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.

  2. Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Ellipsis of ethereal wave (“music genre”).

More examples

In context

  • ethereal regions

  • ethereal space

  • Near-synonyms: aereous, celestial

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Origin

adjective

From Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upper air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air”). By surface analysis, ether + -ial.