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Webster 1913 Edition

Universe

U′ni-verse

Noun.

[L.

universum

, from

universus

universal;

unus

one +

vertere

versum

, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F.

univers

. See

One

, and

Verse

All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the

τὸ πᾶν

of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.

How may I
Adore thee, Author of this

universe

And all this good to man!

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Universe

U'NIVERSE

Noun.

[L. universitas.]

The collective name of heaven and earth, and all that belongs to them; the whole system of created things.

Definition 2024

Universe

See also: universe

English

Proper noun

Universe

Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
Powerful telescopes look far back into the distant reaches of the Universe.

Hypernyms

universe (generalization of the Universe into a generic object)

Coordinate terms

Translations

sum of everything that exists

Czech: vesmír (cs) m
Dutch: heelal (nl) n
Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (fi), universumi (fi), kosmos (fi)
German: Universum (de) n
Macedonian: вселена f ‎(vsélena), универзум m ‎(univérzum), космос m ‎(kósmos)

Portuguese: universo (pt) m
Spanish: universo (es) m
Turkish: evren (tr)

universe

See also: Universe

English

Alternative forms

Universe

Noun

universe ‎(plural universes)

The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
I think that the universe was created by a life force rather than a deity.
An entity similar to our universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
Everything under consideration.
In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.
An imaginary collection of worlds.
The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.
Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting.
That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

the Universe

Abaza: дуна́й ‎(dwnā́j)
Abkhaz: адунеи ‎(ādunei)
Adyghe: дунаир ‎(dwnāir)
Afrikaans: heelal
Albanian: gjithësi (sq) f
Alemannic German: Ünivärsum (Alsatian)
Southern Altai: ак айазы ‎(ak ayazı), ак айас ‎(ak ayas)
Amharic: ጠፈር ‎(T'äfär)
Arabic: كَوْن m ‎(kawn), اَلْكَوْن ‎(al-kawn)
Egyptian Arabic: كون m ‎(koun), أكوان f pl ‎(ʔakwaan)
Aragonese: uniberso m
Armenian: տիեզերք (hy) ‎(tiezerkʿ)
Asturian: universu m
Aymara: pacha (ay)
Azeri: kainat (az)
Bambara: diɲɛ, duniya
Bashkir: ғәләм ‎(ğäläm)
Basque: unibertso (eu)
Bavarian: Wödall
Belarusian: сусве́т m ‎(susvjét), Сусве́т m ‎(Susvjét)
Bengali: মহাবিশ্ব ‎(môhabishbô)
Berber:

Central Atlas Tamazight: ddunit

Kabyle: ameɣṛad, ameghrad

Tashelhit: ^{(please verify)}akksmun m
Breton: hollved (br) m
Bulgarian: вселе́на (bg) f ‎(vseléna)
Burmese: စကြဝဠာ (my) ‎(ca.kra.wa.la), လောကဓာတ် (my) ‎(lau:ka.dhat)
Catalan: univers (ca) m
Chechen: тӏурнене ‎(ṭurnene)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 宇宙 ‎(jyu⁵ zau⁶)

Hakka: 宇宙 ‎(yí-chhiu)

Mandarin: 宇宙 (zh) ‎(yǔzhòu)

Min Nan: 宇宙 (zh-min-nan) ‎(í-tiū, ú-tiū)
Chuvash: çут тĕнче ‎(çut tĕnče)
Corsican: universu m
Cornish: ollvys m, ollves m
Crimean Tatar:

Cyrillic: дюнйа, алем

Latin: dünya, alem
Czech: vesmír (cs) m
Danish: univers (da) n
Dutch: heelal (nl) n, universum (nl) n
Dzongkha: འཇིག་རྟེན། ‎('jig rten)
East Futuna: atulaulau, malamanei
Emilian: univêrs m
Erzya: менельть-масторт ‎(menelʹtʹ-mastort), масторава ‎(mastorava)
Esperanto: universo (eo)
Estonian: universum
Faroese: alheimur m
Fiji Hindi: sansaar
Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (fi), universumi (fi), kosmos (fi)
French: univers (fr) m, Univers (fr) m
Old French: univers m
Friulian: univiers m
Galician: universo (gl) m
Georgian: სამყარო ‎(samq̇aro)
German: Universum (de) n, Weltall (de) n
Greek: σύμπαν (el) n ‎(sýmpan)
Ancient: σύμπαν n ‎(súmpan)
Guaraní: arapy
Gujarati: બ્રહ્માંડ ‎(brahmāṇḍ)
Haitian Creole: linivè
Hawaiian: ao holoʻokoʻa
Hebrew: יקום (he) m ‎(yekúm)
Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (hi) ‎(brahmāṇḍ), विश्व (hi) ‎(viśv)
Hungarian: világegyetem (hu), univerzum (hu), világmindenség (hu)
Icelandic: alheimur (is) m
Ido: universo (io)
Ilocano: law-ang
Ingush: ӏайлам ‎(ʿajlam)
Indonesian: alam semesta (id)
Interlingua: universo
Interlingue: universe
Irish: cruinne f
Italian: universo (it) m
Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) ‎(うちゅう, uchū)
Javanese: alam semesta
Kalmyk: орчлң ‎(orçlñ)
Kannada: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ (kn) ‎(brahmāṃḍa)
Karachay-Balkar: дуния, алам
Kashubian: swiatnica
Kazakh: әлем (kk) ‎(älem)
Khakas: чайаан-чалбах ‎(çayaan-çalbax), чир-чалбах ‎(çir-çalbax), тилекей ‎(tilekey)
Khmer: សកលលោក ‎(sa’kɑl look), ចក្រវាល (km) ‎(cak viel)
Korean: 우주 (ko) ‎(uju) (宇宙 (ko))
Kyrgyz: аалам (ky) ‎(aalam)
Ladin: univers m
Lao: ຈັກກະວານ (lo) ‎(chak ka wān)
Latgalian: vysaine f
Latin: ūniversum n
Latvian: visums (lv) m
Lezgi: дуьнья ‎(dün’ä)
Ligurian: universo m
Limburgish: hielal, universum
Lithuanian: visata f
Lojban: munje

Lombard: univèrs m
Low German: hielal
Luxembourgish: Universum
Lower Sorbian: swětnišćo n
Macedonian: все́лена f ‎(vsélena)
Malagasy: erana (mg)
Malay: alam semesta, jagat raya
Malayalam: പ്രപഞ്ചം (ml) ‎(prapañcaṃ)
Maltese: univérs m, holqién m
Manx: dowan m
Maori:
Marathi: विश्व ‎(viśva)
Mingrelian: ოქიანუ ‎(okianu)
Mirandese: ouniberso m
Moksha: мастор ‎(mastor), масторланга ‎(mastorlanga)
Mongolian: орчлон (mn) ‎(orčlon)
Nahuatl: cemānāhuac (nah)
Nanai:
Neapolitan: nevèrzo m
Navajo: yágháhookáán
Nepali: विश्व ‎(jagat)
Nogai: дунья ‎(dun’ya)
Norman:

Cotentinais: eunivers m

Norman: univers m

Norman: unnivèrs m
North Frisian: åål
Norwegian: univers n
Novial: universe
Occitan: univèrs m
Old Church Slavonic: въселенаıа f ‎(vŭselenaıa)
Rhine Franconian: Weldall (Palatine)
Kapampangan: sikluban
Papiamentu: universo
Persian: کیهان (fa) ‎(keyhân), هستی (fa) ‎(hasti), کائنات (fa) ‎(kâ'enât)
Piedmontese: univers m
Plautdietsch: Weltaul, Weltommfank
Polish: wszechświat (pl) m, Wszechświat m
Portuguese: universo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ‎(viśava), ਦੁਨੀਆ ‎(dunī'ā), ਜਹਾਨ ‎(jahāna), ਬ੍ਰਹਿਮੰਡ ‎(brahimaḍa)
Quechua: ch'askancha
Romanian: univers (ro) n
Romansch: univers m
Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f ‎(vselénnaja), Вселе́нная (ru) f ‎(Vselénnaja), всесве́т ‎(vsesvét) (archaic, rare)
Rusyn: весмір ‎(vesmir)
Samogitian: vėsatuos
Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्ड (sa) ‎(brahmāṇḍa), विश्व (sa) ‎(viśva)
Sardinian: univérsu m
Saterland Frisian: Al
Scots: univers
Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, cruinne-cè m, f, saoghal m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: свемир m, васиона f, васелена f, васељена f

Latin: svemir (sh) m, vasiona (sh) f, vaselena f, vaseljena f
Shona: rudunhumwe
Sicilian: universu m
Sinhalese: විශ්වය ‎(viśvaya)
Slovak: vesmír (sk) m
Slovene: vesolje (sl) n
Somali: koon
Sotho: legôhlê
Spanish: universo (es) m
Sumerian: an-ki
Swahili: ulimwengu (sw)
Swedish: universum (sv)
Tabasaran: аьлам ‎(a̱lam)
Tagalog: sansinukob, uniberso
Tajik: коинот (tg) ‎(koyinot)
Tamil: அண்டம் (ta) ‎(aṇṭam)
Tatar: галәм (tt) ‎(ğaläm)
Telugu: విశ్వం ‎(viśvaṃ)
Thai: จักรวาล (th) ‎(jàk-grà-waan), เอกภพ (th) ‎(àyk-gà-póp), เอกภาพ ‎(àyk-gà-pâap)
Tibetan: འཇིག་རྟེན ‎('jig rten)
Tigrinya: ዓለማት ‎('alematâ)
Turkish: uzay (tr), evren (tr), cihan (tr) n, kâinat (tr)
Turkmen: älem-jahan, älem
Tuvan: октаргай ‎(oktargay), бүдүмел ‎(büdümäl)
Ukrainian: все́світ (uk) m ‎(vsésvit), Все́світ m ‎(Vsésvit)
Upper Sorbian: swětnišćo n
Urdu: کائنات f ‎(kainat)
Uzbek: olam (uz), borliq (uz), koinot (uz)
Venetian: universo m
Veps: mir
Vietnamese: vũ trụ (vi) (宇宙 (vi))
Võro: ilm
Wallisian: 'atulaulau, mālama, malamanei
Walloon:
Waray-Waray: sangkalibutan, universo
Welsh: bydysawd (cy) m
West Frisian: hielal (fy) n
Xhosa:
Yiddish: אוניווערס m ‎(univers)
Yucatec Maya: yóok’ol kaab
Yoruba: ayé, àgbáyé
Zulu: umkhathi (noun 3/4)

an entity similar to our universe

Bashkir: ғәләм ‎(ğäläm)
Catalan: univers (ca) m
Danish: univers (da) n
Finnish: maailmankaikkeus (fi), universumi (fi)
French: univers (fr) m
German: Universum (de) n
Greek: σύμπαν (el) n ‎(sýmpan)
Ido: universo (io)

Italian: universo (it) m
Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) ‎(うちゅう, uchū)
Macedonian: вселена f ‎(vsélena)
Portuguese: universo (pt) m
Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f ‎(vselénnaja), мир (ru) m ‎(mir)
Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m, f
Serbo-Croatian: vasiona (sh), vaseljena
Slovene: vesolje (sl) n
Spanish: universo (es) m

everything under consideration

Danish: univers (da) n
Finnish: avaruus (fi)
Greek: σύμπαν (el) n ‎(sýmpan)
Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (hi) ‎(brahmāṇḍ)
Japanese: 森羅万象 (ja) ‎(しんらばんしょう, shinrabanshō)

Macedonian: вселена f ‎(vsélena)
Portuguese: universo (pt) m
Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f ‎(vselénnaja), мир (ru) m ‎(mir)
Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m, f

an imaginary collection of worlds

Danish: univers (da) n
Finnish: maailma (fi), maailmat (fi)
German: Universum (de) n
Greek: σύμπαν (el) n ‎(sýmpan)
Italian: universo (it) m

Macedonian: вселена f ‎(vsélena)
Persian: کیهان (fa) ‎(keyhân)
Portuguese: universo (pt) m
Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f ‎(vselénnaja), мир (ru) m ‎(mir)
Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m, f

intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting

Bashkir: донъя ‎(donʺya)
Danish: univers (da) n
Greek: σύμπαν (el) n ‎(sýmpan)
Italian: universo (it) m

Macedonian: все́лена f ‎(vsélena)
Portuguese: universo (pt) m
Russian: вселе́нная (ru) f ‎(vselénnaja)
Scottish Gaelic: domhan m, saoghal m, cruinne-cè m, f

Latin

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uː.nɪˈwɛr.seː/

Adverb

ūniversē ‎(not comparable)

Generally; in general.

References

universe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
universe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “universe”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Webster 1913 Edition

Universe

U′ni-verse

Webster 1828 Edition

Universe

U'NIVERSE

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Universe

Universe

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universe

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