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English

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Alternative spellings
skie (obsolete)

Etymology
From Old Norse ský �cloud� (= Old English sceo|sc�o), from Proto-Germanic *skeujam �cloud, cloud cover�, from Proto-Indo-European base *(s)keu- �to cover, conceal�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/skaɪ/, SAMPA|/skaI/
audio|en-us-sky.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|aɪ

Noun
en-noun|skies

1. obsolete A cloud.
2. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.

#: That year, a meteor fell from the sky.

1. The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.

#: I lay back under a warm Texas sky.
#: We're not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.

1. heaven|Heaven.

#: This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.

1. Also used to represent pornographic material.

Usage notes
Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.

Synonyms
firmament
heaven

Related terms
skylark
the sky's the limit
reach for the sky

Slovene: t+|sl|nebo|n
Spanish: t-|es|firmamento|m, t+|es|cielo|m
Swahili: mbingu (nc 9/10)
Swedish: t+|sv|himmel|c, t+|sv|sky|c
Tagalog: langit
Tahitian: ra�i
Tamazight: igenna m, igenni m, agenna m
Ukrainian: t-|uk|небо|n|trnébo|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
Urdu: URchar|اس�ا�|آس�ا� (�sm�n), URchar|اکاش|آکاش (�k�š)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|tr�i|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|bầu tr�i|xsVietnamese
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Slovene: t+|sl|nebo|n
Spanish: t-|es|firmamento|m
Swedish: t+|sv|himmel|c
Urdu: URchar|اس�ا�|آس�ا� (�sm�n), URchar|اکاش|آکاش (�k�š)
Vietnamese: tr�i, th�i tiết
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Slovene: t+|sl|nebesa|n|p
Spanish: t-|es|cielos|m
Swedish: t+|sv|himmel|c
Urdu: URchar|اس�ا�|آس�ا� (�sm�n), URchar|اکاش|آکاش (�k�š)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|thiên �ư�ng|xs=Vietnamese
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ttbc|Albanian: qiell m
ttbc|Basque: zeru
ttbc|Bulgarian: небе n (1,2,3)
ttbc|Catalan: cel m
ttbc|Chinese: 天 (ti�n)
ttbc|Gujarati: �સમાન (�sm�n) n, ��ાશ (�k�š) n, નભ (nabh) n, �ભ (�bh) n
ttbc|Hungarian: ég
ttbc|Ilocano: langit
ttbc|Indonesian: langit
ttbc|Maltese: sema
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ttbc|Manchu: abka
ttbc|Ojibwe: giizhig, giizhigoon p
ttbc|Romanian: cer n
ttbc|Sanskrit: ��ाश (�k�ša) m
ttbc|Sindhi: SDchar|اس�ا�|آس�ا� (�sm�n) m, SDchar|ا�|ا��� (ubhu) m
ttbc|Telugu: t|te|��ాశ�|sc=Telu (aakaaSaM), మిన�న� (minnu)
ttbc|Tibetan: ���� (gnam)
ttbc|Turkish: gökyüzü, sema
ttbc|Ukrainian: небо#Ukrainian|небо (nébo) n
ttbc|Welsh: wybr, wybrau
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Verb
en-verb|skies|skying|skyed

1. sports to hit or throw (a ball) extremely high

Category:1000 English basic words

Danish

Adjective
sky

1. shy

Synonyms
bly
genert

Noun
sky

1. countable|lang=dk cloud
2. gravy, stock (a kind of soup)
3. jelly (made of gravy)

Verb
sky

1. To shun

Norwegian

Adjective
no-adj-3

1. shy

Synonyms
blyg
sjenert

Noun
no-noun-m1|sky

1. countable|lang=no cloud
2. countable|lang=no #English|sky

Verb
no-verb-4|sky

1. To despise.

Scots

Etymology
From Old Norse ský.

Noun
sco-noun|skies

1. #English|sky

#: It's a fair braw sky we'v got the nicht. It's quite a beautiful sky we've got tonight.

1. daylight (especially at dawn)

#: A wis up afore the sky. I was up before sunrise.

1. skyline, outline against the sky (especially of a hill)

#: He saw the sky o a hill awa tae the west. He saw the outline of a hill in the west.

Derived terms
sky-goat
sky laverock

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-en sky.ogg|audio

Etymology 1
Cf. English sky.

Noun
sky c (p skyar, def sing skyn, def pl skyarna)

1. countable|lang=sv heaven
2. countable|lang=sv sky#English|sky

Etymology 2
Corrupted from the French jus.

Noun
sky

1. context|uncountable|cooking|lang=sv The liquid that remains in a frying pan after the fried meat is ready.

Category:Old Norse derivations
Category:Swedish words with multiple etymologies

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