OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 366

sky

/skaɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cielo • firmamento
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
That year, a meteor fell from the sky.
[A] Nobler Sir, ne're liu'd / 'Twixt sky and ground.
firmamento
With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
I lay back under a warm Texas sky.
We’re not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.
cielos
Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
The Gods to live in Woods have left the Skies.
This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.
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