firmament

Meaning of firmament

noun
  1. the heavens or sky.
    thunder shakes the firmament
    one of the great stars in the American golfing firmament

Middle English: via Old French from Latin firmamentum, from firmare ‘fix, settle’.

Information about firmament

Hyphenation of firmament

fir-ma-ment

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • firmament is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

firmament synonyms

Meaning celestial sphere:

sphere, empyrean, heavens, welkin

Meaning a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky:

heaven

Translation of firmament

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