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# ethereal

adjective (more ethereal)

«ethereal» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Ethereal means very light, delicate and airy, as if it belongs to the sky or to a spirit rather than to the solid world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethereal/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, ethereal beings such as fairies and spirits are light and not solid; their wings, blood or voices are fine, bright and seem to float

### Examples

- The fairy had ethereal wings that shone like glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethereal/#x1)
- Her voice was soft and ethereal, like a song in the mist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethereal/#x2)
- The spirits in the story looked ethereal and far away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethereal/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means made of a fine, airy substance, like the elements before they became physical.

**Interpretation.** The commentator reads the world as having a fine, spiritual form above the coarse one we see.

### Examples

- 26) Here is meant: ethereal air, ethereal water, ethereal fire, the macrocosm, the courses of time and microcosm. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ethereal/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ethereal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethereal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ethereal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ethereal.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ethereal» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ethereal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ethereal» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ethereal.html) on Mova free.