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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsilɪŋ/
  • Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Homophone: sealing
  • Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: ceil‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ceil +‎ -ing.

Noun

Ceiling with lights

ceiling (plural ceilings)

  1. The overhead closure of a room.
    The dining room had an ornate ceiling.
  2. The upper limit of an object or action.
    Synonym: cap
    Antonym: floor
    • 1956 December, W. J. Alcock, “On the Footplate of the "Elizabethan"”, in Railway Magazine, page 821:
      […] and only at Barnet did Tappin give Empire of India a burst to bring us up to the 60 m.p.h. speed ceiling of the London area.
    • 2008, N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Economics, volume 1, page 114:
      Market forces naturally move the economy to the equilibrium, and the price ceiling has no effect on the price or the quantity sold.
  3. (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
  4. (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
    Even though it was cloudy, there was still enough ceiling for the Blue Angels to perform a great show.
  5. (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
    The ceiling of 4.5 is 5; the ceiling of −4.5 is −4.
  6. (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
  7. (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
  8. (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
Synonyms
  • ceil (poetic)
  • (mathematics): ceil
Antonyms
  • floor
Derived terms
  • absolute ceiling
  • acoustic ceiling
  • bamboo ceiling
  • brass ceiling
  • cathedral ceiling
  • ceil
  • ceiling bird
  • ceilinged
  • ceiling effect
  • ceiling fan
  • ceiling function
  • ceilingless
  • ceilinglike
  • ceiling paper
  • ceilingward
  • ceilingwards
  • celluloid ceiling
  • cloud ceiling
  • cotton ceiling
  • debt ceiling
  • drop ceiling
  • dropped ceiling
  • false ceiling
  • flight ceiling
  • floor-to-ceiling
  • glass ceiling
  • gray ceiling
  • hit the ceiling
  • lavender ceiling
  • paper ceiling
  • pink ceiling
  • popcorn ceiling
  • price ceiling
  • pull someone off the ceiling
  • rainbow ceiling
  • scrape someone off the ceiling
  • silver ceiling
  • skill ceiling
  • stipple ceiling
  • subceiling
  • through the ceiling
  • tray ceiling
Translations
upper limit of room
  • Afrikaans: plafon (af)
  • Albanian: tavan (sq) m, lëpozë (sq) f
  • Arabic: سَقْف m (saqf)
    Egyptian Arabic: سقف m (saʔf)
    Hijazi Arabic: سَقْف m (sagf)
  • Armenian: առաստաղ (hy) (aṙastaġ), (rare) առիք (hy) (aṙikʻ)
    Old Armenian: ձեղուն (jełun)
  • Azerbaijani: tavan (az)
  • Bashkir: түшәм (tüşäm); (Eastern) һайғаҡ (hayğaq), түпә (tüpä), түбәтаҡта (tübätaqta)
  • Basque: sabai (eu)
  • Belarusian: столь m (stolʹ)
  • Bengali: ছাদ (bn) (chad)
  • Bulgarian: тава́н (bg) m (taván)
  • Burmese: မျက်နှာကြက် (my) (myakhna-krak)
  • Catalan: sostre (ca) m
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏯᎦᏢ (ayagatlv)
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 天花板 (tin1 faa1 baan2)
    Hokkien: 天篷 (zh-min-nan) (thian-pông)
    Mandarin: 天花板 (zh) (tiānhuābǎn), 天棚 (zh) (tiānpéng)
  • Choctaw: aboha pakna
  • Chuvash: путалӑх (put̬alăh)
  • Cornish: nen
  • Crimean Tatar: tavan
  • Czech: strop (cs) m
  • Danish: loft (da) n
  • Dutch: plafond (nl) n, zoldering (nl) f
  • Esperanto: plafono
  • Estonian: lagi (et)
  • Faroese: loft n
  • Finnish: katto (fi), sisäkatto (fi)
  • French: plafond (fr) m
  • Galician: teito (gl) m, ceo (gl) m
  • Georgian: ჭერი (ka) (č̣eri)
  • German: Decke (de) f, Plafond (de) m, Zimmerdecke (de) f
  • Greek: οροφή (el) f (orofí), ταβάνι (el) n (taváni)
    Ancient Greek: ὀροφή f (orophḗ)
  • Gujarati: છત (gu) (chat)
  • Haitian Creole: plafon
  • Hausa: silin
  • Hebrew: תִּקְרָה (he) f (tik'ráh)
  • Hindi: छत (hi) f (chat)
  • Hungarian: mennyezet (hu), plafon (hu)
  • Icelandic: loft (is) n
  • Ido: plafono (io)
  • Indonesian: langit-langit (id), plafon (id)
  • Ingrian: laki
  • Irish: síleáil f
  • Italian: soffitto (it) m
  • Japanese: 天井 (ja) (てんじょう, tenjō)
  • Kazakh: төбе (töbe), шек (šek)
  • Khmer: ពិតាន (km) (pitaan)
  • Korean: 천장(天障) (ko) (cheonjang)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: kaşxank (ku), seqf (ku), arîk (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: потолок (potolok), шып (ky) (şıp)
  • Ladino: taván, techo
  • Lao: ເພດານ (lo) (phē dān), ພິດານ (phi dān), ປະຕຸລາ (pa tu lā)
  • Latgalian: grīsti, viersejuo greida
  • Latin: lacunar n
  • Latvian: griesti
  • Lithuanian: lubos f pl
  • Macedonian: таван (mk) m (tavan)
  • Malay: siling (ms)
    Brunei Malay: siling
  • Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
  • Maltese: saqaf m
  • Marathi: छत (chat)
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: тааз (mn) (taaz), адар (mn) (adar)
  • Naga:
    Khiamniungan Naga: tīuthùap
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: himling m or f, tak (no) n, loft (no) n
  • Occitan: plafon (oc) m
  • Odia: ଛାତ (or) (chāta)
  • Pashto: سقف (saqf)
  • Persian:
    Dari: سَقْف (saqf)
    Iranian Persian: سَقْف (saġf)
  • Phoenician: 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤍𐤕 f (mspnt)
  • Plautdietsch: Bän m
  • Polish: sufit (pl) m, strop (pl) m
  • Portuguese: teto (pt) m
  • Romanian: plafon (ro) n, tavan (ro) n
  • Russian: потоло́к (ru) m (potolók)
  • Sami:
    Northern Sami: rohpi
  • Scottish Gaelic: mullach m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: пла̀фо̄н m, стро̏п m
    Latin: plàfōn (sh) m, strȍp (sh) m
  • Slovak: strop m
  • Slovene: strop (sl) m
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: wjerch m
  • Spanish: techo (es) m, cielorraso (es) m, cielo raso (es) m, plafón (es) m
  • Swahili: dari (sw)
  • Swedish: tak (sv), innertak (sv) n
  • Tagalog: kisame
  • Tajik: шифт (šift), сақф (saqf)
  • Tamil: உட்கூரை (uṭkūrai)
  • Tatar: түшәм (tt) (tüşäm)
  • Telugu: లోకప్పు (te) (lōkappu)
  • Thai: เพดาน (th) (pee-daan)
  • Turkish: tavan (tr)
  • Turkmen: potolok
  • Ukrainian: сте́ля f (stélja)
  • Urdu: چَھت f (chat), سَقْف f (saqf)
  • Uyghur: تورۇس (torus), شىپ (ship)
  • Uzbek: shift (uz), potolok
  • Vietnamese: trần (vi), trần nhà
  • Volapük: nufed (vo)
  • Walloon: plafon (wa) m
  • Welsh: nenfwd m, nenfydau pl
  • Yiddish: סופֿיט (yi) m (sufit), סטעליע f (stelye)
upper limit of an object or action — see also limit
  • Bulgarian: го́рна гра́ница f (górna gránica)
  • Finnish: katto (fi)
  • French: plafond (fr) m
  • German: Decke (de) f, Grenze (de) f, Höchstgrenze (de) f, Höchstmaß (de) n, Obergrenze (de) f, Plafond (de) m
  • Greek: πλαφόν (el) n (plafón)
  • Hungarian: plafon (hu)
  • Indonesian: plafon (id), pagu (id)
  • Polish: pułap (pl) m
  • Swedish: tak (sv) n
altitude
  • Bulgarian: тава́н (bg) m (taván)
  • Finnish: lakikorkeus (fi)
  • German: (maximale) Gipfelhöhe f
  • Greek: υψόμετρο (el) n (ypsómetro)
  • Khmer: ពិតាន (km) (pitaan)
  • Polish: pułap (pl) m
  • Portuguese: teto (pt) m
  • Russian: потоло́к (ru) m (potolók)
  • Spanish: techo (es) m
smallest integer
  • Czech: horní celá část f
  • Finnish: ylös pyöristetty luku
  • French: partie entière par excès (fr) f
  • Japanese: 天井関数 (tenjō kansū)
  • Norwegian: tak (no) n
  • Polish: sufit (pl) m
  • Russian: потоло́к (ru) m (potolók)
  • Swedish: tak (sv) n
inner planking of a vessel
  • Finnish: sisälankutus, karneeraus
  • German: Innenbeplankung (de) f, Wegerung (de) f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ceiling

  1. present participle and gerund of ceil

Anagrams

  • cieling
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