antipode

See also: Antipode

English

Etymology

Back-formation from antipodes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tɪ.poʊd/[1]

Noun

antipode (plural antipodes)

Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.

Derived terms

Translations

something directly opposite

Armenian: հակոտնյա (hy) (hakotnya)
Esperanto: antipodo
Finnish: antipodi (fi)
German: Antipode (de) m
Greek: αντίποδας (el) m (antípodas)
Japanese: 対蹠 (taisho), 対極 (taikyoku), 正反対 (seihantai), 真逆 (magyaku)
Norwegian: diametral motsats c, diametral motsetning c, rak motsats c, rak motsetning c

Portuguese: antípoda (pt) f
Russian: антипо́д (ru) m (antipód)
Serbo-Croatian: antipod (sh) m
Spanish: antípoda (es)
Swedish: diametral (sv) motsats (sv) c, (maths) antipod (sv) c
Turkish: antipot

References

“antipode” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

“antipode” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

adeption

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

antipode m (plural antipodes)

(especially in plural) antipode
opposite
deux hommes aux antipodes
two totally opposite men

Further reading

“antipode” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

antipode m or f (plural antipodi)

antipode

Derived terms

agli antipodi
antipode ottico

Anagrams

pedinato

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