cardinal point

English

Noun

cardinal point (plural cardinal points)

Any of the four principal compass directions — north, south, east and west.

Synonyms

cardinal direction

Translations

cardinal point

Bashkir: тараф (taraf)
Catalan: punt cardinal (ca) m
Czech: světová strana (cs) f
Esperanto: kompasdirektoj, ĉefpunkto geografia
Estonian: põhi-ilmakaar
Finnish: pääilmansuunta (fi)
French: point cardinal (fr) m
Galician: punto cardinal m
German: Haupthimmelsrichtung (de) f
Hungarian: égtáj (hu), világtáj

Icelandic: höfuðátt f
Irish: príomhaird f
Italian: punto cardinale m
Khmer: ចតុទ្ទិស (km) (ca’tottɨh)
Manx: bun-ard f, ard-ard
Portuguese: ponto cardeal (pt) m
Spanish: punto cardinal m
Swedish: kardinalstreck (sv) n
Volapük: please add this translation if you can

See also

intercardinal direction
ordinal direction
Appendix:Cardinal directions

Further reading

cardinal point at OneLook Dictionary Search

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