polar

See also: pölar

English

Etymology

From Late Latin polāris

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

  1. (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole).
  2. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
  3. (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
  4. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
  5. (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

Derived terms

Translations

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Noun

polar (plural polars)

  1. (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /poˈla/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /puˈla/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /poˈlaɾ/

Adjective

polar (masculine and feminine plural polars)

  1. polar

French

Etymology

From policier + -ard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔlaʁ/

Noun

polar m (plural polars)

  1. (informal) detective novel

Further reading


Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

polar m or f (plural polares)

  1. polar

Antonyms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈlaːɐ̯/

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

  1. polar

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun pol

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

  1. polar

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the noun pol

Adjective

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

  1. polar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

polar m

  1. indefinite plural of pol

References


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈlar/

Adjective

polar m or n (feminine singular polară, masculine plural polari, feminine and neuter plural polare)

  1. polar

Declension

Derived terms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈlaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lar

Adjective

polar (plural polares)

  1. polar
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