nord
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈnɔɾt/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈnɔrt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɾt
Noun
nord m (uncountable)
- north
- Synonym: septentrió
- Antonym: sud
Derived terms
- nord-africà
- nord-americà
- nord-coreà
- nord-est
- nord-oest
Adjective
nord (indeclinable)
- northern
Related terms
- nòrdic
See also
(compass points) punt cardinal;
nord-oest (n-occ) | nord (sept) | nord-est (n-or) |
oest (occ) | ![]() | est (or) |
sud-oest (s-occ) | sud (mer) | sud-est (s-or) |
Further reading
- “nord” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nord”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “nord” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nord” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Corsican
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔrd/
- Hyphenation: nord
Noun
nord m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of nordu
References
- “nordu, nord” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noːr/, [noɐ̯ˀ]
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Noun
nord c (singular definite norden, not used in plural form)
- The north
Declension
common gender | Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | nord | norden |
genitive | nords | nordens |
Derived terms
- nordøst
- nordvest
Adverb
nord
- Toward the north, northwards
References
- “nord” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔʁ/
audio (file)
Noun
nord m (plural nord)
- north
- Synonym: septentrion
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) point cardinal;
nord-ouest | nord septentrion | nord-est |
ouest couchant ponant occident | ![]() | est levant orient |
sud-ouest | sud midi méridien | sud-est |
Derived terms
- perdre le nord
Related terms
- nord-africain, Nord-Africain
- nordique
Descendants
- → Asturian: norte
- → Catalan: nord
- → Galician: norte, norde
- → Italian: nord
- → Portuguese: norte
- → Romanian: nord
- → Romansch: nord
- → Spanish: norte
Further reading
- “nord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rond
Interlingua
Noun
nord (uncountable)
- north
Adjective
nord (not comparable)
- north
See also
- (compass points)
nord | ||
west occidente | ![]() | est oriente levante |
sud |
Italian
Etymology
Via Spanish and French, ultimately from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔrd/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrd
- Hyphenation: nòrd
Noun
nord m (invariable)
- north
- Synonyms: settentrione, mezzanotte
- Antonym: sud
Derived terms
- nord magnetico
- nordest, nord-est
- nordico
- nordista
- nord-nord-est
- nord-nord-ovest
- nordovest, nord-ovest
Adjective
nord (invariable)
- northern
See also
- stella polare
- (compass points) punto cardinale;
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Norman
Alternative forms
- nor (Sark)
Etymology
From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).
Noun
nord m (uncountable)
- north
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːɾ/
Adverb
nord
- north (for / of)
Noun
nord (indeclinable) (uncountable)
- north, a compass direction
- a land area towards the north
- det høye nord - the far north
- indefinite singular of Norden - the Nordic countries
- (dialectal, obsolete) upriver (in the mountain valleys of eastern Norway, without considering the actual orientation of the valley)
Antonyms
- (of north): sør, syd
Derived terms
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See also
nordvest | nord | nordøst |
vest | ![]() | øst |
sørvest | sør | sørøst |
References
- “nord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. Akin to English north.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nuːrˠ], [nuːɽ]
- (thick L) IPA(key): /nuːɭ/ (see nol)
Adverb
nord
- north (for / of)
Noun
nord (indeclinable) (uncountable)
- north, a compass direction
- a land area towards the north
- det høge nord - the far north
- indefinite singular of Norden - the Nordic countries
Antonyms
- (of north): sør
Derived terms
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References
- “nord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, akin to Old English norþ, Old Norse norðr.
Noun
nord ?
- north
Descendants
- Middle High German: nort
- German: Nord
- Luxembourgish: Nord
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French nord or German Nord, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), the French via Old English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nord/
Noun
nord n (uncountable)
- north
Declension
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) nord | nordul |
genitive/dative | (unui) nord | nordului |
vocative | nordule |
Synonyms
- miazănoapte (archaic or poetic)
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) punct cardinal;
nord-vest | nord (miazănoapte) | nord-est |
vest (apus) | ![]() | est (răsărit) |
sud-vest | sud (miazăzi) | sud-est |
Further reading
- nord in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from French nord, from Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).
Noun
nord m
- north
Antonyms
- sid
Derived terms
- nordost
- nordvest
Related terms
- ost
- oriaint
- vest
- sidost
- sidvest
Swedish
Alternative forms
- norr
Etymology
From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːɖ/
audio (file)
Noun
nord c
- north, a compass direction
- indefinite form singular of Norden = the Nordic countries
Adverb
nord (not comparable)
- north
Derived terms
- Nordafrika
- Nordamerika
- Nordcypern
- Nordirland
- Nordkorea
- Nordmakedonien
- Nordmarianerna
- Nordsjön
Related terms
- nordost
- nordväst
- norr
- ost
- syd
- sydost
- sydväst
- söder
- väst
- väster
- öst
- öster
See also
- (compass points) vädersträck;
nordväst | norr nord | nordost nordöst |
väster väst | ![]() | öster öst ost |
sydväst | söder syd | sydost sydöst |