norte

norte

See also: Norte

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

norte m

1. north

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “norte”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Noun

norte m (plural nortes)

1. north

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Galician

Alternative forms

• N
• norde

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. Borrowed from Middle French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔɾtɪ]

Noun

norte m (plural nortes)

1. (uncountable) north (cardinal direction)

   Synonym: setentrión

2. (uncountable) the northern portion of a territory or region
3. (uncountable) the north wind
4. (countable) a northern; a wind blowing from the north

Antonyms

• (north): sur
• (northern portion): sur

Coordinate terms

• ábrego
• leste
• nordés
• occidente
• sur

Derived terms

• estrela do norte
• norleste
• noroeste
• nortada
• norteiro
• polo Norte

 

References

• “norte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “norte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “norte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “norte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• N

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈnɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈnɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈnɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾ.t(ɨ)/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔh.ti/
• Hyphenation: nor‧te

Noun

norte m (plural nortes)

1. north (compass point)

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) ponto cardeal;

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

Derived terms

• nortenho

See also

• setentrional

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾte/ [ˈnoɾ.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: nor‧te

Adjective

norte (plural nortes)

1. north, northern

Noun

norte m (plural nortes)

1. (uncountable) north (compass point)

   Vamos al norte.

   We're going north.

   Synonym: septentrión

   Antonym: sur

2. (uncountable) north wind

   Entrada la noche, el norte sopla.

   Late at night, the north wind blows.

3. (countable) guide, inspiration
   • 2003, Luis Beresaluze Galbis, Trinidad de la palabra:

     El rigor y la exigencia son parte de mis nortes.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

4. (countable) goal, objective
   • 2007, Identidades‎:

     Reunir en un solo espacio la obra gráfica que nos ilustra el desarrollo del movimiento de mujeres en Puerto Rico fue uno de mis nortes cuando asumí la dirección del Proyecto de Estudios de las Mujeres de la Universidad de Puerto Rico […]

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   Synonym: meta

Coordinate terms

• este
• oeste
• occidente
• oriente

Derived terms

• América del Norte
• gallo del norte
• noreste
• noroeste
• nororiente
• norponiente
• Norteamérica
• nortear
• norteño
• perder el norte
• tayú del norte

 

See also

• boreal
• septentrional

Further reading

• “norte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• entro
• entró
• rento
• rentó
• roten
• tenor
• terno
• tóner
• torne
• torné
• troné

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish norte, French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nor‧te
• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾte/, [ˈnoɾ.te]

Noun

norte

1. north (compass point)

   Synonym: hilaga

Coordinate terms

hilagang kanluran norweste	hilaga norte	hilagang silangan nordeste
oksidente kanluran oeste		oryente silangan este
salatan/sur oeste timog-kanluran	sur timog	sur este timog-silangan

Derived terms

• Norte
• panorte

Further reading

• “norte”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018