polaire
French
Etymology
From Middle French polaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin polāris (“relating to poles”), from Latin polus (“pole or end of an axis”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “sky, pivot or axis of a sphere”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolo- (“turn around”), from *kʷel- (“to move around, to roll or wheel”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
polaire (plural polaires)
- (relational) of a pole (of an axis); polar
Derived terms
- cercle polaire
- nuit polaire
- ours polaire
- renard polaire
Noun
polaire f (plural polaires)
- fleece
- fleece jacket
Further reading
- “polaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ploiera