septentrional

septentrional

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl/

Adjective

septentrional (comparative more septentrional, superlative most septentrional)

1. (rare, literary) Pertaining to the north; northern.
   • 1901, George Gissing, By the Ionian Sea, chapter 9.

     Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

     Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.

Synonyms

• boreal
• northern

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional

Coordinate terms

• Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):

NW N NE W E SW S SE

n-occ sept n-or occ or s-occ mer s-or

Related terms

• occidental
• oriental

Translations

northern

Catalan: septentrional (ca) Finnish: pohjoinen (fi)

Anagrams

• prosentential

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səp.tən.tɾi.oˈnal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /səp.tən.tɾi.uˈnal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sep.ten.tɾi.oˈnal/

Adjective

septentrional (masculine and feminine plural septentrionals)

1. northern

Synonyms

• del nord
• boreal

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)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp.tɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ.nal/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Homophones: septentrionale, septentrionales

Adjective

septentrional (feminine septentrionale, masculine plural septentrionaux, feminine plural septentrionales)

1. northern (facing, situated in or related to the north); septentrional, boreal

Further reading

• “septentrional”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French septentrional, Latin septentriōnālis.

Adjective

septentrional m or n (feminine singular septentrională, masculine plural septentrionali, feminine and neuter plural septentrionale)

1. northern, septentrional

Declension

Declension of septentrional

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	septentrional		septentrională	septentrionali	septentrionale
	definite	septentrionalul		septentrionala	septentrionalii	septentrionalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	septentrional		septentrionale	septentrionali	septentrionale
	definite	septentrionalului		septentrionalei	septentrionalilor	septentrionalelor

Synonyms

• nordic, boreal

Antonyms

• meridional, sudic, austral

Related terms

• septentrion

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis.

Adjective

septentrional (plural septentrionales)

1. northern

   Synonym: norteño

   Antonyms: meridional, sureño

Coordinate terms

• occidental
• oriental
• austral
• boreal
• norte

Further reading

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