south
See also: South and souð
English
South.
Etymology
From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą. Compare West Frisian súd, Dutch zuid, German Süd, Danish syd.
Pronunciation
- enPR: south
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /saʊθ/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /sʌʊθ/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /sæoθ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊθ
Noun
south (countable and uncountable, plural souths)
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 180° (being directed towards the South Pole); conventionally downwards on a map.
- Alternative form: (abbreviation) S
- The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
- 1996, Andrew W. Conrad; Alma Rubal-Lopez, Post-Imperial English: Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 343:
- Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south ...
- 2014, Fanar Haddad, Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131:
- What was said [prior to 2003] is that the south rebelled. Even then; rebelled? What rebelled? Who was supporting Saddam other than the people of the south?
- 2019, Allan Thompson, Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 322:
- When Nimeiri ended that autonomy in 1983, the south took up arms. This Second Sudanese Civil War ended only after four years of formal talks […]
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- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- 1998, Leonel L. Mitchell, Pastoral and Occasional Liturgies: A Ceremonial Guide, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 49:
- If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.
- 2002, John L. Hooker, In the Shadows of Holy Week: The Office of Tenebrae, Church Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
- It is to be situated in the chancel on the right (i.e., liturgical south) side of the church.
- 2009, Carol Mary Richardson, Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century, BRILL, →ISBN, page 389:
- It was moved from its original location in 1507 hardly a decade after it was completed, to the bottom of the liturgical south aisle along with the free-standing chapel of the relic of the lance.
- 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:
- […] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, […] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and the south side, Ashley River Road. […] The pulpit and reading desk are at ecclesiastical northeast, and the organ pipes and 1706 memorial at ecclesiastical south. At St. Andrew's, ecclesiastical north, south, east, and west correspond to geographical northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest. Unless otherwise indicated, compass directions given in this book are ecclesiastical, not geographical, reference points.
- 2017, Cameron Macdonell, Ghost Storeys: Ralph Adams Cram, Modern Gothic Media, and Deconstructive Microhistory at a Canadian Church, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN:
- The new St Mary's Anglican Church, Walkerville, has an attached rectory flanking to the liturgical south and an attached parish hall flanking to the liturgical north, both half-timbered in the Tudor Revival style. [Referring to a church that is oriented SSE, making "south" WSW]
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- (figurative) down or the negative direction
- His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.
- (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet
Coordinate terms
(compass points)
| northwest | north | northeast |
| west |  | east |
| southwest | south | southeast |
Derived terms
terms derived from south
- Global South
- magnetic south
- south by east
- south by west
- southbound
- southeast
- southed
- southerly
- southern
- southerner
- southing
- southland, Southland
- south side, southside
- south-southeast
- south-southwest
- southward
- southwardly
- southwards
- southwest
Translations
- Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
compass point
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Adjective
south (not comparable)
- Toward the south; southward.
- (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
- Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
- south highway 1
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
- 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:
- Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, […] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and the south side, Ashley River Road.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from south (adjective)
- Matabeleland South
- Perth South
- South Acton
- South Africa
- South America
- South Anston
- South Arm
- South Australia
- South Ayrshire
- South Bank
- South Barrow
- South Beaver Dam
- South Bend
- South Brent
- South Brisbane
- South Bucks
- South Cambridgeshire
- South Carolina
- South Cave
- South Croydon
- South Dakota
- South Darenth
- South Darley
- South Derbyshire
- South Downs
- South Elmsall
- South Foreland
- South Fulton
- South Glamorgan
- South Glengarry
- South Gloucestershire
- South Godstone
- South Gosforth
- South Gyle
- South Hampstead
- South Hampton
- South Hams
- South Harefield
- South Harrison
- South Hayling
- South Heath
- South Hiendley
- South Hylton
- South Island
- South Kelsey
- South Kensington
- South Kesteven
- South Kilburn
- South Kirkby
- South Lakeland
- South Lambeth
- South Lanarkshire
- South Littleton
- South Luffenham
- South Lynn
- South Marston
- South Muskham
- South Newsham
- South Newton
- South Norfolk
- South Normanton
- South Northamptonshire
- South Norwood
- South Nutfield
- South Ockendon
- South Otterington
- South Oxfordshire
- South Park
- South Pelaw
- South Pole, south pole
- South Queensferry
- South Ribble
- South Ronaldsay
- South Ruislip
- South Shields
- South Shore
- south side
- South Somerset
- South Staffordshire
- South Tottenham
- South Tyne
- South Tyneside
- South Uist
- South Wales
- South Walsham
- South Wigston
- South Wingfield
- South Witham
- South Woodford
- South Woodham Ferrers
- South Yardley
- South Yarra
Translations
of or pertaining to the south
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Adverb
south (not comparable)
- Toward the south; southward.
- Downward.
- In an adverse direction or trend (go south).
- (meteorology) Of wind, from the south.
Translations
towards the south
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of wind: from the south
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in an adverse direction or trend
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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Verb
south (third-person singular simple present souths, present participle southing, simple past and past participle southed)
- To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
- (astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
- The moon souths at nine.
Anagrams
- Houts, Huots, houts, shout, thous
Middle English
Alternative forms
- souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht, zouth
Etymology
From Old English sūþ, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suːθ/
- Rhymes: -uːθ
Noun
south
- south, southernness
- A location to the south; the south
- The south wind
Coordinate terms
- (compass point): north, est, west
Related terms
- southerne
- Suffolk
Descendants
- English: south
- Scots: sooth
- Yola: zouth
References
- “sǒuth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adjective
south
- south, southern
- At the south
Descendants
- English: south
- Scots: sooth
References
- “sǒuth, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adverb
south
- To the south, southwards, southbound
- From the south, southern
- In the south
Descendants
- English: south
- Scots: sooth
References
- “sǒuth, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.