nord
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- nord-africà
- nord-americà
- nord-coreà
- nord-est
- nord-oest
Related terms
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, 2024
- “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
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
Declension
common gender |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | nord | norden |
genitive | nords | nordens |
References
- “nord” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Inherited 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
- (France) IPA(key): /nɔʁ/
- (southern France) IPA(key): /n̪ɔʁ̥/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /naɔ̯ʁ/, /nɑɔ̯ʁ/
Audio (France) (file)
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
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “nord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Interlingua
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
- IPA: [ˈnɔrdə]
Derived terms
- nord magnetico
- nordest, nord-est
- nordico
- nordista
- nord-nord-est
- nord-nord-ovest
- nordovest, nord-ovest
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”).
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːɾ/
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)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːr/, [nu̞ːr], [nu̞ːɾ], [nu̞ːʁ]
- (thick L) IPA(key): [nu̞ːɽ]
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
- (antonym(s) of “of north”): sør
Derived terms
References
- “nord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, akin to Old English norþ, Old Norse norðr.
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/
Declension
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) punct cardinal;
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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”).
Antonyms
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːɖ/
audio (file)