different between auster vs northerly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st?(?)/, /??st?(?)/

Noun

auster

1. The south wind.

Synonyms

• southerly
• ostro

Antonyms

• boreas

Translations

References

• auster in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Sauter, Sutera, Tauers, Uretas, sauter, urates

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aust?rus.

Adjective

auster (feminine austera, masculine plural austers, feminine plural austeres)

1. austere

Derived terms

• austerament

Related terms

• austeritat

Further reading

• “auster” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “auster” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “auster” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “auster” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?ews- (“dawn”). Cognate with Latin aur?ra, English east.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?au?s.ter/, [?äu?s?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?au?s.ter/, [??u?st??r]

Noun

auster m (genitive austr?); second declension

1. The south wind
2. south (compass direction)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Synonyms

• (south wind): mer?di?s

Antonyms

• (north wind): bore?s, septentri?

Derived terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: austru
• Italian: ostro
  • ? English: ostro
• Old French: ostre
• Romanian: austru
• Spanish: austro

References

• auster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auster in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auster in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse austr.

Noun 1

auster m (definite singular austeren, indefinite plural austrar, definite plural austrane)

1. an act of scooping up something
2. (amount of) water which should be drained from a boat

Noun 2

auster f (definite singular austra, indefinite plural austrer, definite plural austrene)

1. a big ladle

Related terms

• ausa, ause (verb)

References

• “auster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French austère, from Latin austerus.

Adjective

auster m or n (feminine singular auster?, masculine plural austeri, feminine and neuter plural austere)

1. austere

Declension

Related terms

• austeritate

English

Etymology

northern +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?li/

Noun

northerly (plural northerlies)

1. A wind blowing from the north.

Synonyms

• boreas, northwind

Antonyms

• auster
• southerly

Translations

Adjective

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

1. Facing the north; directed towards the north.
2. Located in a northern region
3. Coming from the north.

Synonyms

• northly

Derived terms

• northerliness

Translations

Adverb

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

1. In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.
2. From the north.

Synonyms

• northly