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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s)

Noun

boreas (plural boreases)

1. (obsolete, poetic) The north wind.

Synonyms

• northerly

Antonyms

• auster
• southerly

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• sea orb

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bo.re.a?s/, [?b??eä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bo.re.as/, [?b?????s]

Noun

bore?s m (genitive boreae); first declension

1. north wind
2. north (compass direction)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -?s).

Synonyms

• (north wind): septentri?

Antonyms

• (north wind): auster, mer?di?s

Derived terms

• bore?lis

Descendants

References

• boreas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• boreas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• boreas in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• boreas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• boreas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bore?lis (“northern”), from Bore?s, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s, “personification of the north wind”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?????l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??i.?l/
• Rhymes: -?????l

Adjective

boreal (comparative more boreal, superlative most boreal)

1. Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

Synonyms

• septentrional
• northern

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional

Related terms

• oriental
• occidental

Translations

Anagrams

• albero

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bore?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /bo.?e?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bu.?e?al/

Adjective

boreal (masculine and feminine plural boreals)

1. boreal, northern

Related terms

• boira

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin borealis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?e?a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

boreal (not comparable)

1. boreal

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bore?lis (“northern”), from Bore?s, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s, “personification of the north wind”).

Adjective

boreal m or f (plural boreais, comparable)

1. boreal (relating to the north)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French boréal, Latin bore?lis (“northern”), from Bore?s, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s, “personification of the north wind”).

Adjective

boreal m or n (feminine singular boreal?, masculine plural boreali, feminine and neuter plural boreale)

1. northern, boreal

Declension

Synonyms

• nordic, septentrional

Antonyms

• austral, sudic, meridional

See also

• bur?

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bore?lis (“northern”), from Bore?s, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s, “personification of the north wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?e?al/, [bo.?e?al]

Adjective

boreal (plural boreales)

1. boreal, north, northern

Derived terms

• aurora boreal
• zifio calderón boreal

Related terms

• boira

Further reading

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