different between chilly vs polar
chilly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?t??li/
- Rhymes: -?li
- Homophones: Chile, chile, chili, chilli
Etymology 1
chill +? -y.
Adjective
chilly (comparative chillier, superlative chilliest)
- Cold enough to cause discomfort.
- Feeling uncomfortably cold.
- (figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:cold
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
See chili.
Noun
chilly (plural chillies)
- Alternative spelling of chili.
References
- chilly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chilly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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polar
English
Etymology
From Late Latin pol?ris , equivalent to pole + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p???l?(?)/, [?p????l?(?)]
- (US) IPA(key): /?po??l?/, [?p?o??l?]
- Rhymes: -??l?(?)
Adjective
polar (not comparable)
- Of or having a pole or polarity.
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
- (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
- (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
- (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
Derived terms
- polar bear
- polar nucleus
- polar opposite
Translations
Noun
polar (plural polars)
- (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
Anagrams
- ROLAP, parol, poral
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /po?la/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pu?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /po?la?/
Adjective
polar (masculine and feminine plural polars)
- polar
Derived terms
- ós polar
French
Etymology
From policier +? -ard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?.la?/
Noun
polar m (plural polars)
- (informal) detective novel
Further reading
- “polar” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
polar m or f (plural polares)
- polar
Antonyms
- apolar
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po?la???/
Adjective
polar (not comparable)
- polar
Declension
Derived terms
- Polarmeer
- Polarnacht
Further reading
- “polar” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun pol
Pronunciation
Adjective
polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)
- polar
Derived terms
- polarisere
- polarsirkel
References
- “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From the noun pol
Adjective
polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)
- polar
Derived terms
- polarisere
- polarsirkel
Etymology 2
Noun
polar m
- indefinite plural of pol
References
- “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pol?ris, Italian polare and French polaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po?lar/
Adjective
polar m or n (feminine singular polar?, masculine plural polari, feminine and neuter plural polare)
- polar
Declension
Derived terms
- urs polar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po?la?/, [po?la?]
- Hyphenation: po?lar
Adjective
polar (plural polares)
- polar
Derived terms
- apolar
- casquete polar
- estrella polar
- oso polar
- polaridad
Related terms
- polo
Further reading
- “polar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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