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gelid
English
Etymology
First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?d??l.?d/
Adjective
gelid (comparative more gelid, superlative most gelid)
- Very cold; icy or frosty.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Of Cassandra-Marat we have spoken often; yet the most surprising truth remains to be spoken: that he actually does not want sense; but, with croaking gelid throat, croaks out masses of the truth, on several things.
- 1898, Florence Earle Coates, Siberia
- Above the gelid source of mountain springs,
?A solitary eagle, circling, flies.
- Above the gelid source of mountain springs,
- 2005, Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams:
- In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
Derived terms
- gelidity / gelidness
- gelidly
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- glide, lidge, liged
Dutch
Etymology
From ge- +? lid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l?t/
- Hyphenation: ge?lid
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
gelid n (plural gelederen)
- row of a formation, battle line
- an organizational rank, especially a military rank
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gelid
Noun
gelid n (plural geleden)
- a joint, a point of articulation
Anagrams
- gilde, ledig
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *g?eleti (“to graze”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *g?lew-, extension from *g?el- (“throat”), which could be imitative. See also Old English ceole, German Kehle, Proto-Slavic *gl?tati (“to devour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e.l??ð/
Verb
gelid (conjunct ·geil, verbal noun gelt)
- to graze, consume
- c. 700, De Origine Scoticae Linguae from the Yellow Book of Lecan, O'Mulc. 830
- c. 800, Immacaldam Choluim Cille ? ind óclaig, published in "The Lough Foyle Colloquy Texts: Immacaldam Choluim Chille 7 ind Óclaig oc Carraic Eolairg and Immacaldam in Druad Brain 7 Inna Ban?átho Febuil Ós Loch ?ebuil", Ériu 52 (2002), pp. 53-87, edited and with translations by John Carey,
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 80a11
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 143b1
- c. 700, De Origine Scoticae Linguae from the Yellow Book of Lecan, O'Mulc. 830
Inflection
Derived terms
- con·geil
- fo·geil
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gelid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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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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