different between meridional vs meridionally

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin mer?di?n?lis, from mer?di?s (“noon; south”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????d??n?l/

Adjective

meridional (not comparable)

1. located in the south, southern; later especially, pertaining to the south of France or other southern parts of Europe. [from 14th c.]
   • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture

     Offices that require heat […] should be meridional.

2. (astronomy, geography) along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian [from 15th c.]
3. of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the south of France or other southern parts of Europe [from 19th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 740:

     This, Constance recognised, may have had nothing to do with the situation – it was probably just a meridional convention – for in the Mediterranean countries nobody trusts his neighbour [...].

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 270:

     As soon as he heard the news of the trial and execution, he summed up the incident as a monument to Catholic intolerance, meridional superstition and judicial bigotry – and he decided to do something about it.

Translations

Noun

meridional (plural meridionals)

1. an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France

Anagrams

• mineraloid

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mer?di?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /m?.?i.di.o?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /m?.?i.di.u?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.?i.di.o?nal/

Adjective

meridional (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)

1. southern

   Synonyms: del sud, austral

Related terms

• meridià

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

Further reading

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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meridju?nal/

Adjective

meridional

1. southern

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mer?di?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /m??iðju?na?/

Adjective

meridional m or f (plural meridionais, comparable)

1. southern (located in or relating to the south)

   Synonyms: austral, sulista

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French méridional, Latin mer?di?n?lis.

Adjective

meridional m or n (feminine singular meridional?, masculine plural meridionali, feminine and neuter plural meridionale)

1. southern, meridional

   Synonyms: sudic, austral

   Antonyms: nordic, septentrional, boreal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mer?di?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?idjo?nal/, [me.?i.ð?jo?nal]

Adjective

meridional (plural meridionales)

1. southern

   Synonyms: austral, sureño

   Antonyms: septentrional, norteño

Related terms

Venetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mer?di?n?lis. Compare Italian meridionale

Adjective

meridional m (feminine singular meridionala, masculine plural meridionali, feminine plural meridionale)

1. southern, south (attributive)

   Antonym: setentrional

English

Etymology

meridional +? -ly

Adverb

meridionally (not comparable)

1. In a meridional manner
2. With regard to, or in the direction of a meridian

Translations