different between north vs norther

English

Etymology

From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Dutch noord, West Frisian noard, German Nord, Danish and Norwegian nord, all from a Proto-Germanic *nurþr?, and cognate with Greek ???????? (nérteros, “infernal, lower”). Ultimately, these may derive from either: (a) from Proto-Indo-European *h?ner- (“inner, under”), from *h?en (“in”); (b) alternatively from a Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“left, below”), as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n???/, /no??/, enPR: nôrth
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /n???/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /no??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Noun

north (countable and uncountable, plural norths)

1. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.

   Minnesota is in the north of the USA.

2. The up or positive direction.

   Stock prices are heading north.

3. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

Antonyms

• south

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Derived terms

Related terms

• Norse

Translations

Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

Adjective

north (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.

   He lived in north Germany.

   She entered through the north gate.

2. Toward the north; northward.
   • 1987, Ana María Brull Vázquez, Rosa E. Casas, Cuba, page 23:

     The most dangerous ones are those that develop during October and November and that follow a north path affecting the western part of the island.

3. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.

   The north wind was cold.

4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.

   north highway 1
5. (colloquial) More or greater than.

   The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.

Synonyms

• (of the north): boreal

Antonyms

• south

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

north (not comparable)

1. Toward the north; northward; northerly.

   Switzerland is north of Italy.

   We headed north.

Antonyms

• south

Translations

Verb

north (third-person singular simple present norths, present participle northing, simple past and past participle northed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
   • 1769, Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved (page 239)

     When at B you had northed 3.71 […]

Anagrams

• Rt Hon, Rt. Hon., Thorn, thorn

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) noor

Etymology

From English north.

Noun

north m

1. north

Synonyms

• kledhbarth

Antonyms

• dyghowbarth
• soth

Derived terms

• north-est (“north-east”)
• north-west (“north-west”)
• Penn-Aghel an North (“North Pole”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• norþ, northe, norþe, norrþ

Etymology

From Old English norþ, in turn from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?r?/

Noun

north

1. north, northernness
2. A location to the north; the north
3. The north wind

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): est, south, west

Related terms

• northerne
• Northfolk
• Northumberlond
• Northumbre

Descendants

• English: north
• Scots: north
• Yola: nordh

References

• “north, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adjective

north

1. north, northern
2. At the north

Descendants

• English: north
• Scots: north
• Yola: nordh

References

• “north, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adverb

north

1. To the north, northwards
2. From the north
3. In the north

Descendants

• English: north
• Scots: north
• Yola: nordh

References

• “north, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

English

Etymology

north +? -er

Pronunciation

• (noun, verb) IPA^(key): /?n??(?)??(?)/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?n??(?)ð?(?)/

Noun

norther (plural northers)

1. A strong north wind.
2. south wind

Derived terms

• blue norther

Verb

norther (third-person singular simple present northers, present participle northering, simple past and past participle northered)

1. Of the wind: to move toward the north.

Adjective

norther

1. (archaic, dialectal) comparative form of north: more north; northern

Derived terms

• northerly

Anagrams

• Thorner, horrent