different between northern vs fornax

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?nijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordr?ni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, /?n??ðn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, enPR: nôr?th?rn
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?(?)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

Latin

Alternative forms

• furn?x

Etymology

Related to furnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?for.na?ks/, [?f?rnä?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?for.naks/, [?f?rn?ks]

Noun

forn?x f (genitive forn?cis); third declension

1. a furnace, oven, kiln

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (oven): furnus

Derived terms

Related terms

• furnus

Descendants

References

• fornax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fornax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fornax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• fornax in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin