different between septentrional vs septrional

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis, from septentri?n?s (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p?t?nt???n?l/

Adjective

septentrional (comparative more septentrional, superlative most septentrional)

1. (rare, literary) Pertaining to the north; northern.
   • 1901, George Gissing, By the Ionian Sea, chapter 9.

     Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

     Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.

Synonyms

• boreal
• northern

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional

Related terms

• occidental
• oriental

Translations

Anagrams

• prosentential

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /s?p.t?n.t?i.o?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /s?p.t?n.t?i.u?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sep.ten.t?i.o?nal/

Adjective

septentrional (masculine and feminine plural septentrionals)

1. northern

Synonyms

• del nord

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p.t??.t?i.j?.nal/
• Homophones: septentrionale, septentrionales

Adjective

septentrional (feminine singular septentrionale, masculine plural septentrionaux, feminine plural septentrionales)

1. northern (facing, situated in or related to the north); septentrional, boreal

Further reading

• “septentrional” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French septentrional, Latin septentri?n?lis.

Adjective

septentrional m or n (feminine singular septentrional?, masculine plural septentrionali, feminine and neuter plural septentrionale)

1. northern, septentrional

Declension

Synonyms

• nordic, boreal

Antonyms

• meridional, sudic, austral

Related terms

• septentrion

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis.

Adjective

septentrional (plural septentrionales)

1. northern

   Synonym: norteño

   Antonyms: meridional, sureño

Coordinate terms

• occidental
• oriental
• austral
• boreal
• norte

English

Etymology

From Latin septem tri?n?s, the seven stars of the Great Bear, from septem (“seven”) + tri?n?s (plural of tri? (“plow ox, plough ox”)).

Adjective

septrional (comparative more septrional, superlative most septrional)

1. (very rare) Of or coming from northern regions.

Related terms

• septentrional
• central
• meridional

Translations

Anagrams

• interposal, platoniser, prelations, prolinates, rantipoles