different between southern vs apus

English

Etymology

From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English s?þerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþr?nijaz (“southern”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh?un-, *sh?wen-, r/n-stem alternation of *sóh?wl? (“sun”). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern”), Old Frisian s?thern, s?dern (“southern”), Middle Low German s?dern (“southern”), Middle High German sundern (“southern”), Icelandic suðrænn (“southern, tropical”). More at south.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?n/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?n/, enPR: s?th??rn
• (rare, parts of Ontario and Canadian prairies) IPA^(key): /?sa?ð?n/, enPR: south??rn

Adjective

southern (comparative more southern, superlative most southern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
2. Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.

3. Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

Synonyms

• southerly
• austral
• meridional

Antonyms

• northern
• boreal
• septentrional

Derived terms

• southern cassowary

Translations

Noun

southern (plural southerns)

1. Synonym of southerner

See also

• eastern
• western
• oriental
• occidental

Anagrams

• turnshoe

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??pu?]
• Hyphenation: apus
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

apa (“father”) +? -us (diminutive suffix)

Noun

apus

1. dad, daddy

Declension

Etymology 2

apu (“father”) +? -s (“-like, -related”, adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

apus (comparative apusabb, superlative legapusabb)

1. typical or characteristic of dad/daddy

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (ápous, “footless”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.pu?s/, [?äpu?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.pus/, [???pus]

Noun

ap?s m (genitive apodis); third declension

1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• apus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

apus

1. first-person singular preterite of apor

Romanian

Etymology

From the past participle of the verb apune (“to fade, set”), from Latin apponere. Was the traditional word for "west", but today vest is used as the standard term. Compare also the descendants of Latin ponens in the Western Romance languages, which developed the meaning of "west".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?pus/

Adjective

apus m or n (feminine singular apus?, masculine plural apu?i, feminine and neuter plural apuse)

1. (of celestial bodies) set
2. bygone, dead, vanished

Declension

Noun

apus n (plural apusuri)

1. (now uncommon) west
2. sunset
3. (figuratively) decline

Declension

Synonyms

• (west): vest (standard), occident
• (sunset): asfin?it

Antonyms

• (west): r?s?rit (also somewhat uncommon), est (standard), orient

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punct cardinal;

Verb

apus

1. past participle of apune