different between southern vs southren

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

Middle English

Adjective

southren

1. Alternative form of southerne

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)