polar

See also: pölar

English

Etymology

From Late Latin polāris

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

  1. (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole).
  2. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
  3. (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
  4. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
  5. (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

Derived terms

Translations
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Noun

polar (plural polars)

  1. (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /poˈla/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /puˈla/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /poˈlaɾ/

Adjective

polar (masculine and feminine plural polars)

  1. polar

French

Etymology

From policier +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔlaʁ/

Noun

polar m (plural polars)

  1. (informal) detective novel

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

polar m or f (plural polares)

  1. polar

Antonyms

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poˈlaːɐ̯/

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

  1. polar

Declension
Declension of polar
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist polar sie ist polar es ist polar sie sind polar
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative polarer polare polares polare
genitive polaren polarer polaren polarer
dative polarem polarer polarem polaren
accusative polaren polare polares polare
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der polare die polare das polare die polaren
genitive des polaren der polaren des polaren der polaren
dative dem polaren der polaren dem polaren den polaren
accusative den polaren die polare das polare die polaren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein polarer eine polare ein polares (keine) polaren
genitive eines polaren einer polaren eines polaren (keiner) polaren
dative einem polaren einer polaren einem polaren (keinen) polaren
accusative einen polaren eine polare ein polares (keine) polaren

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun pol

Pronunciation
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Adjective

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

  1. polar

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the noun pol

Adjective

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

  1. polar
Derived terms

Noun

polar m

  1. indefinite plural of pol

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poˈlar/

Adjective

polar m or n (feminine singular polară, masculine plural polari, feminine and neuter plural polare)

  1. polar

Declension
declension of polar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative		 indefinite polar polară polari polare
definite polarul polara polarii polarele
genitive/
dative		 indefinite polar polare polari polare
definite polarului polarei polarilor polarelor

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poˈlaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lar

Adjective

polar (plural polares)

  1. polar
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