Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 112212 6815308 2009-06-17T22:44:13Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|arctic}} ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|fro}} {{term|artique}} (with ''-c-'' reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from {{etyl|la}} {{term|articus}}, {{term|arcticus}}, from {{etyl|grc}} {{term|ἀρκτικός||northern, of the (Great) Bear|sc=polytonic}}, from {{term|ἄρκτος||bear, Ursa Major|sc=polytonic}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈɑːktɪk/}} * {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ˈɑɻktɪk/|/ˈɑɻtɪk/}} * {{audio|en-us-Arctic.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Proper noun=== {{en-proper noun}} # A region of the [[Earth]] above the [[Arctic Circle]], containing the [[North Pole]]. ===Adjective=== {{en-adjective}} # Pertaining to or of the Arctic. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|a region of the Earth above the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|arktik|xs=Albanian}} * Finnish: [[arktinen]] [[alue]] * French: {{t+|fr|arctique}} * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|Arktisz}} * [[Ido]]: [[arktiko]] * Japanese: [[北極]] (hokkyoku) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[북극]] (bukkeuk) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|Арктик|m|tr=Árktik|sc=Cyrl}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|Arctica}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|Арктика|f|tr=Árktika|sc=Cyrl}} * Swedish: [[arktis]] {{trans-bottom}} ====Derived terms==== * [[Arctic fox]] * [[Arctic hare]] * [[Arctic conditions]] * [[Sub-arctic]] <!-- or sub-Arctic???--> [[Category:English proper nouns]] [[Category:Geography]] [[et:Arctic]] [[el:Arctic]] [[fr:Arctic]] [[ko:Arctic]] [[io:Arctic]] [[lo:Arctic]] [[pl:Arctic]] [[sv:Arctic]] [[th:Arctic]] [[zh:Arctic]]