antipodean

English

WOTD – 06 November 2011    

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæn.tɪp.əʊˌdɪi.ən/ X-SAMPA: /"{n.tIp.@U%di:.@n/

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Adjective

antipodean (not comparable)

1. diametrically opposed
2. relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth
3. (informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
   • 2000: Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, pages 10-11:

     So there is a certain sense of achievement just in arriving in Australia—a pleasure and satisfaction to be able to step from the airport terminal into dazzling antipodean sunshine...

Related terms

• antipodes

Translations

diametrically opposed

• Finnish: vastapäinen (fi), vastakkainen (fi)

• Russian: диаметрально противоположный (ru) (diametralʹno protivopoložnyj)

situated at opposite sides of the Earth

• Finnish: antipodinen (fi)

• German: antipodisch (de)
• Russian: антиподный (ru) (antipodnyj)

(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand

• Russian: австралийский (ru) , новозеландский (ru) 

Noun

antipodean (plural antipodeans)

1. An inhabitant of the antipodes.

Translations

inhabitant of the antipodes

• German: Antipode (de) m, Gegenfüßler (de) m