polar

English

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Etymology

From Late Latin polāris

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

1. of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole)
2. 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.

Translations

relating to a geographic pole

• Armenian: բևեռային (hy) (beveṙayin)
• Czech: polární (cs)
• Esperanto: polusa (eo), polara (eo)
• Finnish: napa-, napaseudun, napaseutu-, polaarinen

• French: polaire (fr)
• German: polar (de)
• Ido: polara (io), polala (io)
• Polish: polarny (pl)

of an orbit passing near a geographic pole

• Finnish: napa- (fi), polaarinen (fi), polaari- (fi)

• German: polar (de)

having a dipole

• Finnish: polaarinen (fi)
• German: polar (de)

• Swedish: polär

of a certain coordinate system

• Armenian: բևեռային (hy) (beveṙayin)
• Czech: polární (cs)
• Finnish: polaarinen (fi), napa- (fi)

• French: polaire (fr)
• German: polar (de)
• Swedish: polär

Anagrams

• parol

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: [polaʁ]

Noun

polar m (plural polars)

1. (informal) detective novel

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Galician

Adjective

polar m and f (plural polares)

1. polar

Antonyms

• apolar

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German

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

1. polar

Declension

    Declension of polar

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

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Romanian

Adjective

polar m and n, (f: polară)

1. polar

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Spanish

Adjective

polar m and f (plural polares)

1. polar