polaire

French

Etymology

From Middle French polaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin polāris (“relating to poles”), from Latin polus (“pole or end of an axis”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “sky, pivot or axis of a sphere”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolo- (“turn around”), from *kʷel- (“to move around, to roll or wheel”).

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Adjective

polaire (plural polaires)

1. (relational) of a pole (of an axis); polar

Derived terms

• cercle polaire
• nuit polaire
• ours polaire
• renard polaire

Noun

polaire f (plural polaires)

1. fleece
2. fleece jacket

Further reading

• “polaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ploiera