antipode
See also: Antipode
English
Etymology
Back-formation from antipodes.
Pronunciation
Noun
antipode (plural antipodes)
- Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.
- 1704, David Crawford, Love at First Sight: A Comedy[1], London: R. Basset, page 58:
- The very Reverse of a Wit. The Antipode of Sense.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 167:
- In many ways, Memphis was the antipode of Boston.
Derived terms
Translations
something directly opposite
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Further reading
References
- “antipode”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- ^ “antipode”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin antipodes, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + πόδες (pódes), nominative plural of πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
antipode m (plural antipodes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “antipode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + πόδες (pódes), nominative plural of πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
antipode m or f (plural antipodi)
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