austral

See also: Austral

English

WOTD – 20 March 2006

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin australis (“southern”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

austral (comparative more austral, superlative most austral)

1. Of, relating to, or coming from the south.

   an austral migrant

Synonyms

• meridional
• southern

Antonyms

• boreal
• septentrional
• northern

Related terms

• Australian
• aurora australis
• oriental
• occidental

Translations

Of, relating to, or coming from the south

• Bulgarian: южен (južen)
• Catalan: austral (ca)
• Czech: polední (cs) (obsolete), jižní (cs), jihozemský (rare)
• French: austral (fr)
• German: südlich (de)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: australe (it)
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• Polish: południowy (pl)
• Portuguese: austral (pt)
• Russian: ю́жный (ru) (júžnyj)
• Spanish: austral (es)
• Turkish: güney (tr)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish austral, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin australis.

Noun

austral (plural australs)

1. A former currency of Argentina.

Translations

currency

• French: austral (fr)
• Italian: australe (it)
• Portuguese: austral (pt) m
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• Russian: аустра́ль (ru) m (austrálʹ)
• Spanish: austral (es) m

See also

• occidental
• oriental

Anagrams

• Alturas

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin australis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /os.tʁal/

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• Homophones: australe, australes

Adjective

austral (feminine australe, masculine plural austraux, feminine plural australes)

1. austral

Antonyms

• boréal

Further reading

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

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin australis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʊ̯sˈtʀaːl]

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

austral (not comparable)

1. austral

Antonyms

• boreal

Further reading

• “austral” in Duden online

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin austrālis.

Adjective

1. southern; austral (of, relating to, or coming from the south)

Synonyms

• meridional, sulista

Antonyms

• boreal, setentrional, nortenho

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish austral, from Latin austrālis.

Noun

austral m (plural austrais)

1. austral (short-lived Argentinian currency)

Related terms

• austro

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French austral, Latin australis.

Adjective

austral m or n (feminine singular australă, masculine plural australi, feminine and neuter plural australe)

1. southern, austral

Declension

Declension of austral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	austral		australă	australi	australe
	definite	australul		australa	australii	australele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	austral		australe	australi	australe
	definite	australului		australei	australilor	australelor

Synonyms

• sudic, meridional

Antonyms

• boreal, nordic

Related terms

• austru

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• ₳ (symbol)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin australis.

Adjective

1. southern; austral (of, relating to, or coming from the south)

Synonyms

• meridional

Antonyms

• boreal, septentrional, norteño

Derived terms

• aurora austral

Noun

austral m (plural australes)

1. austral (short-lived Argentinian currency)