meridional
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin merīdiōnālis, from merīdiēs (“noon; south”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
meridional (not comparable)
- located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe. [from 14th c.]
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, OCLC 17479433:
- Offices that require heat […] should be meridional.
- 2021, Pablo A. Baisotti, A New Struggle for Independence in Modern Latin America, Routledge:
- For much of the 19th century what we now know as South America was called Meridional America
- (astronomy, geography, meteorology) along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian [from 15th c.]
- Antonym: zonal
- of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe [from 19th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 740:
- This, Constance recognised, may have had nothing to do with the situation – it was probably just a meridional convention – for in the Mediterranean countries nobody trusts his neighbour [...].
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 270:
- As soon as he heard the news of the trial and execution, he summed up the incident as a monument to Catholic intolerance, meridional superstition and judicial bigotry – and he decided to do something about it.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 740:
Coordinate terms[edit]
- Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):
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Noun[edit]
meridional (plural meridionals)
- an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /mə.ɾi.di.oˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mə.ɾi.di.uˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /me.ɾi.di.oˈnal/
Adjective[edit]
meridional (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)
Noun[edit]
meridional m or f (plural meridionals)
- southerner
- Synonym: habitant del sud
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
(compass points) punt cardinal;
nord-oest (n-occ) |
nord (sept) |
nord-est (n-or) |
oest (occ) |
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est (or) |
sud-oest (s-occ) |
sud (mer) |
sud-est (s-or) |
Further reading[edit]
- “meridional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “meridional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “meridional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “meridional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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meridional
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
meridional m or f (plural meridionais)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French méridional, Latin merīdiōnālis.
Adjective[edit]
meridional m or n (feminine singular meridională, masculine plural meridionali, feminine and neuter plural meridionale)
- southern, meridional
- Synonyms: sudic, austral
- Antonyms: nordic, septentrional, boreal
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | meridional | meridională | meridionali | meridionale | ||
definite | meridionalul | meridionala | meridionalii | meridionalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | meridional | meridionale | meridionali | meridionale | ||
definite | meridionalului | meridionalei | meridionalilor | meridionalelor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
meridional (plural meridionales)
- southern
- Synonyms: austral, sureño
- Antonyms: septentrional, norteño
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “meridional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Compare Italian meridionale.
Adjective[edit]
meridional m (feminine singular meridionala, masculine plural meridionali, feminine plural meridionale)
- southern, south (attributive)
- Antonym: setentrional
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