north pole

See also: north-pole and North Pole

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːθ ˈpəʊl/
• IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ ˈpoʊl/

Noun

north pole (plural north poles)

1. The northernmost point on celestial bodies other than Earth.
2. The positive pole of a magnetic dipole that seeks geographic north.

Synonyms

• (positive magnetic pole): positive pole, north-seeking pole, N-pole

Antonyms

• (positive magnetic pole): negative pole, south pole, south-seeking pole, S-pole

Translations

northernmost point on celestial bodies

• Arabic: اَلْقُطْب اَلشَّمَالِيّ m (al-quṭb aš-šamāliyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北極／北极 (zh) (Běijí), 北极 (zh) (běijí)

• Dutch: noordpool (nl) m
• Finnish: pohjoisnapa (fi)
• French: pôle Nord (fr) m
• German: Nordpol (de) m
• Hindi: उत्तरी ध्रुव (uttarī dhruv)
• Hungarian: Északi-sark (hu)
• Japanese: 北極 (ja) (ほっきょく, hokkyoku), 北極点 (ja) (ほっきょくてん, hokkyokuten)
• Korean: 북극 (ko) (bukgeuk) (北極 (ko))
• Malay: kutub utara
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: pito raki, pito ki te raki
• Persian: قطب شمال (qotb-e šomâl)
• Polish: biegun północny m
• Portuguese: polo norte m
• Russian: се́верный по́люс m (sévernyj póljus)
• Spanish: polo norte m
• Swedish: nordpol (sv) c
• Tagalog: hilagang taluktok
• Urdu: قطب شمالی m (qutab śumālī)
• Vietnamese: bắc cực (vi) (北極)
• Volapük: nolüdapov (vo)

positive pole of a magnetic dipole

• Dutch: noordpool (nl) m
• Finnish: pohjoisnapa (fi)
• French: pôle nord (fr) m
• German: Nordpol (de) m
• Japanese: N極 (ja) (enu-kyoku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: biegun północny m
• Portuguese: polo norte m
• Russian: се́верный по́люс m (sévernyj póljus)
• Spanish: polo norte m
• Tagalog: hilagang balniing taluktok

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• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: kutub utara
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: ఉత్తర దృవం (uttara druvam)