polar

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See also: pölar

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to pole +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

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polar (not comparable)

  1. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
    1. (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
    2. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
    3. (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
    4. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
    5. (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
    6. (conceptual analysis) Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.
      polar viewpoints

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Noun

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polar (plural polars)

  1. (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

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Catalan

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polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)

  1. polar

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French

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Etymology

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From pol(icier) +‎ -ard.

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polar m (plural polars)

  1. (informal) detective novel

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: po‧lar

Adjective

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polar m or f (plural polares)

  1. polar
    Antonym: apolar

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German

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polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)

  1. polar

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Further reading

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  • polar” in Duden online
  • polar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From the noun pol.

Adjective

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polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

  1. polar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From the noun pol.

Adjective

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polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

  1. polar
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Noun

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polar m

  1. indefinite plural of pol

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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polar m inan

  1. fleece, polar fleece
  2. garment made from polar fleece

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adjective

Further reading

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  • polar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • polar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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polar m or f (plural polares)

  1. polar

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

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polar m or n (feminine singular polară, masculine plural polari, feminine and neuter plural polare)

  1. polar

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: po‧lar

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to polo +‎ -ar.

Adjective

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polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

  1. polar
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English polar fleece.

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Adjective

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polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

  1. (Spain, textiles) fleecy

Noun

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polar m (plural polares)

  1. (Spain, textiles)texture resembling or equal to polar fleece

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Swedish

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Verb

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polar

  1. present indicative of pola