polar

See also: pölar

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]
• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

1. Of or having a pole or polarity.
2. (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
3. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
4. (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
5. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
6. (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

Derived terms

• polar bear
• polar opposite

Translations

relating to a geographic pole

• Armenian: բևեռային (beweṙayin)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: polární (cs)
• Esperanto: polusa, polara
• Finnish: napa-, napaseudun, napaseutu-, polaarinen (fi)
• French: polaire (fr)
• Galician: polar m or f
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• German: polar (de)
• Icelandic: heimskauts-, heimskauta-, pól-, heimskautalegur m
• Ido: polara (io), polala (io)
• Maori: mātaratara
• Persian: قطبی (fa) (qotbi)
• Polish: polarny (pl)
• Russian: поля́рный (ru) (poljárnyj), по́люсный (ru) (póljusnyj)
• Spanish: polar (es)

of an orbit passing near a geographic pole

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• Finnish: napa-, polaarinen (fi), polaari-
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• Galician: polar m or f
• German: polar (de)
• Spanish: polar (es)

having a dipole

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: poolinen, polaarinen (fi)
• Galician: polar m or f
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• German: polar (de)
• Spanish: polar (es)
• Swedish: polär (sv)
• Tagalog: taluktukin

of a certain coordinate system

• Armenian: բևեռային (beweṙayin)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: polární (cs)
• Finnish: polaarinen (fi), napa- (fi)
• French: polaire (fr)
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• Galician: polar m or f
• German: polar (de)
• Russian: поля́рный (ru) (poljárnyj)
• Spanish: polar (es)
• Swedish: polär (sv)

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• Greek: ^{(please verify)} πολικός -ή -ό (polikós -í -ó)
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Noun

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.

Anagrams

• ROLAP, parol, poral

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈlaɾ]

Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)

1. polar

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French

Etymology

From policier +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.laʁ/

Noun

polar m (plural polars)

1. (informal) detective novel

Further reading

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

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Galician

Adjective

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

Antonyms

• apolar

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaːɐ̯/

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

1. polar

Derived terms

• Polarmeer
• Polarnacht

Further reading

• “polar” in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun pol

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. polar

Derived terms

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

References

• “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the noun pol

Adjective

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

1. polar

Derived terms

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

Etymology 2

Noun

polar m

1. indefinite plural of pol

References

• “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlar/

Adjective

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

1. polar

Declension

Declension of polar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	polar		polară	polari	polare
	definite	polarul		polara	polarii	polarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	polar		polare	polari	polare
	definite	polarului		polarei	polarelor	polarilor

Derived terms

• urs polar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
• Hyphenation: po‧lar

Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

1. polar

Derived terms

• apolar
• oso polar
• polaridad

Related terms

• polo

Further reading

• “polar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014