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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adverb

[ English

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /nɔːθ/ or /noːɻθ/

SAMPA: /nO:T/ or /no:r\`T/

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  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)θ

[ Etymology

Old English norþ

[ Noun

Singular north

Plural uncountable

north (uncountable)

1. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
2. The up or positive direction.

   Stock prices are heading north.

3. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks Earth's magnetic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

[ Derived terms

magnetic north northbound northeast northerly northern northerner northing

north-northeast north-northwest northward northwardly northwards northwest

[ Related terms

• east
• south
• west

[ Translations

compass point

Albanian: veri sq(sq) m. Arabic: شمال ar(ar) (šamāl) Aramaic: Syriac: ܓܪܒܝܐ (garbyā, garbyo) f. Hebrew: גרביא (garbyā, garbyo) f. Basque: ipar, helburu (fig.) Bosnian: sjever bs(bs) m. Breton: norzh m. Bulgarian: север bg(bg) (séver) Catalan: nord m., septentrió m. Chinese: 北 (běi) Crimean Tatar: şimal, sırt Croatian: sjever hr(hr) Czech: sever m., půlnoc f. (obsolete) Dutch: noorden nl(nl) n. Esperanto: nordo Estonian: põhi et(et) Finnish: pohjoinen fi(fi) French: nord m., septentrion m. (old) German: Norden de(de) m., nord de(de) Greek: βορράς el(el) (vorrás) Hebrew: צָּפוֹן (tzafon) Hindi: उत्तर (uttar) m. Hungarian: észak hu(hu) Icelandic: norður is(is) n. Ido: nordo Indonesian: utara id(id) Interlingua: nord Italian: nord it(it), settentrione it(it) Japanese: 北 (きた, kita) Javanese: lor, ler Korean: 북 (buk) Kurdish: bakur, باکور Latin: borealis la(la)

Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Malay: utara ms(ms) Malayalam: വടക്ക് (vatakku) Maltese: tramuntana, ta' fuq Manchu: (amargi) Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Old Norse: norðr n. Oriya: please add this translation if you can Persian: شمال fa(fa) (shomaal) Polish: północ pl(pl) f. Portuguese: norte pt(pt) m. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: север ru(ru) (sever) m. Sanskrit: उत्तर (uttara) m. Scottish Gaelic: tuath m. Serbian: Cyrillic: север m. Roman: sever m. Slovak: sever sk(sk) m. Slovene: sever sl(sl) m. Spanish: norte es(es) m. Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: nord sv(sv) Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: ఉత్తరం (uttaram) Thai: ทิศ (tít) Turkish: kuzey, şimal (obsolete) Urdu: شمال ur(ur) (šamāl) m. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: gogledd cy(cy) m. West Frisian: noarden n., noard Yiddish: צפֿון (tsofn) m.

up or positive direction

Finnish: koillinen fi(fi)

north pole of a magnet

Finnish: pohjoisnapa fi(fi)

[ Adjective

north

1. Toward the north; northward.
2. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
3. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.

   north highway 1

[ Synonyms

• (of the north): boreal

[ Translations

Basque: iparreko, ipartar Breton: norzh Croatian: sjeverni hr(hr) Czech: severní m,f,n Dutch: noord nl(nl), noordelijk nl(nl) Esperanto: norda eo(eo) Finnish: pohjoinen fi(fi) French: nord, septentrional, boréal West Frisian: noard, noardlik German: nordwärts (1, 3), nördlich (2, 4) Greek: βόρειος, βορεινός Hungarian: északi

Interlingua: del nord, nordic, septentrional Italian: settentrionale, nordico Latin: borealis la(la) Manchu: amargi Norwegian: nord no(no) Old Norse: norðr Polish: północny m., północna f., północne n. Portuguese: nortista m. & f., do norte, nórdico m., setentrional m. & f. Slovak: severný m., severná f., severné n. Spanish: norteño es(es) Swedish: norr sv(sv) Welsh: gogleddol cy(cy)

[ Adverb

north

1. Toward the north; northward.
2. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
3. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
4. Pertaining to thee part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.

   north highway 1