polar

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polar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊlər/, Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːlɑː(ɾ)/

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.
      • 1900 December – 1901 August, H G Wells, The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, , published 1901, →OCLC:

        After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.

   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

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.

• ROLAP, parol, poral

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polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)

1. polar

• os polar
• polaritat

• pol

• “polar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “polar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “polar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “polar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From pol(icier) +‎ -ard.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.laʁ/

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polar m (plural polars)

1. (informal) detective novel

• “polar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

   Antonym: apolar

• “polar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaːɐ̯/

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polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)

1. polar

• Polarmeer
• Polarnacht

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

From the noun pol.

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

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

• “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the noun pol.

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

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

polar m

1. indefinite plural of pol

• “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

polar

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lar/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlar
• Syllabification: po‧lar

polar m inan

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

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

• Homophone: pular (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: po‧lar

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

• apolar
• estrela polar
• urso polar
• polaridade

• polo

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

• IPA^(key): /poˈlar/

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

1. polar

• urs polar

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

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

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

1. polar

Borrowed from English polar fleece.

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Forro polar

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polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

1. (Spain, textiles) fleecy

polar m (plural polares)

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

• “polar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

polar

1. present indicative of pola