polar

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See also: pölar

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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Translations

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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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)

  1. polar

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French

Etymology

From pol(icier) +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

Noun

polar m (plural polars)

  1. (informal) detective novel

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation

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Adjective

polar m or f (plural polares)

  1. polar
    Antonym: apolar

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)

  1. polar

Declension

Positive forms of polar (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist polar sie ist polar es ist polar sie sind polar
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative polarer polare polares polare
genitive polaren polarer polaren polarer
dative polarem polarer polarem polaren
accusative polaren polare polares polare
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der polare die polare das polare die polaren
genitive des polaren der polaren des polaren der polaren
dative dem polaren der polaren dem polaren den polaren
accusative den polaren die polare das polare die polaren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein polarer eine polare ein polares (keine) polaren
genitive eines polaren einer polaren eines polaren (keiner) polaren
dative einem polaren einer polaren einem polaren (keinen) polaren
accusative einen polaren eine polare ein polares (keine) polaren

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Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun pol.

Adjective

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

  1. polar

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the noun pol.

Adjective

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

  1. polar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

polar m

  1. indefinite plural of pol

References

Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

polar m inan

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

Declension

Declension of polar
singular plural
nominative polar polary
genitive polaru polarów
dative polarowi polarom
accusative polar polary
instrumental polarem polarami
locative polarze polarach
vocative polarze polary

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

polar m or f (plural polares)

  1. polar

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

Pronunciation

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

  1. polar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polar fleece.

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Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

  1. (Spain, textiles) fleecy

Noun

polar m (plural polares)

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

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

polar

  1. present indicative of pola
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