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Antarctic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪk/ (General-American)
• /ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.

Meanings

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
   • Scientists have known for years that the Thwaites glacier is the soft underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet, and first found that it was unstable decades ago. 2014 May 12, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn”, in The Guardian:
   • We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers. 1972, George William Turner, The English Language in Australia and New Zealand, Longman, →ISBN, page 67:
2. (figuratively, obsolete) Opposite, contradictory.
3. (obsolete) Southern.

Forms

Deriveds

Antarctic English · Antarctic cod · Antarctic Circle · Antarctic Convergence · Antarctic toothfish · Antarctic Ocean · Antarctic petrel · British Antarctic Territory · Antarctic wolf · Antarctic 10

Relateds

Antarctica

Translations (40)

fi antarktinen (pertaining to Antarctica) · pl antarktyczny (pertaining to Antarctica) · de antarktisch (pertaining to Antarctica) · bg антарктичен (pertaining to Antarctica) · ga Antartach (pertaining to Antarctica) · ca antàrtic (pertaining to Antarctica) · gv antarctagh (pertaining to Antarctica) · cy Antarctig (pertaining to Antarctica) · nb antarktisk (pertaining to Antarctica) · da antarktisk (pertaining to Antarctica) · eo antarkta (pertaining to Antarctica) · ko 남극 (pertaining to Antarctica) · tl Antartiko (pertaining to Antarctica) · nl antarctisch (pertaining to Antarctica) · vi Nam Cực châu (pertaining to Antarctica) · pt antártico (pertaining to Antarctica) · ka ანტარქტიკული (pertaining to Antarctica) · ka ანტარქტიკის (pertaining to Antarctica) · it antartico (pertaining to Antarctica) · fi etelänapa- (pertaining to Antarctica) · nn antarktisk (pertaining to Antarctica) · hi अंटार्कटिक (pertaining to Antarctica) · cmn 南極 /南极 (pertaining to Antarctica) · fr antarctique (pertaining to Antarctica) · be антаркты́чны (pertaining to Antarctica) · sv antarktisk (pertaining to Antarctica) · el ανταρκτικός (pertaining to Antarctica) · ru антаркти́ческий (pertaining to Antarctica) · pl antarktydzki (pertaining to Antarctica) · ast antárticu (pertaining to Antarctica) · gl antártico (pertaining to Antarctica) · mt Antartiku (pertaining to Antarctica) · kos acntartik (pertaining to Antarctica) · vi châu Nam Cực (pertaining to Antarctica) · ro antarctic (pertaining to Antarctica) · nl Antarctisch (pertaining to Antarctica) · cs antarktický (pertaining to Antarctica) · mk антарктички (pertaining to Antarctica) · ja 南極 (pertaining to Antarctica) · es antártico (pertaining to Antarctica)

Antarctic en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪk/ (General-American)
• /ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.

Meanings

1. A continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south.
   • Meronyms: Antarctica, Antarctic Ocean, Southern Ocean (south-of-60° sense)

Forms

Deriveds

transantarctic

Translations (22)

hi अंटार्कटिक (major ecozone) · pl Antarktyka (major ecozone) · pt Antártico (major ecozone) · ka ანტარქტიკა (major ecozone) · gv Yn Antarctagh (major ecozone) · ja 南極 (major ecozone) · be Анта́рктыка (major ecozone) · cmn 南極 /南极 (major ecozone) · de Antarktis (major ecozone) · ga An tAntartach (major ecozone) · tl Antartiko (major ecozone) · bg Антарктика (major ecozone) · no Antarktis (major ecozone) · fi Antarktis (major ecozone) · km អង់តាកទិក (major ecozone) · hu Antarktisz (major ecozone) · uk Анта́рктика (major ecozone) · da Antarktis (major ecozone) · ru Анта́рктика (major ecozone) · hu Déli-sarkvidék (major ecozone) · gv Kione Jiass y Theihll (major ecozone) · ko 남극 (major ecozone)