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Arctic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑː(k).tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɑɹ(k).tɪk/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English artik, artyk (with the c reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.

Meanings

1. (in-compounds, not-comparable) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
   • […] on th’ other side Incenc’t with indignation Satan stood Unterrifi’d, and like a Comet burn’d, That fires the length of Ophiucus huge In th’ Artick Sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes Pestilence and Warr. 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 706-711:
   • A medical examination determined who was to be sent on to Norilsk in the Arctic. 1968, Robert Conquest, “A Nation in Torment”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 327:
   • What neede the artick people loue star-light, To whom the sunne shines both by day and night. 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
3. (not-comparable) Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the climate of the Arctic.
   • See freedom smiling thro’ the realms of frost, And glow on Labradore’s inclement coast, Tho’ darkness sheds deep night thro’ half the year, And snow invests the clime,—that clime is dear, For there fair liberty resides, and there At large the native breasts the searching air, Where blows the arctic tempests icy gale, And famine seizes on the spermy whale, 1788, Samuel Jackson Pratt, Humanity, or the Rights of Nature, London: T. Cadell, Book 2, p. 96:
   • ‘Could you close that window, please!’ Strickland called, dialling again. ‘It's bloody arctic down this end.’ 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 45:
4. (not-comparable) Designed for use in very cold conditions.
   • Arctic gear

Forms

Translations (74)

uk аркти́чний (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · sl arktičen (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · ro arctic (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · ru аркти́ческий (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · lo ອາກຕິກ (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · da arktisk (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · da arktisk (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · scn àrticu (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · pt ártico (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · fr arctique (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · nl Arctisch (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · nn arktisk (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · th อาร์กติก (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · mi mātaratara (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · is norðurheimskauts- (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · pt glacial (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · es árctico (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · is norðurskauts- (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · tr buzul (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · vi vùng Bắc Cực (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · is hánorrænn (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · de arktisch (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · cy Arctig (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · id Arktika (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · km អាកទិក (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · es ártico (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · ka არქტიკული (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · ro arctic (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · bg аркти́чен (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · sv arktisk (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · es árctico (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · ca àrtic (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · sv arktisk (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · gl ártico (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · tr Kuzey Kutbu (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · pl arktyczny (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · nb arktisk (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · ga Artach (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · ka არქტიკის (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · be аркты́чны (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · hy բևեռային (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · ru аркти́ческий (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · nl arctisch (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · se arktalaš (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · ka არქტიკული (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · fr arctique (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · is arktískur (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · cs arktický (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · mk арктички (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · gv arctagh (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · pt ártico (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · ga Artach (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · fi jääkylmä (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · sh а̀рктичкӣ (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · it artico (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · bg аркти́чен (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · tl Artiko (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · my အာတိတ် (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · el αρκτικός (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · fi arktinen (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · de arktisch (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · fi arktinen (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · tr arktik (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · ar قُطْبِيّ شَمَالِيّ (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · sh àrktičkī (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · es glacial (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · eo arkta (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · kl issittoq (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · is norðurpóls- (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · scn àrticu (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · sk arktický (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · pl arktyczny (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) · gv arctagh (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic) · ms artik (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)

Arctic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑː(k).tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɑɹ(k).tɪk/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English artik, artyk (with the c reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.

Meanings

1. (US, historical) A warm waterproof overshoe.
2. Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.

Forms

Translations (1)

fi kylmänperhonen (butterfly of the genus Oeneis)

Arctic en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑː(k).tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɑɹ(k).tɪk/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English artik, artyk (with the c reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) The north celestial pole.
2. A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole.
   • I’ve visited the world from arctic to ecliptic, as a surgeon does a hospital, and find all men sick of some distemper […] 1772, Richard Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover, London: W. Griffin, act IV, page 46:
   • But no one had ever traversed the Northwest Passage under wind power alone. Inspired by my previous journeys to the Arctic and by journals of the early explorers, I had long hoped to sail the passage. 1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 586:

Forms

Deriveds

Arctic loon · Arctic haze · Arctic ground squirrel · Arctic Bridge · Arctic conditions · Arctic lamprey · Arctic warbler · Arctic Sea · Arctic tern · Arctic wolf spider · Arctic char · Arctic blues · subarctic · Arctic hare · Arctic fox · Arctic skua · Arctic Circle · Northwest Arctic Borough · Arctic dog disease · Arctic cod · Arctic blue · Arctic Ocean

Translations (78)

pl Arktyka (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · nn Arktis (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ar أَرْكِتِيك (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ca Àrtic (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · af Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · sw Aktiki (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · mn Арктик (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · tr Kuzey Kutbu (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · az Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · it Artide (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ca Àrtida (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · is Norðurheimskautssvæðið (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · kk Арктика (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · lv Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ti ኣርክቲክ (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · vi phương bắc (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · km អាកទិក (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · lt Arktis (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · bn সুমেরু অঞ্চল (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ms Artik (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · sk Arktída (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · de Arktis (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · sh Арктик (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ar القُطْب الشَمَالِيّ (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · es árctico (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · hi आर्कटिक (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · pt ártico (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · vi vùng Bắc Cực (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · to ʻĀketika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ka არქტიკა (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ky Арктика (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · it Artico (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · et Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ga Artach (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · fa شمالگان (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · el Αρκτική (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ru А́рктика (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · nl Noordpoolgebied (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · uz Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · tg Арктика (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · is Norðurskautssvæðið (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · mn хойд туйл (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · nl Arctica (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ro Arctica (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · mk А́рктик (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ja 北極 (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · gv Yn Arctagh (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · id Arktik (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · fi arktinen alue (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · he האזור הארקטי (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · hu Arktisz (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · is Norðurslóðir (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · kl Issittoq (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · eo Arkto (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · uk А́рктика (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · lo ອາກຕິກ (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · io arktiko (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · sv Arktis (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ko 북극 (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · lo ແຖບຂົ້ວໂລກເຫນືອ (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · cs Arktida (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · tk Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · da Arktis (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · be А́рктыка (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · tl Artiko (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · hy Արկտիկա (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · cmn 北極 /北极 (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · bg А́рктика (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · fr Arctique (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · sq Arktik (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · my အာတိတ် (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · nb Arktis (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · sl Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · es ártico (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · tr Arktika (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · sh Arktik (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · ckt Эйгысӄын (continental region north of the Arctic Circle) · th อาร์กติก (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)