meridional
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Borrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin merīdiōnālis, from merīdiēs (“noon; south”).
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meridional (not comparable)
- located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe. [from 14th c.]
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
- Offices that require heat […] should be meridional.
- 2021, Pablo A. Baisotti, A New Struggle for Independence in Modern Latin America, Routledge:
- For much of the 19th century what we now know as South America was called Meridional America
- of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe [from 19th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 740:
- This, Constance recognised, may have had nothing to do with the situation – it was probably just a meridional convention – for in the Mediterranean countries nobody trusts his neighbour [...].
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 270:
- As soon as he heard the news of the trial and execution, he summed up the incident as a monument to Catholic intolerance, meridional superstition and judicial bigotry – and he decided to do something about it.
- (astronomy, geography, meteorology) along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian [from 15th c.]
- Antonym: zonal
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meridional (plural meridionals)
- an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [mə.ɾi.ði.uˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mə.ɾi.ði.oˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [me.ɾi.ði.oˈnal]
Adjective edit
meridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)
Noun edit
meridional m or f by sense (plural meridionals)
- southerner
- Synonym: habitant del sud
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(compass points) punt cardinal;
nord-oest (n-occ) |
nord (sept) |
nord-est (n-or) |
oest (occ) |
est (or) | |
sud-oest (s-occ) |
sud (mer) |
sud-est (s-or) |
Further reading edit
- “meridional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “meridional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “meridional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “meridional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Piedmontese edit
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meridional
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation edit
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meridional m or f (plural meridionais)
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- “meridional” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French méridional, Latin merīdiōnālis.
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meridional m or n (feminine singular meridională, masculine plural meridionali, feminine and neuter plural meridionale)
- southern, meridional
- Synonyms: sudic, austral
- Antonyms: nordic, septentrional, boreal
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | meridional | meridională | meridionali | meridionale | ||
definite | meridionalul | meridionala | meridionalii | meridionalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | meridional | meridionale | meridionali | meridionale | ||
definite | meridionalului | meridionalei | meridionalilor | meridionalelor |
Further reading edit
- meridional in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
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meridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionales)
- southern
- Synonyms: austral, sureño
- Antonyms: septentrional, norteño
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- “meridional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Compare Italian meridionale.
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meridional (feminine singular meridionala, masculine plural meridionali, feminine plural meridionale)
- southern, south (attributive)
- Antonym: setentrional