meridional
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin merīdiōnālis, from merīdiēs (“noon; south”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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
- (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
- 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.
Coordinate termsEdit
- Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):
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NounEdit
meridional (plural meridionals)
- an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /mə.ɾi.di.oˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mə.ɾi.di.uˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /me.ɾi.di.oˈnal/
AdjectiveEdit
meridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)
NounEdit
meridional m or f by sense (plural meridionals)
- southerner
- Synonym: habitant del sud
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
(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 readingEdit
- “meridional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “meridional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
PiedmonteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
meridional
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
meridional m or f (plural meridionais)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French méridional, Latin merīdiōnālis.
AdjectiveEdit
meridional m or n (feminine singular meridională, masculine plural meridionali, feminine and neuter plural meridionale)
- southern, meridional
- Synonyms: sudic, austral
- Antonyms: nordic, septentrional, boreal
DeclensionEdit
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 |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
meridional (plural meridionales)
- southern
- Synonyms: austral, sureño
- Antonyms: septentrional, norteño
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “meridional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Compare Italian meridionale.
AdjectiveEdit
meridional (feminine singular meridionala, masculine plural meridionali, feminine plural meridionale)
- southern, south (attributive)
- Antonym: setentrional