meridional
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French meridional, from Latin merīdiōnālis, from merīdiēs (“noon; south”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editmeridional (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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editNoun
editmeridional (plural meridionals)
- an inhabitant of a southern region, especially the south of France
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [mə.ɾi.ði.uˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mə.ɾi.ði.oˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [me.ɾi.ði.oˈnal]
Adjective
editmeridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionals)
Noun
editmeridional m or f by sense (plural meridionals)
- southerner
- Synonym: habitant del sud
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editSee also
edit(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
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmeridional
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation
edit
Adjective
editmeridional m or f (plural meridionais)
Further reading
edit- “meridional” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French méridional, Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmeridional m or n (feminine singular meridională, masculine plural meridionali, feminine and neuter plural meridionale)
- southern, meridional
- Synonyms: sudic, austral
- Antonyms: nordic, septentrional, boreal
Declension
editsingular | 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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmeridional m or f (masculine and feminine plural meridionales)
- southern
- Synonyms: austral, sureño
- Antonyms: septentrional, norteño
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “meridional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Compare Italian meridionale.
Adjective
editmeridional (feminine singular meridionala, masculine plural meridionali, feminine plural meridionale)
- southern, south (attributive)
- Antonym: setentrional
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