nord

See also: Nord, nörd, nørd, nord-, and nord.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔrt/

Noun

nord m (uncountable)

1. north

Synonyms

• septentrió

See also

Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):

NO N NE O E SO S SE

n-occ sept n-or occ or s-occ mer s-or

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːr/, [noɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

nord c (singular definite norden, not used in plural form)

1. The north

Declension

Declension of nord

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	nord	norden
genitive	nords	nordens

Derived terms

• nordøst
• nordvest

Adverb

nord

1. Toward the north, northwards

References

• “nord” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔʁ/

• audio

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Noun

nord m (plural nord)

1. north

Synonyms

• septentrion

Antonyms

• sud

Related terms

• nord-africain, Nord-Africain
• nord-est
• nordique
• nord-ouest

Further reading

• “nord” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rond

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Interlingua

Noun

nord (uncountable)

1. north

Adjective

nord (not comparable)

1. north

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Italian

Etymology

Via Spanish and French, ultimately from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔrd/

• Audio

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Noun

nord m (invariable)

1. north

Synonyms

• settentrione
• mezzanotte

Antonyms

• sud

Derived terms

• nord-
• nord magnetico
• nordest, nord-est
• nordico
• nordista
• nord-nord-est
• nord-nord-ovest
• nordovest, nord-ovest

Adjective

nord m, f (invariable)

1. northern

See also

• est
• ovest
• punto cardinale
• stella polare

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Norman

Alternative forms

• nor (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nord m (uncountable)

1. north

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nord

1. north (for / of)

Noun

nord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. north, a compass direction
2. a land area towards the north

   det høye nord - the far north

3. indefinite singular form of Norden - the Nordic countries
4. (dialectal, obsolete) upriver (in the mountain valleys of eastern Norway, without considering the actual orientation of the valley)

Antonyms

• (of north): sør, syd

Derived terms

Terms derived from nord

• nordafrikansk
• nordamerikansk
• nordavind
• Nord-Europa
• nordfra
• Nord-Irland
• nordirsk

• Nordishavet
• Nord-Korea
• nordkoreansk
• nordkyst
• nordlending
• Nord-Norge
• nordnorsk

• nordover
• nordpol
• nordside
• Nord-Trøndelag
• nordvest
• nordøst, nordaust
• nordøstre

References

• “nord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. Akin to English north.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːr/

Adverb

nord

1. north (for / of)

Noun

nord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. north, a compass direction
2. a land area towards the north

   det høge nord - the far north

3. indefinite singular form of Norden - the Nordic countries

Antonyms

• (of north): sør

Derived terms

Terms derived from nord

• nordafrikansk
• nordamerikansk
• nordaust
• nordavind
• Nord-Europa
• Nord-Irland
• nordirsk

• Nordishavet
• nordkaper
• nordkoreansk
• nordkyst
• nordlending
• Nord-Noreg
• nordnorsk

• nordover
• nordpol
• nordre
• nordside
• nordspisskval
• Nord-Trøndelag
• nordvest

References

• “nord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, akin to Old English norþ, Old Norse norðr.

Noun

nord ?

1. north

Descendants

• German: Nord

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nord n (uncountable)

1. north

Declension

declension of nord (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nord	nordul
genitive/dative	(unui) nord	nordului
vocative	nordule

Synonyms

• miazănoapte (archaic or poetic)

See also

• sud
• est
• vest

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Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nord m

1. north

Antonyms

• sid

Derived terms

• nordost
• nordvest

Related terms

• ost
• oriaint
• vest
• sidost
• sidvest

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• norr

Etymology

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): nuːɖ

• audio

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Noun

nord c

1. north, a compass direction
2. Indefinite form singular of Norden = the Nordic countries

Related terms

Terms related to nord

• nordost
• nordväst
• norr
• ost

• syd
• sydost
• sydväst
• söder

• väst
• väster
• öst
• öster