polaire
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French polaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin polāris (“relating to poles”), from Latin polus (“pole or end of an axis”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “sky, pivot or axis of a sphere”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolo- (“turn around”), from *kʷel- (“to move around, to roll or wheel”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpolaire (plural polaires)
- (relational) of a pole (of an axis); polar
Derived terms
editNoun
editpolaire f (plural polaires)
- fleece
- fleece jacket
Further reading
edit- “polaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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