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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (seven plow oxen), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

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  • IPA(key): /sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl/

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septentrional (comparative more septentrional, superlative most septentrional)

  1. (rare, literary) Pertaining to the north; northern.
    • 1901, George Gissing, chapter 9, in By the Ionian Sea:
      Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
      Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis.

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septentrional m or f (masculine and feminine plural septentrionals)

  1. northern
    Synonyms: del nord, boreal

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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)

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis.

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septentrional (feminine septentrionale, masculine plural septentrionaux, feminine plural septentrionales)

  1. northern (facing, situated in or related to the north); septentrional, boreal

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French septentrional, Latin septentriōnālis.

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septentrional m or n (feminine singular septentrională, masculine plural septentrionali, feminine and neuter plural septentrionale)

  1. northern, septentrional
    Synonyms: nordic, boreal
    Antonyms: meridional, sudic, austral

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis.

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  • IPA(key): /sebtentɾjoˈnal/ [seβ̞.t̪ẽn̪.t̪ɾjoˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: sep‧ten‧trio‧nal

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septentrional m or f (masculine and feminine plural septentrionales)

  1. northern
    Synonym: norteño
    Antonyms: meridional, sureño

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