adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- boreal forests
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
boreal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/
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General-American: /ˈbɔɹi.əl/
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General-American: /ˌbɔɹiˈæl/
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rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl
noun
Meaning 2
A subdivision of the Holocene epoch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, geography, geology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
toward or located in the north
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the boreal signs of the Zodiac
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
comprising or throughout far northern regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: circumboreal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin boreālis (“northern”), from Boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās, “personification of the north wind”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: северен (severen) — relating to the north
- Catalan: boreal — relating to the north
- Finnish: boreaalinen — relating to the north
- French: boréal — relating to the north
- Galician: boreal — relating to the north
- German: boreal — relating to the north
- Irish: bóireach — relating to the north
- Irish: tuaisceartach — relating to the north
- Malay: utara — relating to the north
- Malay: keutaraan — relating to the north
- Malay: boreal — relating to the north
- Polish: północny — relating to the north
- Portuguese: boreal — relating to the north
- Romanian: boreal — relating to the north
- Russian: северный (severnyj) — relating to the north
- Spanish: boreal — relating to the north
- Swedish: nordlig — relating to the north
- Turkish: kuzey — relating to the north
- Catalan: Període boreal — Translations
- Dutch: Boreaal — Translations
- French: Boréal — Translations
- German: Boreal — Translations
- Hungarian: Boreális — Translations