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Boreas

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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: /ˈbɔːɹɪəs/
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  • General-American: /ˈbɔɹɪəs/

1

name

Meaning 1

The god of the North Wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The north wind personified.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: poetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The north wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, poetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

(Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Greek deity

5

noun

Meaning 5

a wind that blows from the north

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: north wind, northerly, norther

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air

Narrower terms: bise, bize, mistral, tramontane, tramontana

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: Боре́й (Boréj) — Greek god
  • Catalan: Bòreas — Greek god
  • Esperanto: Boreo — Greek god
  • French: Borée — Greek god
  • Greek: Βορέας (Voréas) — Greek god
  • Greek: Βορρέας (Vorréas) — Greek god
  • Ancient Greek: Βορέᾱς (Boréās) — Greek god
  • Hungarian: Boreasz — Greek god
  • Italian: Borea — Greek god
  • Latin: Boreas — Greek god
  • Polish: Boreasz — Greek god
  • Portuguese: Bóreas — Greek god
  • Russian: Боре́й (Boréj) — Greek god
  • Serbo-Croatian: Borej — Greek god
  • Serbo-Croatian: Бореј — Greek god
  • Spanish: Bóreas — Greek god
  • Swedish: Boreas — Greek god
  • Ukrainian: Боре́й (Boréj) — Greek god
  • Bulgarian: Борей (Borej) — the north wind personified
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北風 /北风 (Běifēng) — the north wind personified
  • Russian: Боре́й (Boréj) — the north wind personified
  • Swedish: Bore — the north wind personified
  • Swedish: Kung Bore — the north wind personified
  • Catalan: bòrees — Translations
  • French: borée — Translations
  • French: aquilon — Translations
  • German: Nordwind — Translations
  • Spanish: bóreas — Translations
Real reading context

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