adj · 4 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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/d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
determined by geography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the north and south geographic poles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geographical
Antonyms: magnetic
4
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to the science of geography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geographical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin geōgraphicus; see French géographique. By surface analysis, geography + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gjeografik
— pertaining to geography
Arabic:
جُغْرَافِيّ
(juḡrāfiyy)
— pertaining to geography
Armenian:
աշխարհագրական
(ašxarhagrakan)
— pertaining to geography
Asturian:
xeográficu
— pertaining to geography
Azerbaijani:
coğrafi
— pertaining to geography
Basque:
geografiko
— pertaining to geography
Belarusian:
геаграфічны
(hjeahrafičny)
— pertaining to geography
Bengali:
ভৌগোলিক
(bhōugōlik)
— pertaining to geography
Bulgarian:
географски
(geografski)
— pertaining to geography
Catalan:
geogràfic
— pertaining to geography
Chinese Mandarin:
地理的
(dìlǐ de)
— pertaining to geography
Czech:
geografický
— pertaining to geography
Czech:
zeměpisný
— pertaining to geography
Danish:
geografisk
— pertaining to geography
Dutch:
geografisch
— pertaining to geography
Dutch:
aardrijkskundig
— pertaining to geography
Esperanto:
geografia
— pertaining to geography
Estonian:
geograafiline
— pertaining to geography
Estonian:
maateaduslik
— pertaining to geography
Finnish:
maantieteellinen
— pertaining to geography
French:
géographique
— pertaining to geography
Galician:
xeográfico
— pertaining to geography
Georgian:
გეოგრაფიული
(geograpiuli)
— pertaining to geography
German:
geografisch
— pertaining to geography
Greek:
γεωγραφικός
(geografikós)
— pertaining to geography
Hebrew:
גאוגרפי
(geo'grafi)
— pertaining to geography
Hindi:
भौगोलिक
(bhaugolik)
— pertaining to geography
Hungarian:
földrajzi
— pertaining to geography
Icelandic:
landfræðilegur
— pertaining to geography
Indonesian:
geografis
— pertaining to geography
Irish:
tíreolaíoch
— pertaining to geography
Irish:
geografach
— pertaining to geography
Italian:
geografico
— pertaining to geography
Japanese:
地理的
(chiriteki)
— pertaining to geography
Kazakh:
географиялық
(geografiälyq)
— pertaining to geography
Kazakh:
жағрапиялық
(jağrapiälyq)
— pertaining to geography
Kazakh:
жағрафиялық
(jağrafiälyq)
— pertaining to geography
Korean:
지리학의
(jirihagui)
— pertaining to geography
Latvian:
ģeogrāfisks
— pertaining to geography
Lithuanian:
geografinis
— pertaining to geography
Macedonian:
географски
(geografski)
— pertaining to geography
Malay:
geografi
— pertaining to geography
Maltese:
ġeografiku
— pertaining to geography
Norwegian Bokmål:
geografisk
— pertaining to geography
Norwegian Nynorsk:
geografisk
— pertaining to geography
Occitan:
geografic
— pertaining to geography
Persian:
جغرافیایی
(joġrâfiyâyi)
— pertaining to geography
Polish:
geograficzny
— pertaining to geography
Portuguese:
geográfico
— pertaining to geography
Romanian:
geografic
— pertaining to geography
Russian:
географи́ческий
(geografíčeskij)
— pertaining to geography
Scottish Gaelic:
cruinn-eòlach
— pertaining to geography
Serbo-Croatian:
географски
— pertaining to geography
Serbo-Croatian:
geografski
— pertaining to geography
Slovak:
zemepisný
— pertaining to geography
Slovene:
geografski
— pertaining to geography
Spanish:
geográfico
— pertaining to geography
Swahili:
kijiografia
— pertaining to geography
Swedish:
geografisk
— pertaining to geography
Tagalog:
taladutaanin
— pertaining to geography
Tajik:
ҷуғрофӣ
(juġrofi)
— pertaining to geography
Tajik:
географӣ
(geografi)
— pertaining to geography
Thai:
เกี่ยวกับภูมิศาสตร์
(giào gàp po mí sàat)
— pertaining to geography
Turkish:
coğrafi
— pertaining to geography
Ukrainian:
географі́чний
(heohrafíčnyj)
— pertaining to geography
Urdu:
جغرافیائی
(juḡrāfiyā'ī)
— pertaining to geography
Vietnamese:
địa lý
— pertaining to geography
Volapük:
taledavik
— pertaining to geography
Walloon:
djeyografike
— pertaining to geography
Welsh:
daearyddol
— pertaining to geography
Yiddish:
געאָגראַפֿיש
(geografish)
— pertaining to geography
Armenian:
աշխարհագրական
(ašxarhagrakan)
— determined by geography
Dutch:
geografisch
— determined by geography
Finnish:
maantieteellinen
— determined by geography
French:
géographique
— determined by geography
Galician:
xeográfico
— determined by geography
Georgian:
გეოგრაფიული
(geograpiuli)
— determined by geography
German:
geografisch
— determined by geography
Italian:
geografico
— determined by geography
Polish:
geograficzny
— determined by geography
Russian:
географи́ческий
(geografíčeskij)
— determined by geography