adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/sʌbˈɑːktɪk/
/sʌbˈɑːtɪk/
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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2
name
Meaning 2
The region immediately outside of the Arctic Circle or regions similar to these in climate or conditions of life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A subarctic region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French artiquebor. English Arctic English subarctic From sub- + Arctic.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
subàrtic
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Dutch:
subarctisch
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Esperanto:
subarkta
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Finnish:
subarktinen
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
French:
subarctique
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
German:
subarktisch
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Greenlandic:
issittoq issaasannerusoq
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Hungarian:
szubarktikus
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Irish:
fo-artach
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Italian:
subartico
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Manx:
fo-arctagh
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Norwegian Bokmål:
subarktisk
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Norwegian Nynorsk:
subarktisk
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Polish:
subarktyczny
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Polish:
subantarktyczny
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Polish:
podbiegunowy
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Portuguese:
subártico
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Russian:
субаркти́ческий
(subarktíčeskij)
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic
Swedish:
subarktisk
— of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic