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subarctic

adj · name · noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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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