adret
/ˈædɹeɪ/US/əˈdɹeɪ/
adret noun: the sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the south-facing slope.
Noun
adret (plural adrets)
- The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the south-facing slope.
- The distribution of barley is generally on the adret slope, the ubac seeming to be disregarded. A sunny slope is the most important natural factor in the cultivation of barley and wheat. Very rarely they are cultivated in ubac fields, but close investigation showed them to be of secondary adret...1942, Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography: Transactions, Titles and Abstracts, Tokyo: Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi [Science Council of Japan], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34
- Viticulure in an alpine (Savoie) or sub-alpine environment (like the Jura) is a precarious activity […] Exposure, by contrast, exaggerates or modifies the quantity of the altitudinal elements in terms of ubac (shady) versus adret (sunny) positions, wet and dry positions, or windy and protected...1987, John J. Baxevanis, “The Wines of Savoie”, in The Wines of Champagne, Burgundy, Eastern and Southern France, Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, pages 70–71
- Antonyms:
- ubac
adret meaning in Tamil
adret in Tamil
- நிலநடுக்கோட்டைநோக்கும் மலைச்சரிவு
Examples of adret in a sentence
- The distribution of barley is generally on the adret slope, the ubac seeming to be disregarded.1942, Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography: Transactions, Titles and Abstracts, Tokyo: Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi [Science Council of...
- The advantages of adret slopes, which are usually drier and more protected, are evident and of paramount importance.1987, John J. Baxevanis, “The Wines of Savoie”, in The Wines of Champagne, Burgundy, Eastern and Southern France, Totowa, N.J.: Rowman &...
- On south-facing slopes (adrets) the tree limit can reach as high as 2400 m, but on the shadowy north-facing slopes it is usually near 2200 m.1998, Harry Blijenberg, Rolling Stones?: Triggering and Frequency of Hillslope Debris Flows in the Bachelard Valley, Southern French Alps...
Antonyms of adret
Forms of adret
| plural | adrets |
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Origin of adret
Borrowed from French adret or Occitan adret, adré, adrech, adreit (“sun-facing side of a mountain”), from Old Occitan adreg, adreit, from a (“to, towards”) (from Latin ad (“to, towards”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + dreg, dreit (“just; right”) (from Latin dīrēctus (“direct, straight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself; just, right”)); compare French adroit.
Words that rhyme with adret
Questions about adret
- What does adret mean?
- Adret means the sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the south-facing slope.
- What is adret in Tamil?
- Adret in Tamil is நிலநடுக்கோட்டைநோக்கும் மலைச்சரிவு. See Adret meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use adret in a sentence?
- The distribution of barley is generally on the adret slope, the ubac seeming to be disregarded.
- What part of speech is adret?
- Adret is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adret?
- Adret is pronounced /ˈædɹeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of adret?
- The plural of adret is adrets.
Words near adret in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adret (page history and authors); adret (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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