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boreal

/ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/US/ˈbɔɹi.əl/

boreal adjective: of, relating to, or coming from the north.

Adjective

boreal (comparative more boreal, superlative most boreal)

  1. Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
    • boreal forests

Noun capitalized: Boreal

Boreal (uncountable)

  1. A subdivision of the Holocene epoch.

boreal meaning in Tamil and Malay

boreal in Tamil

வடமுனைக்குரிய, வடதிசைத் தொடர்பான, வடகாற்றைச் சார்ந்த

boreal in Malay

relating to the north
utara, keutaraan, boreal

Synonyms of boreal

Antonyms

Forms of boreal

comparativemore boreal
superlativemost boreal

Origin of boreal

Borrowed from Latin boreālis (“northern”), from Boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās, “personification of the north wind”).

Words formed from boreal

Phrases with boreal

Words that rhyme with boreal

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Questions about boreal

What does boreal mean?
Boreal means of, relating to, or coming from the north.
What is boreal in Tamil?
Boreal in Tamil is வடமுனைக்குரிய, வடதிசைத் தொடர்பான, வடகாற்றைச் சார்ந்த. See Boreal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boreal?
Boreal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce boreal?
Boreal is pronounced /ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/ (UK).

Words near boreal in the dictionary

  1. bore-draws
  2. boreable
  3. Boread
  4. Boreades
  5. Boreads
  6. boreal
  7. boreal bluet
  8. boreal bluets
  9. boreal chickadee
  10. boreal chickadees
  11. boreal owl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boreal (page history and authors); Boreal (page history and authors); boreal (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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