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septentrional

/sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl/

septentrional adjective: pertaining to the north; northern.

Adjective

septentrional (comparative more septentrional, superlative most septentrional)

  1. (literary, rare) Pertaining to the north; northern.
    • Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.1901, George Gissing, chapter 9, in By the Ionian Sea
    • Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
    Synonyms:
    boreal, northern

Synonyms of septentrional

Antonyms

Forms of septentrional

comparativemore septentrional
superlativemost septentrional

Origin of septentrional

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

Questions about septentrional

What does septentrional mean?
Septentrional means pertaining to the north; northern.
What part of speech is septentrional?
Septentrional is an adjective.
How do you pronounce septentrional?
Septentrional is pronounced /sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl/.

Words near septentrional in the dictionary

  1. septenniums
  2. septentrial
  3. septentrigintillion
  4. Septentrio
  5. septentrion
  6. septentrional
  7. septentrionaline
  8. septentrions
  9. septenvigintillion
  10. septet
  11. septets

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