north

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nér (“below (the surface)”). The meaning developed either from "region where the sun is below (the earth)" or from "left side of someone who turns to the east when praying". === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɔːθ/ (General American) enPR: nôrth, IPA(key): /noɹθ/, [no̞ɹθ] (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /noɹt/ (New York) IPA(key): /nɔəθ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /noːθ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /nɔ(r)t̪ʰ/, (father-bother merger) /nɑ(r)t̪ʰ/ (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /nɔː(ɹ)θ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ === Noun === north (countable and uncountable, plural norths) The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane. Alternative form: (abbreviation) N The up or positive direction. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole). Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). [circa 1300] (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar. ==== Antonyms ==== south ==== Coordinate terms ==== compass points: [edit] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Norse ==== Translations ==== Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points === Adjective === north (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the north; northern. Toward the north; northward. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic. north highway 1 (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar). (colloquial) More or greater than. ==== Synonyms ==== (of the north): boreal, septentrional ==== Antonyms ==== south, austral, meridional ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === north (comparative further north or farther north, superlative furthest north or farthest north) Toward the north; northward; northerly. ==== Antonyms ==== south ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === north (third-person singular simple present norths, present participle northing, simple past and past participle northed) (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north. === Anagrams === Rt Hon, Rt. Hon., Thorn, thorn == Cornish == === Alternative forms === (Revived Late Cornish) noor === Etymology === From English north. === Noun === north m (navigation) north Synonyms: gogledh, kledhbarth Antonyms: dyghow, dyghowbarth, soth ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === norþ, northe, norþe, norrþ === Etymology === From Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþraz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔrθ/ === Noun === north north, northernness A location to the north; the north The north wind ==== Coordinate terms ==== (compass point): est, south, west ==== Related terms ==== northerne Northfolk Northumberlond Northumbre ==== Descendants ==== English: north Scots: north Yola: nordh, noardth ==== References ==== “north, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018. === Adjective === north north, northern At the north ==== Descendants ==== English: north Scots: north Yola: nordh ==== References ==== “north, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018. === Adverb === north To the north, northwards From the north In the north ==== Descendants ==== English: north Scots: north Yola: nordh ==== References ==== “north, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.