Arctic

arctic English Alternative forms en arctic Etymology en ine h₂ŕ̥tḱos en pertaining to the North Pole :bor frm:artique<id:pertaining to the North Pole> From en enm artik, enm artyk (with the c reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from en ML. articus, from en la arcticus, from en grc ἀρκτικός northern, of the (Great) Bear, from grc ἄρκτος bear, Ursa Major, from en ine-pro *h₂ŕ̥tḱos bear. Cognate with la ursus. Pronunciation en /ˈɑː(k).tɪk/ RP see Usage notes en /ˈɑɹ(k).tɪk/ GA see Usage notes en en-us-Arctic.ogg US en ɑː(ɹ)tɪk ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk 2 Adjective - en astronomy now only in compounds Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star. from 14th c. en 1 en geography Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape. from 16th c. 1622 What neede the artick people loue star-light,To whom the sunne shines both by day and night. 1668 2 706-711 on th’ other sideIncenc’t with indignation Satan stoodUnterrifi’d, and like a Comet burn’d,That fires the length of Ophiucus hugeIn th’ Artick Sky, and from his horrid hairShakes Pestilence and Warr. 1873 en 1968 w:Robert Conquest A Nation in Torment The Great Terror (book) The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/ w:Macmillan Company 68-17513 1169910711 21272570M 327 https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/page/327/ A medical examination determined who was to be sent on to Norilsk in the Arctic. Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the climate of the Arctic. from 16th c. en 1788 w:Samuel Jackson Pratt Humanity, or the Rights of Nature London T. Cadell Book 2, p. 96 http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004804259.0001.000 See freedom smiling thro’ the realms of frost,And glow on Labradore’s inclement coast,Tho’ darkness sheds deep night thro’ half the year,And snow invests the clime,—that clime is dear,For there fair liberty resides, and thereAt large the native breasts the searching air,Where blows the arctic tempests icy gale,And famine seizes on the spermy whale, en 1979 w:John Le Carré Smiley's People 45 Folio Society 2010 ‘Could you close that window, please!’ Strickland called, dialling again. ‘It's bloody arctic down this end.’ Designed for use in very cold conditions. from 19th c. en Arctic gear Arctic gear Usage notes Similarly to en Antarctic, the English word was originally pronounced without /k/, but the spelling pronunciation has become common. The c was originally added to the spelling for etymological reasons, and its pronunciation followed thereafter. Translations pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet Arabic: ar قُطْبِيّ شَمَالِيّ Belarusian: be аркты́чны Bulgarian: bg аркти́чен Burmese: my အာတိတ် Catalan: ca àrtic Czech: cs arktický Danish: da arktisk Dutch: nl Arctisch Esperanto: eo arkta Finnish: fi arktinen French: fr arctique Galician: gl ártico Georgian: ka არქტიკული, ka არქტიკის German: de arktisch Greenlandic: kl issittoq Icelandic: is arktískur m, is hánorrænn m, is norðurheimskauts-, is norðurskauts-, is norðurpóls- Indonesian: id Arktika Irish: ga Artach Italian: it artico Khmer: km អាកទិក Lao: lo ອາກຕິກ Macedonian: mk арктички Manx: gv arctagh Norwegian: Bokmål: nb arktisk Nynorsk: nn arktisk Polish: pl arktyczny m Portuguese: pt ártico Romanian: ro arctic Russian: ru аркти́ческий Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh а̀рктичкӣ Latin: sh àrktičkī Sicilian: scn àrticu Slovak: sk arktický Slovene: sl arktičen Spanish: es ártico, es árctico obsolete Swedish: sv arktisk Tagalog: tl Artiko Thai: th อาร์กติก Turkish: tr arktik loanword, tr Kuzey Kutbu adjectival noun Ukrainian: uk аркти́чний Vietnamese: vi vùng Bắc Cực Welsh: cy Arctig cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic Armenian: hy բևեռային Bulgarian: bg аркти́чен Danish: da arktisk Dutch: nl arctisch Finnish: fi arktinen, fi jääkylmä French: fr arctique Georgian: ka არქტიკული German: de arktisch Greek: el αρκτικός Irish: ga Artach Malay: ms artik Manx: gv arctagh Māori: mi mātaratara Polish: pl arktyczny Portuguese: pt ártico, pt glacial Romanian: ro arctic Russian: ru аркти́ческий Sami: Northern Sami: se arktalaš Sicilian: scn àrticu Spanish: es glacial, es árctico obsolete Swedish: sv arktisk Turkish: tr buzul Proper noun en obsolete The north celestial pole. 15th 17th c. en Q25322en continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. from 17th c. en 1772 Richard Cumberland (dramatist) Richard Cumberland w:The Fashionable Lover London W. Griffin act IV 46 http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004781973.0001.000 I’ve visited the world from arctic to ecliptic, as a surgeon does a hospital, and find all men sick of some distemper en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 Braving the Northwest Passage Jeff MacInnis 586 But no one had ever traversed the Northwest Passage under wind power alone. Inspired by my previous journeys to the Arctic and by journals of the early explorers, I had long hoped to sail the passage. Derived terms en Arctic blue Arctic blues Arctic ground squirrel Arctic warbler Arctic dog disease Arctic haze Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus species) Arctic cod (Arctogadus glacialis species, Boreogadus saida species) Arctic loon (Gavia arctica species) Arctic Sea Arctic lamprey Arctic Ocean Arctic Bridge Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus species) Arctic wolf spider (Pardosa glacialis species) Arctic Circle Arctic conditions Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus species) Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus species) Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea species) Northwest Arctic Borough subarctic Translations continental region north of the Arctic Circle Afrikaans: af Arktika Albanian: sq Arktik Arabic: ar أَرْكِتِيك, ar القُطْب الشَمَالِيّ m Armenian: hy Արկտիկա Azerbaijani: az Arktika Belarusian: be А́рктыка f Bengali: bn সুমেরু অঞ্চল Bulgarian: bg А́рктика f Burmese: my အာတိတ် Catalan: ca Àrtida f, ca Àrtic m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 北極 běijí Chukchi: ckt Эйгысӄын Ėjgysqyn Czech: cs Arktida f Danish: da Arktis Dutch: nl Noordpoolgebied n, nl Arctica n Esperanto: eo Arkto Estonian: et Arktika Finnish: fi arktinen alue French: fr Arctique f Georgian: ka არქტიკა German: de Arktis f Greek: el Αρκτική f Greenlandic: kl Issittoq Hebrew: he האזור הארקטי Hindi: hi आर्कटिक Hungarian: hu Arktisz Icelandic: is Norðurslóðir f-p, is Norðurskautssvæðið n, is Norðurheimskautssvæðið n Ido: io arktiko Indonesian: id Arktik Irish: ga Artach m Italian: it Artide m, it Artico m Japanese: ja 北極 ほっきょく, hokkyoku Kazakh: kk Арктика Khmer: km អាកទិក Korean: ko 북극(北極) Kyrgyz: ky Арктика Lao: lo ແຖບຂົ້ວໂລກເຫນືອ, lo ອາກຕິກ Latvian: lv Arktika f Lithuanian: lt Arktis m Macedonian: mk А́рктик m Malay: ms Artik Manx: gv Arctagh Yn Arctagh m Mongolian: mn хойд туйл, mn Арктик Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Arktis Nynorsk: nn Arktis Persian: fa شمالگان šomâlegân Polish: pl Arktyka f Portuguese: pt ártico m Romanian: ro Arctica f Russian: ru А́рктика f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Арктик m Latin: sh Arktik m Slovak: sk Arktída f Slovene: sl Arktika f Spanish: es ártico m, es árctico obsolete Swahili: sw Aktiki Swedish: sv Arktis n Tagalog: tl Artiko Tajik: tg Арктика Thai: th อาร์กติก Tigrinya: ti ኣርክቲክ Tongan: to ʻĀketika Turkish: tr Arktika, tr Kuzey Kutbu Turkmen: tk Arktika Ukrainian: uk А́рктика f Uzbek: uz Arktika Vietnamese: vi vùng Bắc Cực, vi phương bắc Noun en US now _ chiefly historical A warm waterproof overshoe. from 19th c. Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis genus. from 20th c. Translations butterfly of the genus Oeneis Finnish: fi kylmänperhonen Anagrams en accirt -cratic cratic en Footwear Satyrine butterflies Temperature