Antarctic

antarctic English <dab!> Alternative forms en antarctic Etymology en ine h₂ŕ̥tḱos From en enm antartik, enm antartyk, from en frm antartique,OED Antarctic n. & adj. 6972489575 July 2023 1 from en la antarcticus, from en grc ἀνταρκτικός, from grc ἀντί opposite + grc ἀρκτικός Arctic + grc -ικός -ic. en anti- Arctic. Pronunciation en /ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/ RP see Usage notes en /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪk/ GenAm see Usage notes en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Antarctic.wav Southern England en ɑː(ɹ)tɪk ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk 3 Adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions. en 1972 George William Turner The English Language in Australia and New Zealand w:Longman 9780582550155 67 We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers. en http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/12/western-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-has-already-begun-scientists-warn Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn 2014-05-12 Suzanne Goldenberg w:The Guardian Scientists have known for years that the Thwaites glacier is the soft underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet, and first found that it was unstable decades ago. en figuratively obsolete opposite, contradictory. 1651 1711 OED en obsolete southern. Usage notes See Arctic § Usage notes. Derived terms en Antarctic 10 Antarctic Convergence Antarctic Ocean antarctically Antarctican Antarctician periantarctic subantarctic transantarctic Antarctic Circle Antarctic petrel British Antarctic Territory Antarctic wolf Antarctic English Antarctic toothfish Antarctic cod Related terms en Antarctica Translations pertaining to Antarctica Asturian: ast antárticu Belarusian: be антаркты́чны Bulgarian: bg антарктичен Catalan: ca antàrtic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南極 Nánjí Czech: cs antarktický Danish: da antarktisk Dutch: nl Antarctisch, nl antarctisch Esperanto: eo antarkta Finnish: fi antarktinen, fi etelänapa etelänapa- French: fr antarctique Galician: gl antártico Georgian: ka ანტარქტიკული, ka ანტარქტიკის German: de antarktisch Greek: el ανταρκτικός Hindi: hi अंटार्कटिक Irish: ga Antartach Italian: it antartico Japanese: ja 南極 Nankyoku Korean: ko ^남극 Kosraean: kos acntartik Macedonian: mk антарктички Maltese: mt Antartiku Manx: gv antarctagh Norwegian: Bokmål: nb antarktisk Nynorsk: nn antarktisk Polish: pl antarktyczny, pl antarktydzki rare Portuguese: pt antártico Romanian: ro antarctic Russian: ru антаркти́ческий Spanish: es antártico Swedish: sv antarktisk Tagalog: tl Antartiko Vietnamese: vi châu Nam Cực, vi Nam Cực châu dated Welsh: cy Antarctig Proper noun en Q1555938en A <<continental region>>, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south. en Antarctica Antarctic Ocean Southern Ocean<qq:south-of-60° sense> Derived terms en transantarctic<pos:adj> Translations major ecozone Belarusian: be Анта́рктыка f Bulgarian: bg Антарктика f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南極 nánjí Danish: da Antarktis Finnish: fi Antarktis Georgian: ka ანტარქტიკა German: de Antarktis f Hindi: hi अंटार्कटिक m Hungarian: hu Antarktisz, hu Déli-sarkvidék Irish: ga Antartach m An tAntartach Japanese: ja 南極 なんきょく, nankyoku Khmer: km អង់តាកទិក ɑŋtaaktik Korean: ko 남극(南極) Manx: gv Antarctagh f Yn Antarctagh, gv Kione Jiass y Theihll m Norwegian: no Antarktis Polish: pl Antarktyka Portuguese: pt Antártico m Russian: ru Анта́рктика f Tagalog: tl Antartiko Ukrainian: uk Анта́рктика f See also References