nord

See also: Nord, nörd, nørd, and nòrd

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɔrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈnɔɾt]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔɾt

Noun

nord m (uncountable)

1. north

   Synonym: septentrió

   Antonym: sud

Derived terms

• nord-africà
• nord-americà
• nord-coreà
• nord-est
• nord-oest

 

Adjective

nord (invariable)

1. northern

Related terms

• nòrdic

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

nord-oest (n-occ)	nord (sept)	nord-est (n-or)
oest (occ)		est (or)
sud-oest (s-occ)	sud (mer)	sud-est (s-or)

Further reading

• “nord” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nord”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “nord” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nord” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔrd/
• Hyphenation: nord

Noun

nord m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of nordu

References

• “nordu, nord” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːr/, [noɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

nord c (singular definite norden, not used in plural form)

1. The north

Declension

Declension of nord

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	nord	norden
genitive	nords	nordens

Derived terms

• nordøst
• nordvest

Adverb

nord

1. Toward the north, northwards

References

• “nord” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /nɔʁ/

  (southern France) IPA^(key): /n̪ɔʁ̥/

• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /naɔ̯ʁ/, /nɑɔ̯ʁ/

• Audio (France)

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Noun

nord m (plural nord)

1. north

   Synonym: septentrion

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) point cardinal;

nord-ouest	nord septentrion	nord-est
ouest couchant ponant occident		est levant orient
sud-ouest	sud midi méridien	sud-est

Derived terms

• perdre le nord

 

Related terms

• nord-africain, Nord-Africain
• nordique

Descendants

• → Asturian: norte
• → Catalan: nord
• → Galician: norte, norde
• → Italian: nord
• → Portuguese: norte
• → Romanian: nord
• → Romansch: nord
• → Spanish: norte

Further reading

• “nord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rond

Interlingua

Noun

nord (uncountable)

1. north

Adjective

nord (not comparable)

1. north

See also

• (compass points)

	nord
west occidente		est oriente levante
	sud

Italian

Etymology

Via Spanish and French, ultimately from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔrd/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔrd
• Hyphenation: nòrd
• IPA: [ˈnɔrdə]

Noun

nord m (invariable)

1. north

   Synonyms: settentrione, mezzanotte

   Antonym: sud

Derived terms

• nord magnetico
• nordest, nord-est
• nordico
• nordista
• nord-nord-est
• nord-nord-ovest
• nordovest, nord-ovest

Adjective

nord (invariable)

1. northern

See also

• stella polare
• (compass points) punto cardinale;

From Latin
settentrione occidente ponente oriente levante meridione mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest ovest est sudovest sud sudest

Norman

Alternative forms

• nor (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nord m (uncountable)

1. north

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish nord, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːɾ/

Adverb

nord

1. north (for / of)

Noun

nord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. north, a compass direction
2. a land area towards the north

   det høye nord - the far north

3. indefinite singular of Norden - the Nordic countries
4. (dialectal, obsolete) upriver (in the mountain valleys of eastern Norway, without considering the actual orientation of the valley)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of north”): sør, syd

Derived terms

• Nord-Europa
• Nord-Irland
• Nord-Korea
• Nord-Marianene
• Nord-Norge
• Nord-Trøndelag
• nordafrikansk
• nordamerikansk
• nordavind
• nordende
• nordfra
• nordirsk
• Nordishavet
• Nordkapp
• nordkoreansk
• nordkyst
• nordlending
• nordnorsk
• nordover
• nordpol
• nordside
• nordvest
• nordvestre
• nordøst, nordaust
• nordøstre

 

See also

nordvest	nord	nordøst
vest		øst
sørvest	sør	sørøst

References

• “nord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nord” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. Akin to English north.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːr/, [nu̞ːr], [nu̞ːɾ], [nu̞ːʁ]
• (thick L) IPA^(key): [nu̞ːɽ]

Adverb

nord

1. north (for / of)

Noun

nord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. north, a compass direction
2. a land area towards the north

   det høge nord - the far north

3. indefinite singular of Norden - the Nordic countries

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of north”): sør

Derived terms

• Nord-Europa
• Nord-Irland
• Nord-Noreg
• Nord-Trøndelag
• nordafrikansk
• nordamerikansk
• nordaust
• nordavind
• nordende
• nordirsk
• Nordishavet
• nordkaper
• Nordkapp
• nordkoreansk
• nordkyst
• nordlending
• nordnorsk
• nordover
• nordpol
• nordre
• nordside
• nordspisskval
• nordvest
• nordvestre

 

References

• “nord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, akin to Old English norþ, Old Norse norðr.

Noun

nord ?

1. north

Descendants

• Middle High German: nort
  • German: Nord
  • Luxembourgish: Nord

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord or German Nord, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), the French via Old English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nord/

Noun

nord n (uncountable)

1. north

   Synonym: (archaic or poetic) miazănoapte

Declension

declension of nord (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nord	nordul
genitive/dative	(unui) nord	nordului
vocative	nordule

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punct cardinal;

Native Romanian
miazănoapte apus răsărit miazăzi
Borrowed from French/German
nord-vest nord nord-est vest est sud-vest sud sud-est

Further reading

• nord in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from French nord, from Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nord m

1. north

Antonyms

• sid

Derived terms

• nordost
• nordvest

Related terms

• ost
• oriaint
• vest
• sidost
• sidvest

Swedish

Alternative forms

• norr

Etymology

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːɖ/

• audio

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Noun

nord c

1. north, a compass direction
2. indefinite form singular of Norden = the Nordic countries

Adverb

nord (not comparable)

1. north

Derived terms

• Nordafrika
• Nordamerika
• Nordcypern
• Nordirland
• Nordkorea
• Nordmakedonien
• Nordmarianerna
• Nordsjön

Related terms

• nordost
• nordväst
• norr
• ost
• syd
• sydost
• sydväst
• söder
• väst
• väster
• öst
• öster

 

See also

• (compass points) vädersträck;

nordväst	norr nord	nordost nordöst
väster väst		öster öst ost
sydväst	söder syd	sydost sydöst