antipodes

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable) The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
2. (uncountable) The Southern Hemisphere.
3. (UK, archaic, uncountable) Australia and New Zealand.
4. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable) The opposite of something.
5. (form-of, plural, uncountable) plural of antipode

antipode

Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.

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Vertalings

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antipodische Teile der Erde

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النقائض

points antipodaux

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point antipodal

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Antipoden

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + πόδες (pódes), plural of πούς (poús, “foot”).