north

Signification (Anglais)

1. 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.
2. The up or positive direction.
3. 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).
4. Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
5. In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.

nord

septentrion

septentrional

du nord

vers le nord

partie nord

au nord

from the north

due north

in the north

compass north

left side

northern part

extreme north

facing north

north face

up country

northern trail

north-polar

far north

left hand

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nɔːθ/

From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately, these may derive from either: (a) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ner- (“inner, under”), from *h₁en (“in”); (b) alternatively from a Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“left, below”), as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun. Cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Dutch noord, West Frisian noard, German Nord, Danish and Norwegian nord; also with Greek νέρτερος (nérteros, “infernal, lower”).