Arctic

Meaning

Adj

1. (in-compounds, not-comparable) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
3. (not-comparable) Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
4. (not-comparable) Designed for use in very cold conditions.

Name

1. (obsolete) The north celestial pole.
2. A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole.

Noun

1. (US, historical) A warm waterproof overshoe.
2. Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.

Synonyms

polar

north

Arctic Zone

North Frigid Zone

north-polar

frigid

glacial

golosh

gumshoe

icy

inchoative

incipient

north pole

North Pole

rubber

the Arctic

arctic region

North pole

in the Arctic Circle

north polar region

Antarctica

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arctic

Arctic Circle

farthest

frozen

galosh

gelid

Translations

Arktis

arctique

Arctique

ártico

Artide

Αρκτική

arktisch

arctisch

Ártico

αρκτικός

Arctis

ártico

Ártico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑː(k)tɪk/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: ursus

In summary

From Middle French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.