Arctic

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
2. Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
3. Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
4. Designed for use in very cold conditions.

Name

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

Noun

1. 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

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 to Latin ursus.