adret

Meaning

The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is the south-facing slope.

Synonyms

solarium

Translations

solana

adret

solell

☀️

Solarium

Sonnenstudio

Solarien

solarium

adret

zonzijde

solana

adrech

solarium

solárium

solana

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈædɹeɪ/

Etymology

Cognate with French: adroit

In summary

Borrowed from French adret or Occitan adret, adré, adrech, adreit (“sun-facing side of a mountain”), from Old Occitan adreg, adreit, from a (“to, towards”) (from Latin ad (“to, towards”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + dreg, dreit (“just; right”) (from Latin dīrectus (“direct, straight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself; just, right”)); compare French adroit.