polar

From Late Latin polāris , equivalent to pole + -ar.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

polar (not comparable)

1. Of or having a pole or polarity.
2. (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
3. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
4. (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
5. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
6. (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

• polar bear
• polar body
• polarity
• polar motion
• polar nucleus
• polar opposite

polar (plural polars)

1. (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

• ROLAP, parol, poral

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /poˈla/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /puˈla/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /poˈlaɾ/

polar (masculine and feminine plural polars)

1. polar

• ós polar
• polaritat

• pol

• “polar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “polar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “polar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “polar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From pol(icier) +‎ -ard.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.laʁ/

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polar m (plural polars)

1. (informal) detective novel

• “polar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

• apolar

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaːɐ̯/

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polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)

1. polar

• Polarmeer
• Polarnacht

• “polar” in Duden online
• “polar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From the noun pol.

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

• “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the noun pol.

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

polar m

1. indefinite plural of pol

• “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lar/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlar
• Syllabification: po‧lar

polar m inan

1. fleece, polar fleece
2. garment made from polar fleece

• polar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Homophone: pular (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: po‧lar

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

• apolar
• estrela polar
• urso polar
• polaridade

• polo

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

• IPA^(key): /poˈlar/

polar m or n (feminine singular polară, masculine plural polari, feminine and neuter plural polare)

1. polar

• urs polar

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧lar

From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to polo +‎ -ar.

polar (plural polares)

1. polar

From English polar fleece.

polar (plural polares)

1. (Spain, textiles) fleecy

polar m (plural polares)

1. (Spain, textiles) a texture resembling or equal to polar fleece

• “polar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014