Definitions of Arctic [ˈɑrk tɪk or, esp. for]

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Definition of 'Arctic'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) arctic
(often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole:
the arctic region.

2.  arctic
coming from the North Pole or the arctic region:
an arctic wind.

3.  arctic
characteristic of the extremely cold, snowy, windy weather north of the Arctic Circle; frigid; bleak:
an arctic winter.

4.  arctic
extremely cold in manner:
a look of arctic disdain.

5. (n.) arctic
(often cap.) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timberline.

6.  arctic
arctics, warm waterproof overshoes.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME artik < MF artique < L arcticus < Gk arktikós northern, lit., of the Bear =árkt(os) bear (see Ursa Major ) +-ikos -ic)

Definition of 'Arctic'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone
the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole

2. (adj) arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

3. (adj) north-polar, Arctic
of or relating to the Arctic
"the Arctic summer"

4. (adj) arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
extremely cold
"an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

Definition of 'Arctic'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Arctic
pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature

2. (noun) Arctic
the arctic circle

3. (noun) Arctic
a warm waterproof overshoe

Translation of 'Arctic'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of the area round the North Pole the Arctic wilderness.
Afrikaans: Arkties	Arabic: قُطْبي، مَنْسوب إلى القُط	Bulgarian: северен
Brazilian: Ártico	Czech: arktický	German: arktisch
Danish: arktisk; nordpols-	Greek: Αρκτικός	Spanish: ártico
Estonian: arktiline	Farsi: وابسته به قطب شمال	Finnish: Pohjoisnapa-
French: arctique	Hebrew: אַרקטִי	Hindi: उत्तरध्रुवीय
Croatian: Arktik	Hungarian: északi-sarki	Indonesian: Kutub Utara, Arktik
Icelandic: norðurskauts-	Italian: artico	Japanese: 北極の
Korean: 북극의	Lithuanian: Arkties, arktinis	Latvian: arktisks; ziemeļu-
Malay: Artik	Dutch: noordpool-	Norwegian: arktisk, nordpols-
Polish: arktyczny	Persian: وابسته به قطب شمال	Pashto: شمالی قطب پوری تړلی
Portuguese: árctico	Romanian: arctic	Russian: арктический
Slovak: arktický	Slovenian: arktičen	Serbian: arktički
Swedish: arktisk, nordpols-	Thai: ที่อยู่ใกล้บริเวณขั้วโลกเ	Turkish: Kuzey Kutbuna ait
Taiwanese: 北極的	Ukrainian: північний, арктичний	Urdu: قطب شمالی کے ارد گرد کا ع
Vietnamese: Bắc cực	Chinese: 北极的
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