antártico
Galician
Etymology
From Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós, “opposite the arctic”).
Adjective
antártico (feminine antártica, masculine plural antárticos, feminine plural antárticas)
Related terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- antárctico (pre-1990 spelling)
- antarctico (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós, “opposite the arctic”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈtaʁ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ɐ̃ˈtah.t͡ʃi.ku]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈtaɾ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈtaʁ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ɐ̃ˈtaχ.t͡ʃi.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈtaɻ.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈtaɾ.ti.ku/
- Hyphenation: an‧tár‧ti‧co
Adjective
antártico (feminine antártica, masculine plural antárticos, feminine plural antárticas)
Related terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
- antárctico (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós, “opposite the arctic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈtaɾtiko/ [ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -aɾtiko
- Syllabification: an‧tár‧ti‧co
Adjective
antártico (feminine antártica, masculine plural antárticos, feminine plural antárticas)
- (astronomy, geography) Antarctic
- Antonym: ártico
- meridional (of or in the south, southern)
- Synonyms: austral, meridional, sureño
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “antártico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024