polaire

Inherited from Middle French polaire, from Medieval Latin polāris (“relating to poles”), from Latin polus (“pole or end of an axis”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “sky, pivot or axis of a sphere”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolo- (“turn around”), from *kʷel- (“to move around, to roll or wheel”).

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.lɛʁ/

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polaire (plural polaires)

1. (relational) of a pole (of an axis); polar

• cercle polaire
• nuit polaire
• ours polaire
• renard polaire

polaire f (plural polaires)

1. fleece
2. fleece jacket

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

• ploiera