Le mot anglais du jour

north

nord

Définitions

anglais > français
north
1. n. (Points cardinaux) Nord, septentrion.
2. adj. Nord, septentrional, boréal.
anglais > anglais
north
1. n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
2. n. The up or positive direction.
Stock prices are heading north.
3. n. Above or higher
4. n. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
He lived in north Germany.
She entered through the north gate.
6. adj. Toward the north; northward.
7. adj. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
The north wind was cold.
8. adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
north highway 1
9. adj. (colloquial) More or greater than.
The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
10. adv. Toward the north; northward.
Switzerland is north of Italy.
We headed north.
11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
français > anglais
nord
1. n-m. north