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Complete Definition of "antarctic"

see|Antarctic
English

Etymology
From Old French antarctique < Latin antarcticus < Greek ανταρκτικός (antarktikós) < ant- (from αντί, “opposite”) + άρκτος arktos “Great Bear” + -ic|-ikos.

Pronunciation
RP:

  • IPA|/ænˈtɑːktɪk/

Adjective
antarctic

  1. Pertaining to Antarctica.

Translations

Dutch: antarctisch
Finnish: etelänapa-
Greek: ανταρκτικός (antarktikós)
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Japanese: 南極 (nankyoku)
Portuguese: antártico
Russian: антарктический (antarktíčeskij)

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