polar

From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to pole +‎ -ar.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

polar (not comparable)

1. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
   1. (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
   2. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
   3. (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
   4. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
   5. (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
   6. (conceptual analysis) Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.

      polar viewpoints

polar (plural polars)

1. (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

• ROLAP, parol, poral

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [poˈlaɾ]

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)

1. polar

• os polar
• polaritat

• pol

• “polar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “polar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “polar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “polar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From pol(icier) +‎ -ard.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.laʁ/

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polar m (plural polars)

1. (informal) detective novel

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

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: po‧lar

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

   Antonym: apolar

• “polar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaːɐ̯/

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polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)

1. polar

• Polarmeer
• Polarnacht

• “polar” in Duden online
• “polar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From the noun pol.

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

• “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the noun pol.

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

polar m

1. indefinite plural of pol

• “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lar/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlar
• Syllabification: po‧lar

polar m inan

1. fleece, polar fleece
2. garment made from polar fleece

• polar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Homophone: pular (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: po‧lar

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

• apolar
• estrela polar
• urso polar
• polaridade

• polo

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

• IPA^(key): /poˈlar/

polar m or n (feminine singular polară, masculine plural polari, feminine and neuter plural polare)

1. polar

• urs polar

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧lar

From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to polo +‎ -ar.

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

1. polar

Borrowed from English polar fleece.

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

1. (Spain, textiles) fleecy

polar m (plural polares)

1. (Spain, textiles) a texture resembling or equal to polar fleece

• “polar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

polar

1. present indicative of pola