northern

English Online Dictionary. What means northern‎? What does northern mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Morphologically north +‎ -ern.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːðən/, /ˈnɔːðn̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹðɚn/, enPR: nôr′thərn
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒðə(ɹ)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
3. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.

   Coordinate terms: northwestern, western