south

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą (whence also West Frisian súd, Dutch zuid, German Süd, Danish syd). Ultimately equivalent to sun +‎ -ther (“-ward”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: south
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /saʊθ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sʌʊθ/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /sæoθ/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /saʊt̪/
  • (Dublin) IPA^(key): /sɛʊt/, /sæʊt/
• (Obsolete) IPA^(key): /suːθ/
• Rhymes: -aʊθ

Noun

south (countable and uncountable, plural souths)

2. The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.

   Alternative form: (abbreviation) S

3. The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
4. (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
5. (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

south (not comparable)

1. Toward the south; southward.
2. (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
3. Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.

5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

south (not comparable)

1. Toward the south; southward.
2. Downward.
3. In an adverse direction or trend. (Mostly in go south.)

4. (meteorology) Of wind, from the south.

Translations

Verb

south (third-person singular simple present souths, present participle southing, simple past and past participle southed)

1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
2. (astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.

Anagrams

• Houts, Huots, houts, shout, thous

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht
• zouth (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English sūþ, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːθ/
• Rhymes: -uːθ

Noun

south

1. south, southernness
2. A location to the south; the south
3. The south wind

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): north, est, west

Related terms

• southerne
• Suffolk

Descendants

• English: south
• Scots: sooth
• Yola: zouth

References

• “sǒuth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adjective

south

1. south, southern
2. At the south

Descendants

• English: south
• Scots: sooth

References

• “sǒuth, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adverb

south

1. To the south, southwards, southbound
2. From the south, southern
3. In the south

Descendants

• English: south
• Scots: sooth

References

• “sǒuth, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.