austral

See also: Austral

English

WOTD – 20 March 2006

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin australis (“southern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒstɹəl/, /ˈɔːstɹəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒstɹəl

Adjective

austral (comparative more austral, superlative most austral)

1. Of, relating to, or coming from the south.

   an austral migrant

Synonyms

• meridional
• southern

Antonyms

• boreal
• septentrional
• northern

Derived terms

• austral blackbird
• austral conure
• Austral Island
• Austral Islands
• australize
• australly
• austral parakeet

 

Related terms

• Australian
• aurora australis
• oriental
• occidental

Translations

of, relating to, or coming from the south

• Bulgarian: южен (južen)
• Catalan: austral (ca)
• Czech: polední (cs) (obsolete), jižní (cs), jihozemský (rare)
• Finnish: eteläinen (fi)
• French: austral (fr)
• German: südlich (de)
• Ido: australa (io)
• Italian: australe (it)
• Polish: południowy (pl)
• Portuguese: austral (pt)
• Russian: ю́жный (ru) (júžnyj)
• Spanish: austral (es)
• Turkish: güney (tr)

Etymology 2

From Spanish austral, from Latin australis.

Noun

austral (plural australs)

1. A former currency of Argentina. Its symbol was ₳.

Translations

currency

• French: austral (fr)
• Italian: australe (it)
• Portuguese: austral (pt) m
• Russian: аустра́ль (ru) m (austrálʹ)
• Spanish: austral (es) m

See also

• occidental
• oriental

Anagrams

• Alturas

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin austrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwsˈtɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [awsˈtɾal]

Adjective

austral m or f (masculine and feminine plural australs)

1. southern, austral

   Synonym: meridional

   Antonym: boreal

2. (relational) of the south wind

Noun

austral m (plural australs)

1. south wind

   Synonym: austre

2. southeasterly
3. austral (former currency)

Further reading

• “austral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /os.tʁal/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: australe, australes

Adjective

austral (feminine australe, masculine plural austraux, feminine plural australes)

1. austral

   Antonym: boréal

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin australis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʊ̯sˈtʁaːl]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

austral (strong nominative masculine singular australer, not comparable)

1. austral

   Antonym: boreal

Declension

Positive forms of austral (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist austral	sie ist austral	es ist austral	sie sind austral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	australer	australe	australes	australe
	genitive	australen	australer	australen	australer
	dative	australem	australer	australem	australen
	accusative	australen	australe	australes	australe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der australe	die australe	das australe	die australen
	genitive	des australen	der australen	des australen	der australen
	dative	dem australen	der australen	dem australen	den australen
	accusative	den australen	die australe	das australe	die australen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein australer	eine australe	ein australes	(keine) australen
	genitive	eines australen	einer australen	eines australen	(keiner) australen
	dative	einem australen	einer australen	einem australen	(keinen) australen
	accusative	einen australen	eine australe	ein australes	(keine) australen

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈtɾaw/ [aʊ̯sˈtɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awsˈtɾaw/ [aʊ̯sˈtɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awʃˈtɾaw/ [aʊ̯ʃˈtɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃˈtɾal/ [awʃˈtɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃˈtɾal/ [awʃˈtɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃˈtɾa.li/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: aus‧tral

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin austrālis.

Adjective

austral m or f (plural austrais)

1. southern; austral (of, relating to, or coming from the south)

   Synonyms: meridional, sulista

   Antonyms: boreal, setentrional, nortenho

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish austral, from Latin austrālis.

Noun

austral m (plural austrais)

1. (historical) austral (short-lived Argentinian currency)

Related terms

• austro

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French austral, Latin australis.

Adjective

austral m or n (feminine singular australă, masculine plural australi, feminine and neuter plural australe)

1. southern, austral

   Synonyms: sudic, meridional

   Antonyms: boreal, nordic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	austral		australă		australi	australe
	definite	australul		australa		australii	australele
genitive- dative	indefinite	austral		australe		australi	australe
	definite	australului		australei		australilor	australelor

Related terms

• austru

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ₳ (symbol)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ausˈtɾal/ [au̯sˈt̪ɾal]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: aus‧tral

Adjective

austral m or f (masculine and feminine plural australes)

1. southern; austral (of, relating to, or coming from the south)

   Synonym: meridional

   Antonyms: boreal, septentrional, norteño

Derived terms

• aurora austral
• bandurria austral
• cabecita negra austral
• cotorra austral
• flamenco austral
• haya austral

 

Noun

austral m (plural australes)

1. austral (short-lived Argentinian currency)

Further reading

• “austral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28