north

English

/nɔːθ/, /nɔɹθ/, /nɔəθ/, /noːθ/

noun
Definitions
  • One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
  • The up or positive direction.
  • (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English north inherited from Old English norþ (north) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (north) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ner- (inner, under), *ner- (sink, bottom, shrivel, lower, below, left).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ner-

Gloss

sink, bottom, shrivel, lower, below, left

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

左

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