# polar
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
* (US) IPA: /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]
*** Audio (US):(file)
* (South Asia) IPA: /ˈpoːlaː(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

### Adjective

polar (not comparable)
* Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
** (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
*** 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.
** (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
** (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
** (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
** (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
** (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

#### Derived terms

* ambipolar
* antipolar
* autopolar
* axipolar
* bipolar
* circumpolar
* contrapolar
* copolar
* decapolar
* dipolar
* electropolar
* epipolar
* equipolar
* extrapolar
* frontopolar
* grolar
* heteropolar
* hexadecapolar
* hexapolar
* homopolar
* interpolar
* intrapolar
* isopolar
* micropolar
* monopolar
* multipolar
* non-polar
* nonpolar
* octapolar
* octopolar
* omnipolar
* peripolar
* pizzly
* polar antonym
* polar area diagram
* polar axis
* polar bar chart
* polar bear
* polar bear dip
* polar bear plunge
* polar bear swim
* polar body
* polar cap
* polar circle
* polar cod
* polar cone
* polar coordinates
* polar covalent bond
* polar desert
* polar dog
* polar equation
* polar fox
* polar ice
* polarisation
* polariscope
* polarise
* polarity
* polarization
* polarize
* polar lights
* polarly
* polar moment of inertia
* polar motion
* polar night
* polar nucleus
* polaron
* polaroplast
* polar opposite
* polar question
* polar star
* polar stratospheric cloud
* polar vortex
* polar wander
* polarward
* polar willow
* polar wolf
* prizzly
* quadripolar
* semipolar
* space polar coordinate
* subpolar
* temporopolar
* tetrapolar
* transpolar
* tripolar
* unipolar

#### Translations

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### Noun

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

### Anagrams

* ROLAP, parol, poral

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [puˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [poˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [poˈlaɾ]

### Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)
* polar

#### Derived terms

* os polar
* polaritat

#### Related terms

* pol

### Further reading

* “polar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “polar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## French
### Etymology

From pol(icier) +‎ -ard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ.laʁ/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

polar m (plural polars)
* (informal) detective novel

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: po‧lar

### Adjective

polar m or f (plural polares)
* polar
    Antonym: apolar

### Further reading

* “polar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈlaːɐ̯/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)
* polar

#### Derived terms

* Polarmeer
* Polarnacht

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From the noun pol.

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* polarisere
* polarsirkel

### References

* “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From the noun pol.

#### Adjective

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

##### Derived terms

* polarisere
* polarsirkel

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

polar m
* indefinite plural of pol

### References

* “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.lar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlar
* Syllabification: po‧lar

### Noun

polar m inan
* fleece, polar fleece
* garment made from polar fleece

#### Derived terms

* polarowy

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈlaʁ/ [poˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈlaʁ/ [poˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /poˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /poˈlaʁ/ [poˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /poˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /puˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /puˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /puˈla.ɾi/
* Homophone: pular (Portugal)
* Hyphenation: po‧lar

### Adjective

polar m or f (plural polares)
* polar

#### Derived terms

* apolar
* estrela polar
* urso polar
* polaridade

#### Related terms

* polo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈlar/

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* urs polar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: po‧lar

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)
* polar

##### Derived terms

* apolar
* bipolar
* casquete polar
* círculo polar
* estrella polar
* forro polar
* oso polar
* polaridad
* polarizar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polar fleece.

#### Adjective

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)
* (Spain, textiles) fleecy

#### Noun

polar m (plural polares)
* (Spain, textiles) a texture resembling or equal to polar fleece

### Further reading

* “polar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Verb

polar
* present indicative of pola