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boreal

/ˈbɔɹi.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
bo-re-al
IPA
/ˈbɔɹi.əl/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

noun

A subdivision of the Holocene epoch.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin boreālis (“northern”), from Boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās, “personification of the north wind”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: boreālis, Βορέᾱς

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbɔɹi.əl/
  • British English: /ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more boreal (comparative) most boreal (superlative)

Derived Forms

amphiboreal antiboreal arctoboreal borealization boreally boreomontane circumboreal hemiboreal nonboreal Subboreal

Phrases

boreal bluet boreal chickadee boreal owl boreo-montane Sub-Boreal

Frequently Paired Words

oriental occidental

Synonyms

septentrional northern circumboreal

Antonyms

austral meridional

Rhymes With

memorial editorial territorial tutorial gubernatorial pictorial equatorial senatorial dictatorial directorial combinatorial corporeal

Questions

How do you pronounce boreal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɔɹi.əl/.
What does boreal mean?
Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
Where does boreal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce boreal

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