The cold north wind was roaring outside.
Source: tatoeba (22027)
North
//nɔːθ//
Synonyms for "north" (98 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (49)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
559 entriesShowing 16 of 559 words.
distinct from
3 entrieshas context
4 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
similar
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
408 translations across 199 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- noord noun (compass point)
Ainu
3 entries- コタンマカロコソラト noun (compass point)
- シサㇺシアンルル noun (compass point)
- ヘペラ noun (compass point)
Akkadian
1 entries- ištānum noun (compass point)
Albanian
1 entries- veri noun (compass point)
Amharic
1 entries- ሰሜን noun (compass point)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- βόρειος adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- πρὸς Βορέαν adv (towards the north)
- πρὸς ἄρκτον adv (towards the north)
- Βορρᾶς noun (compass point)
Arabic
3 entries- شمال noun (compass point)
- شمال noun (compass point)
- شَمَال noun (compass point)
Aragonese
1 entries- norte noun (compass point)
Aramaic
2 entries- גרביא noun (compass point)
- ܓܪܒܝܐ noun (compass point)
Armenian
4 entries- հյուսիսային adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- հյուսիսային adj (toward the north)
- հյուսիսային adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- հյուսիսային adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
Aromanian
3 entries- Nordu noun (compass point)
- njadzã-noapti noun (compass point)
- nordu noun (compass point)
Assamese
1 entries- উত্তৰ noun (compass point)
Asturian
2 entries- norte noun (compass point)
- septentrión noun (compass point)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- quzey adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- şimali adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- şimal noun (compass point)
Bactrian
1 entries- αβαχρανο noun (compass point)
Bashkir
1 entries- төньяҡ noun (compass point)
Basque
2 entries- helburu noun (compass point)
- ipar noun (compass point)
Belarusian
2 entries- паўно́чны adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- по́ўнач noun (compass point)
Bengali
1 entries- উত্তর noun (compass point)
Bikol Central
1 entries- amihanan noun (compass point)
Breton
1 entries- norzh noun (compass point)
Brunei Malay
2 entries- iraga noun (compass point)
- uraga noun (compass point)
Bulgarian
4 entries- северен adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- северен adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- на север adv (towards the north)
- се́вер noun (compass point)
Burmese
2 entries- မြောက် noun (compass point)
- ဥတ္တရ noun (compass point)
Carpathian Rusyn
2 entries- се́вер noun (compass point)
- сѣ́вер noun (compass point)
Catalan
4 entries- nord noun (compass point)
- nord noun (up or positive direction)
- nord noun (north pole of a magnet)
- septentrió noun (compass point)
Cebuano
1 entries- amihanan noun (compass point)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- باکور noun (compass point)
Central Melanau
1 entries- utara noun (compass point)
Chechen
1 entries- къилбаседе noun (compass point)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏧᏴᏨᎢ noun (compass point)
Chickasaw
1 entries- falammi noun (compass point)
Chinese
3 entries- бый noun (compass point)
- быйфон noun (compass point)
- 北 noun (compass point)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
- 北方 noun (compass point)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
- 北方 noun (compass point)
Chukchi
1 entries- эйгысӄын noun (compass point)
Church Slavic
2 entries- сѣверъ noun (compass point)
- ⱄⱑⰲⰵⱃⱏ noun (compass point)
Chuvash
1 entries- ҫурҫӗр noun (compass point)
Cornish
3 entries- kledhbarth noun (compass point)
- noor noun (compass point)
- north noun (compass point)
Corsican
1 entries- nordu noun (compass point)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- sırt noun (compass point)
- şimal noun (compass point)
Czech
3 entries- severní adj (toward the north)
- půlnoc noun (compass point)
- sever noun (compass point)
Danish
2 entries- nordlig adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- nord noun (compass point)
Dari
1 entries- شُمَال noun (compass point)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އުތުރު noun (compass point)
Dutch
4 entries- noordelijk adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- noordelijk adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- noordelijk adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
- noordwaarts adj (toward the north)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Egyptian
1 entries- mḥtt noun (compass point)
Esperanto
3 entries- norda adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- norde adv (towards the north)
- nordo noun (compass point)
Estonian
2 entries- põhja adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- põhi noun (compass point)
Faroese
1 entries- norður adj (of or pertaining to the north)
Finnish
4 entries- pohja adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- pohjoinen adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- pohjoinen adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- pohjoinen adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
French
2 entries- nord noun (compass point)
- septentrion noun (compass point)
Friulian
1 entries- nord noun (compass point)
Gagauz
1 entries- poyraz noun (compass point)
Galician
4 entries- ao norte adj (toward the north)
- ó norte adj (toward the north)
- norde noun (compass point)
- norte noun (compass point)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩრდილოეთი noun (compass point)
German
4 entries- nord adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- nord adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
- nordwärtig adj (toward the north)
- nordwärts adj (toward the north)
Greek
4 entries- βόρειος adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- βόρειος adj (toward the north)
- βορείως adv (towards the north)
- βόρεια adv (towards the north)
Greenlandic
1 entries- avannarleq noun (compass point)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઉત્તર noun (compass point)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- nannò noun (compass point)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻākau noun (compass point)
Hebrew
1 entries- צָּפוֹן noun (compass point)
Hindi
3 entries- उत्तर noun (compass point)
- ऊतर noun (compass point)
- शुमाल noun (compass point)
Hungarian
4 entries- északi adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- északi adj (toward the north)
- északi adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- északi adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
Iban
1 entries- utara noun (compass point)
Icelandic
1 entries- norður noun (compass point)
Ido
2 entries- norda adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- nordo noun (compass point)
Ilocano
1 entries- amianan noun (compass point)
Indonesian
1 entries- utara noun (compass point)
Ingrian
1 entries- pohja noun (compass point)
Interlingua
1 entries- nord noun (compass point)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- شُمال noun (compass point)
Irish
1 entries- tuaisceart noun (compass point)
Italian
4 entries- a nord adj (toward the north)
- mezzanotte noun (compass point)
- nord noun (compass point)
- settentrione noun (compass point)
Japanese
3 entries- ノース adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- 北 noun (compass point)
- 北方 noun (compass point)
Javanese
4 entries- lor adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- lèr adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- lor noun (compass point)
- lèr noun (compass point)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Kabardian
1 entries- ищхъэрэ noun (compass point)
Kannada
1 entries- ಉತ್ತರ noun (compass point)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pangulu noun (compass point)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- шимал noun (compass point)
Karo Batak
1 entries- utara noun (compass point)
Kashmiri
4 entries- شُمال noun (compass point)
- وۄتُر noun (compass point)
- व्वतुर noun (compass point)
- शुमाल noun (compass point)
Kazakh
1 entries- солтүстік noun (compass point)
Ket
2 entries- тыль noun (compass point)
- тыльба'ӈ noun (compass point)
Khakas
1 entries- алтынзарых noun (compass point)
Khmer
2 entries- ខាងជើង noun (compass point)
- ឧត្តរ noun (compass point)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- таввял noun (compass point)
Korean
3 entries- 북 noun (compass point)
- 북방 noun (compass point)
- 북쪽 noun (compass point)
Koryak
1 entries- айгытӄын noun (compass point)
Kumyk
1 entries- темиркъазыкъ noun (compass point)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- түндүк noun (compass point)
Lao
2 entries- ທິດເໜືອ noun (compass point)
- ເໜືອ noun (compass point)
Latgalian
1 entries- pūstumi noun (compass point)
Latin
4 entries- borealis adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- borealis adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- borēus adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- septentrionalis adj (of or pertaining to the north)
Latvian
2 entries- uz ziemeļiem adv (towards the north)
- ziemeļi noun (compass point)
Ligurian
1 entries- nòrd noun (compass point)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šiaurė noun (compass point)
Livonian
1 entries- pūoj noun (compass point)
Macedonian
4 entries- се́верен adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- се́верен adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- се́верна adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- се́верно adj (of or pertaining to the north)
Madurese
1 entries- ḍâjâ noun (compass point)
Malagasy
1 entries- avaratra noun (compass point)
Malay
4 entries- syamali adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- syamali adj (toward the north)
- syamali adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- utara adj (of or pertaining to the north)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഉത്തര adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- വടക്കൻ adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- വടക്ക് noun (compass point)
Maltese
2 entries- ta’ fuq noun (compass point)
- tramuntana noun (compass point)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠠᠮᠠᡵᡤᡳ noun (compass point)
Manx
1 entries- twoaie noun (compass point)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- oqwatn noun (compass point)
Middle English
1 entries- north noun (compass point)
Middle Persian
1 entries- abāxtar noun (compass point)
Mongolian
3 entries- умард зүг noun (compass point)
- хойд noun (compass point)
- ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳᠤ noun (compass point)
Māori
2 entries- raki noun (compass point)
- tokerau noun (compass point)
Nahuatl
1 entries- mictlampa noun (compass point)
Navajo
2 entries- náhookǫsjigo adv (towards the north)
- náhookǫs noun (compass point)
Nepali
1 entries- उत्तर noun (compass point)
Northern Altai
1 entries- тӱн ньаны noun (compass point)
Northern Khanty
1 entries- увәс noun (compass point)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bakur noun (compass point)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Northern Ohlone
1 entries- 'áw̄as noun (compass point)
Northern Sami
1 entries- davvi noun (compass point)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nord noun (compass point)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nord noun (compass point)
Occitan
1 entries- nòrd noun (compass point)
Odia
1 entries- ଉତ୍ତର noun (compass point)
Ojibwe
1 entries- giiwedinong noun (compass point)
Okinawan
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- сѣверъ noun (compass point)
Old Norse
1 entries- norðr noun (compass point)
Ossetian
1 entries- цӕгат noun (compass point)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شمال noun (compass point)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- сивер noun (compass point)
Papiamentu
1 entries- nort noun (compass point)
Pashto
1 entries- شمال noun (compass point)
Persian
1 entries- شمالی adj (of or pertaining to the north)
Pipil
1 entries- ajkuikpa noun (compass point)
Polish
4 entries- północny adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- północny adj (toward the north)
- północny adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- na północ adv (towards the north)
Portuguese
4 entries- ao norte adj (toward the north)
- do norte adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- norte adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- nortenho adj (of or pertaining to the north)
Punjabi
2 entries- اُتَّر noun (compass point)
- ਉੱਤਰ noun (compass point)
Rohingya
1 entries- uttor noun (compass point)
Romagnol
1 entries- nòrd noun (compass point)
Romanian
3 entries- miazănoapte noun (compass point)
- nord noun (compass point)
- septentrion noun (compass point)
Romansch
1 entries- nord noun (compass point)
Russian
4 entries- се́верный adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- се́верный adj (toward the north)
- се́верный adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- се́верный adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उत्तर noun (compass point)
Santali
2 entries- ᱩᱛᱟᱹᱨ noun (compass point)
- ᱮᱛᱚᱢ noun (compass point)
Scots
2 entries- nort noun (compass point)
- north noun (compass point)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- a tuath adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- a tuath adj (toward the north)
- a tuath adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- a tuath adv (towards the north)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- severni adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- severni adj (toward the north)
- severni adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- severni adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
Shan
1 entries- ပွတ်းႁွင်ႇ noun (compass point)
Shor
1 entries- қузам noun (compass point)
Sinhalese
1 entries- උතුර noun (compass point)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- tâʹvv noun (compass point)
Slovak
4 entries- severný adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- severný adj (toward the north)
- severný adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- severný adj (part of a corridor used by northbound traffic)
Slovene
1 entries- sever noun (compass point)
Somali
1 entries- woqooyi noun (compass point)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тӱндӱк noun (compass point)
Southern Amami Ōshima
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Spanish
4 entries- al norte adj (toward the north)
- boreal adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- del norte adj (meteorology: of wind, from the north)
- nor adj (of or pertaining to the north)
Swahili
2 entries- hanali noun (compass point)
- kaskazi noun (compass point)
Swedish
2 entries- nord noun (compass point)
- norr noun (compass point)
Tagalog
3 entries- hilaga adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- hilaga adv (towards the north)
- hilaga noun (compass point)
Tahitian
1 entries- to'erau noun (compass point)
Tajik
1 entries- шимол noun (compass point)
Tamil
1 entries- வடக்கு noun (compass point)
Tatar
1 entries- төньяк noun (compass point)
Telugu
2 entries- ఉత్తరం noun (compass point)
- ఉత్తరము noun (compass point)
Thai
2 entries- ทิศเหนือ noun (compass point)
- เหนือ noun (compass point)
Tibetan
1 entries- བྱང noun (compass point)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሰሜን noun (compass point)
Toba Batak
1 entries- utara noun (compass point)
Tocharian B
2 entries- oṣṣaleṣṣe adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- oṣṣale noun (compass point)
Turkish
3 entries- kuzeye adv (towards the north)
- kuzey noun (compass point)
- şimal noun (compass point)
Turkmen
1 entries- demirgazyk noun (compass point)
Tuvan
2 entries- соңгу чүк noun (compass point)
- соңгужүк noun (compass point)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎕𐎔𐎐 noun (compass point)
Ukrainian
3 entries- півні́чний adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- на пі́вніч adv (towards the north)
- пі́вніч noun (compass point)
Urdu
3 entries- اُتَّر noun (compass point)
- شُمال noun (compass point)
- شِمال noun (compass point)
Uyghur
1 entries- شىمال noun (compass point)
Uzbek
1 entries- shimol noun (compass point)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bắc noun (compass point)
- hướng bắc noun (compass point)
- phía bắc noun (compass point)
Volapük
2 entries- nolüdik adj (of or pertaining to the north)
- nolüd noun (compass point)
Walloon
3 entries- Bijhe noun (compass point)
- Vûcir noun (compass point)
- nôr noun (compass point)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- norte noun (compass point)
Welsh
1 entries- gogledd noun (compass point)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- toro noun (compass point)
West-Frisian
2 entries- noard noun (compass point)
- noarden noun (compass point)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 北 noun (compass point)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- шимол noun (compass point)
Yakut
1 entries- хоту noun (compass point)
Yiddish
1 entries- צפֿון noun (compass point)
Yonaguni
1 entries- ニチ noun (compass point)
Yámana
1 entries- uša noun (compass point)
Zhuang
1 entries- baek noun (compass point)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
It's on the coast about 13 kilometers to the north of its more famous neighbor, Dover.
Source: tatoeba (22247)
We went due north.
Source: tatoeba (22884)
We turned left at the corner and drove north.
Source: tatoeba (23065)
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