arctic

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
However, last November, hundreds of narwhals were trapped in the ice on the northern coast of Baffin Island, perhaps because the ice-formation regime in the arctic is being altered by climate change.

View all »
Definitions (12)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. adjective Extremely cold; frigid. See Synonyms at cold.
  2. noun A warm waterproof overshoe.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (4)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (2)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (4)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • So he came here into the arctic, and found this island THE prince abruptly became interested. —  068 - Fortress Of Solitude
  • Nothing more than that could be told about her form, since she was muffled in the garb of the arctic--moccasins reaching above her knees, and with the tops decorated with the long hair of the polar bear, trousers of the skin of the arctic hare, a shirt-like garment of auk skins, and an outer parka of a coat fitted with a hood But her face! —  004 - The Polar Treasure
  • We only need missle defense in the U.S., arctic, and we should build some platforms in the pacific and atlantic. —  Knowledge is Power
  • I'm sure we'll have live video on tape in May with low camera shots taken with the sun in the background on BBC telling us the arctic is almost free of ice and 2009 is the hottest year on record "all over the world". re update #2: the metal cover on the Seacat instrument conceals an electrical conductivity cell which is a glass tube containing electrodes that measure the conductivity of ocean water. —  WordPress.com News
  • However, last November, hundreds of narwhals were trapped in the ice on the northern coast of Baffin Island, perhaps because the ice-formation regime in the arctic is being altered by climate change. —  Mathaba Highlights Briefing
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Words tagged arctic

Stats

This word has been looked up 98 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

polar ·  wintry ·  frigid ·  northern ·  alaskan ·  tropical ·  torrid ·  arid ·  equatorial ·  temperate ·  glacial ·  trackless
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Alteration (influenced by Latin arcticus) of Middle English artic, northern, from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos, bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major; see r̥tko- in Indo-European roots.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Early modern English also artic, artick, etc., from Middle English artik, from Old French artique, modern F. arctique = Provencal artic = Spanish Portuguese arctico = Italian artico, from Late Latin arcticus, northern, from Greek ἀρκτικός, northern, literally pertaining to the Bear, from ἂρκτος, a bear, specifically the constellation Ursa Major; sometimes spelled ἂρκος, = Sanskrit rikshas (for *arkshas) = Latin ursus (for *urcsus) = Irish art, a bear: see ursus.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/ɑrktɪk/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word a few times a month.

Recently looked up

eruditus · vicious · envisage · vermilion · vengeance

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

wub wub · merch · these grunts every eight hours · haul it off to our darkest dungeon · send for a doctor