Meanings
comparative more septentrional · superlative most septentrional
- literaryrarePertaining to the north; northern.
Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.
1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers1 more example
Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.
1901, George Gissing, chapter 9, in By the Ionian Sea
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinseptentriōnālis
- Englishseptentrional
Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.
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Catalan septentrional
- septentrionalnorthern
Esperanto norda
- nordanorthern
Finnish pohjoinen
- pohjoinennorthern
Polish północny
- północnynorthern
Spanish septentrional
- septentrionalnorthern
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Cite this entry
septentrional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septentrional
“septentrional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septentrional. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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