boreal

See also: Boreal and boréal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹi.əl/, /ˌbɔɹiˈæl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

boreal (comparative more boreal, superlative most boreal)

1. Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

   boreal forests

Synonyms

• septentrional
• northern

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional

Derived terms

• amphiboreal
• antiboreal
• arctoboreal
• boreal bluet
• boreal chickadee
• borealization
• boreally
• boreal owl
• boreomontane
• boreo-montane
• circumboreal
• hemiboreal
• nonboreal

Translations

relating to the north

• Bulgarian: северен (bg) (severen)
• Catalan: boreal (ca)
• Finnish: boreaalinen (fi)
• French: boréal (fr)
• Galician: boreal (gl)
• German: boreal (de)
• Irish: bóireach, tuaisceartach
• Malay: utara (ms), keutaraan, boreal
• Polish: północny (pl)
• Portuguese: boreal (pt)
• Romanian: boreal (ro)
• Russian: северный (ru) (severnyj)
• Spanish: boreal (es)
• Swedish: nordlig (sv)
• Turkish: kuzey (tr)

See also

• oriental
• occidental

Anagrams

• Arbelo, albero, Rabelo

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin boreālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bu.ɾe̞ˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [bo.ɾeˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [bu.ɾeˈal]

Adjective

boreal m or f (masculine and feminine plural boreals)

1. northern

   Synonym: septentrional

   Antonym: austral

2. boreal

Related terms

• boira

Further reading

• “boreal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “boreal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “boreal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “boreal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin borealis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boʁeˈaːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

boreal (strong nominative masculine singular borealer, not comparable)

1. boreal

Declension

Positive forms of boreal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist boreal	sie ist boreal	es ist boreal	sie sind boreal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	borealer	boreale	boreales	boreale
	genitive	borealen	borealer	borealen	borealer
	dative	borealem	borealer	borealem	borealen
	accusative	borealen	boreale	boreales	boreale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der boreale	die boreale	das boreale	die borealen
	genitive	des borealen	der borealen	des borealen	der borealen
	dative	dem borealen	der borealen	dem borealen	den borealen
	accusative	den borealen	die boreale	das boreale	die borealen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein borealer	eine boreale	ein boreales	(keine) borealen
	genitive	eines borealen	einer borealen	eines borealen	(keiner) borealen
	dative	einem borealen	einer borealen	einem borealen	(keinen) borealen
	accusative	einen borealen	eine boreale	ein boreales	(keine) borealen

Related terms

• borealer Nadelwald
• boreale Zone
• boreales Klima

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.ɾeˈaw/ [bo.ɾeˈaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈɾjal/ [buˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈɾjal/ [buˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈɾja.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: bo‧re‧al

Adjective

boreal m or f (plural boreais)

1. boreal (relating to the north)

Further reading

• “boreal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “boreal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

boreal m or n (feminine singular boreală, masculine plural boreali, feminine/neuter plural boreale)

1. northern, boreal

   Synonyms: nordic, septentrional

   Antonyms: austral, sudic, meridional

Declension

Declension of boreal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	boreal		boreală	boreali	boreale
	definite	borealul		boreala	borealii	borealele
genitive- dative	indefinite	boreal		boreale	boreali	boreale
	definite	borealului		borealei	borealilor	borealelor

See also

• bură

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾeˈal/ [bo.ɾeˈal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bo‧re‧al

Adjective

boreal m or f (masculine and feminine plural boreales)

1. boreal, north, northern

   Synonyms: septentrional, norteño

   Antonyms: austral, meridional

Derived terms

• aurora boreal
• gallina ciega boreal
• petrel plateado boreal
• pibí boreal
• zifio calderón boreal

Related terms

• boira

Further reading

• “boreal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026