norte

Ultimately from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾte/
• Syllabification: nor‧te
• Rhymes: -oɾte

norte m

1. north

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “norte”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾte/ [ˈnoɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: nor‧te

norte m (plural nortes)

1. north

   Antonym: sur

   Coordinate terms: oeste, este

Borrowed from Spanish norte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾte/ [ˈn̪oɾ.te]
• Hyphenation: nor‧te

nórte (Basahan spelling ᜈᜓᜍ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. north

   Synonym: amihanan

   Antonyms: sur, habagatan

• N
• norde

Attested since the 14th century. Borrowed from Middle French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾte/ [ˈnɔɾ.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾte
• Hyphenation: nor‧te

norte m (plural nortes)

1. (uncountable) north (cardinal direction)

   Synonym: setentrión

2. (uncountable) the northern portion of a territory or region
3. (uncountable) the north wind
4. (countable) a northern; a wind blowing from the north

• (antonym(s) of “north”): sur
• (antonym(s) of “northern portion”): sur

• “norte”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “norte”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “norte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “norte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “norte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• N

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔh.ti/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: nor‧te

norte m (plural nortes)

1. north (compass point)
2. (figurative) orientation

   Antonym: desnorte

compass points: pontos cardeais:  ^[edit]

• setentrional

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

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾte/ [ˈnoɾ.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: nor‧te

norte m or f (masculine and feminine plural nortes)

1. north, northern

norte m (plural nortes)

1. (uncountable) north (compass point)

   Synonym: septentrión

   Antonyms: ostro, austro, sur

   Vamos al norte.

   We're going north.

2. (uncountable) north wind

   Entrada la noche, el norte sopla.

   Late at night, the north wind blows.

3. (countable) guide, inspiration

   Synonyms: guía, inspiración

   • 2003, Luis Beresaluze Galbis, Trinidad de la palabra:

     El rigor y la exigencia son parte de mis nortes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (countable) goal, objective

   Synonym: meta

   • 2007, Identidades‎^[1]:

     Reunir en un solo espacio la obra gráfica que nos ilustra el desarrollo del movimiento de mujeres en Puerto Rico fue uno de mis nortes cuando asumí la dirección del Proyecto de Estudios de las Mujeres de la Universidad de Puerto Rico […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (El Salvador) strong wind

   Synonym: ventarrón

compass points: puntos cardinales:  ^[edit]

• → Copala Triqui: Norté (“United States”)

• boreal
• septentrional

• “norte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish norte, from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾte/ [ˈn̪oɾ.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: nor‧te

norte (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ) (uncommon)

1. north (compass point)

   Synonym: hilaga

   • 1985, Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mga tula at tilamsik ng diwa:

     At, sa angkan naman ng ating First Lady, si Kokoy, na siyang governor ng Leyte, Ay embahador pa sa lahat ng parte - Sa este't oeste, sa sur at sa norte!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

compass points:  ^[edit]

• panorte

• “norte”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• tenor, terno