polar

From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to pole +‎ -ar.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.lə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.ləɹ/

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  • (Northwestern US, Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.lɝ]
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˌpoˌlar/, [poː.läː(ɾ)]
• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
• Homophones: Poehler, Polar

polar (not comparable)

1. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
   1. (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
      • 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:

        After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.

   2. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
   3. (chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.
   4. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
   5. (linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
   6. (conceptual analysis) Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.

      polar viewpoints

polar (plural polars)

1. (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

• ROLAP, parol, poral

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈlaɾ]

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polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)

1. polar

• os polar
• polaritat

• pol

• “polar”, 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
• “polar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “polar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “polar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From pol(icier) +‎ -ard.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.laʁ/

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polar m (plural polars)

1. (informal) detective novel

• “polar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: po‧lar

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

   Antonym: apolar

• “polar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Learned borrowing from Latin polāris.

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaːɐ̯/

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polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)

1. polar (pertaining to or associated with the polar regions)

• Pol
• Polarität

• “polar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “polar” in Duden online

Borrowed from English polar, from Late Latin polāris.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpolar/ [ˈpo.lar]
• Rhymes: -olar
• Syllabification: po‧lar

polar (comparative lebih polar, superlative paling polar)

1. polar

polar (plural polar-polar)

1. pole
2. bran

• “polar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From the noun pol.

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

• “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the noun pol.

polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)

1. polar

• polarisere
• polarsirkel

polar m

1. indefinite plural of pol

• “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lar/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlar
• Syllabification: po‧lar

polar m inan

1. fleece, polar fleece
2. garment made from polar fleece

• polar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Homophone: pular (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: po‧lar

polar m or f (plural polares)

1. polar

• apolar
• estrela polar
• urso polar
• polaridade

• polo

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

Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.

• IPA^(key): /poˈlar/

polar m or n (feminine singular polară, masculine plural polari, feminine/neuter plural polare)

1. polar

• urs polar

• IPA^(key): /poˈlaɾ/ [poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧lar

From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to polo +‎ -ar.

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

1. polar

Borrowed from English polar fleece.

polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)

1. (Spain, textiles) fleecy

polar m (plural polares)

1. (Spain, textiles) a texture resembling or equal to polar fleece

• “polar”, 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

polar

1. present indicative of pola